It seems like autonomous aircraft makers are indulging in a bit of oneupsmanship as Shield AI rolls out its X-BAT VTOL Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that combines the ability to land and take ...

Helicopters are no longer the only aircraft capable of taking off vertically. Electric motors, ...

BAE Systems has announced that STRIX, a new type of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, made its first flight in late October. The flight was reportedly successful, paving the way for ...

Anduril and Archer Aviation on Monday announced the joint development of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platform that can serve both commercial and defense applications. The defense variant of ...

Some technologies, like smartphones, have a transformative impact on entire sectors of the economy and our everyday lives. Advances in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, are driving ...

When President Trump signed an executive order accelerating U.S. drone production and advanced air systems, many people focused their attention on defense. But embedded within that policy was ...

There are a number of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft currently being put together around the world, and no matter who makes them, or where, they all share at least two traits: none of ...

2026 is poised to become a pivotal year for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. With a major government-backed push for the adoption of these things in the United States and several others ...

The first-ever powered flight was short. On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright took to the air in the plane he built with his brother Wilbur and covered 852 ft in 59 seconds before sinking back to ...