New vertical take-off and landing kit expands operational capabilities and streamlines constrained area operations ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment, Inc. today introduced the Puma™ VTOL ...

What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version? That's exactly what aviation firm FusionFlight has just revealed, in the ...

PERTH, Wa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ace VTOL, the Australian eVTOL company revolutionizing urban air mobility, announces a groundbreaking $250M order for its flagship personal eVTOL aircraft, the GT ...

Various startups continue to try to reinvent aviation with personal aircraft that look like consumer drones scaled up enough to fit a human. Now, newcomer Jetson Aero throws its hat into the ring with ...

Despite past successes with military VTOL jets, creating a civilian VTOL jet has proven elusive, as exemplified by the duPont Aerospace DP-1 project. The DP-1, a smaller-scale model of the ambitious ...

Rotor X Aircraft said it plans to unveil the production prototype of its electric-powered Dragon personal air vehicle, or PAV, during EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this July. The company said ...

The aircraft is capable of routine takeoff and landing in 30 knot (15 m/s) winds as well as conducting operations in extreme temperatures ranging from -20°C to +50°C (-4°F to 122 °F). The Penguin B ...

Strix UCAS with RAZER munition kit on display at Avalon Airshow 2023. Credit: Chen Chuanren MELBOURNE, Australia—BAE Systems Australia has unveiled a new vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed ...

One of the weirdest aircraft to fly in EAA AirVenture this year is an electric VTOL. The Opener Blackfly is an aircraft that you can fly without a pilot license, but there's a catch. Every summer, ...

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 ...

The evolution of Soviet VTOL aircraft tells a story of technological daring, strategic necessity, and Cold War rivalry. From the rudimentary Yak-36 prototype to the cutting-edge supersonic Yak-41, ...