Fixed-Wing VTOL Made by Boeing's Aurora Gets Fuel Cell Power and More Range
2 Jul 2024, 09:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences announced a new version of a drone it likes to call the Skiron, this one packs a fuel cell for more range
Pegasus E Is an Innovative Helicopter-Car Hybrid That Aims To Reduce Traffic Congestion
25 Jun 2024, 13:08 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / This mini helicopter combines the capabilities of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft with the unmatched convenience of a car
Runway-Independent Fixed Wing VTOL Flies With New Heavy-Fuel Engine
25 Jun 2024, 07:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor AeroVironment announced it flew its fixed wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Jump 20 with a new heavy fuel engine
The Archer Midnight (Probably) Becomes the Largest eVTOL to Nail Transition Flight
13 Jun 2024, 12:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Electric vertical take-off and landing company Archer announced it completed a successful transition flight of the Midnight eVTOL
Bell Is Making a VTOL That Can Fold Its Rotor Blades and Turn Into a Jet
29 May 2024, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Bell Textron announced it was selected to move ahead with its design for the DARPA SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies (SPRINT) program
DARPA Blended Wing Body Aircraft Will Work Like a Helicopter But Speed Like a Maniac
22 May 2024, 13:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American company Aurora Flight Sciences showed this week the first images of the aircraft it designs for the DARPA SPeed and Runway INdependent Technolo program
Sikorsky Finally Shows Its Impressive HEX Autonomous Tilt-Wing Hybrid-Electric VTOL
28 Feb 2024, 11:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Helicopter company Sikorsky presented the first renderings of a hybrid-electric VTOL it is currently working on, plus a bit more details
This Most Extreme VTOL Is Not Meant to Fly Over Earth
8 Feb 2024, 13:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American space agency NASA is backing a project that aims to create an extreme vertical take-off and landing aircraft for the study of Mars
World's First Hydrogen-Powered VTOL Jet Has BMW DNA and It Seems Like a Waste of Tech
12 Jan 2024, 11:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swiss aviation startup Sirius present the hydrogen-electric jet VTOL made with help from BMW DesignWorks and the Sauber Group
This Is the Hyundai Bad Boy of the Sky, 4-Passenger VTOL Expected to Fly in 2028
10 Jan 2024, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / South Korean carmaker Hyundai's VTOL-making arm Supernal presented the S-A2 eVTOL concept at the CES 2024 show, plans to fly it commercially in 2028
Strange Aircraft With 12 Propellers Seen Over LA Was the Wisk VTOL Making Its Public Debut
24 Oct 2023, 06:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aviation startup Wisk conducted the first public flight of the Cora fifth-gen eVTOL over Los Angeles, company one step closer to autonomous taxi flights
New Rolls-Royce Turbogenerator Gas Turbine Nails First Fuel Burn, Meant for VTOLs
28 Sep 2023, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Rolls-Royce announced the completion of the first fuel burn test of a gas turbine meant for a new VTOL turbogenerator
Zapata AirScooter Is Here as the World’s Most Advanced Personal Flying Machine
19 Aug 2023, 07:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Zapata gets into the tourist sector with a lightweight vertical takeoff aircraft with hybrid propulsion, boasting the longest range in this emerging segment
DARPA Names Companies Working on Insanely Capable ANCILLARY VTOL Drone
5 Jul 2023, 12:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA selects nine companies to advance with the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY drone project
One of the Most Promising French Air Taxi Concepts Hits Milestone
26 Jun 2023, 04:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Ascendance Flight Technologies is one of the few in the AAM industry to have developed both a VTOL concept and a separate hybrid propulsion system
New Rolls-Royce Small Gas Turbine Ideal for eVTOLs to Enter Testing
20 Jun 2023, 11:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British engine maker Rolls-Royce presented the initial details of a turbogenerator system with a small gas turbine which could be ideal for eVTOLs
Stellantis-Backed Archer Midnight eVTOL Ready for Tests, And It Looks Vicious
12 May 2023, 10:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / eVTOL maker Archer Aviation announced it has completed the first Midnight aicraft, testing on it to begin this summer before FAA certification
Fixed-Wing Military Drone Can Now Morph Into VTOL With Almost Zero Effort
10 May 2023, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor AeroVironment introduces a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) conversion kit for the Puma family of surveillance drones
A New Hybrid Drone Is Ready to Take Long-Range Deliveries to the Next Level
9 May 2023, 05:04 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A Los Angeles company that started as a research project a few years back has launched a long-range delivery drone based on a hybrid platform
This Airboat-Like Contraption Fights to Become a U.S. Army Drone for Future Wars
29 Mar 2023, 11:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Shield AI V-BAT drone is part of the U.S. Army's Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) program, new version being made with Northrop Grumman