The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has assigned the designation X-76 to its high-speed vertical takeoff and landing aircraft prototype under the SPRINT program, a step that follows a formal ...

For more than a decade, quadcopter drones have defined the commercial drone market. They are agile, precise, and well suited for localized missions. But as agencies and enterprise ...

For years now, private companies have been trying to get moving something that has the potential to completely revolutionize transportation: vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. But whereas ...

As the Army accelerates its transformation, it also faces significant challenges from aging platforms and evolving ...

Proprotor blades stop and fold back and propulsion transitions from turboshaft to turbofan to accelerate the X-76 to speeds ...

Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) today announced they are exploring opportunities to develop a new aircraft class for defense applications. The gas turbine hybrid ...

A San Diego-based company has unveiled a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet platform. Shield AI’s new concept is designed for expeditionary and maritime operations in contested ...

We've been talking about vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for so long, without actually getting anywhere, that we've kind of given up hope of seeing them serve the needs of the so-called ...

Toulouse-based hybrid-electric start-up Ascendance Flight Technologies has begun final assembly of its Atea vertical take-off ...

The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has acquired the Shield AI V-BAT vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for use aboard its ships.