Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s hard to find a totally original concept in the eVTOL world. Since 2016, some 400 concepts, proposals and designs have been ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed its latest concept for a low-drag, fan-in-blended-wing body design for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program aimed at producing a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With so many air taxi concepts introduced over the last few years, it can be hard for one to stand out. Jetoptera has figured out ...

The Nord 500 was an ambitious French VTOL concept built around rotating ducted fans, promising helicopter-style vertical lift with much higher forward speed and a future full of fast military and ...

A VTOL drone concept designed for automated milk delivery is explored and tested. #Drone #VTOL #Innovation ...

For VTOL and hover operations, the drone's top and bottom bodywork opens up in a series of slats, exposing a greater percentage of the rotors' swept area to airflow and deriving maximum lift. Then, as ...

Seattle-based startup for aerial mobility Jetoptera tested its innovative bladeless VTOL aircraft concept to demonstrate its ability to reach speeds of 0.8 Mach or 614 mph. The data was reported ...

Many air taxis are gearing up to provide emission-free short trips between cities, and there are even a few electric private jets that promise the satisfaction of flying solo without needing a pilot ...

Bell's High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) test article is at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to test key features of its HSVTOL concept including prop-rotors that fold in-flight.

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX program initiated a market research program last year to encourage development of a high-speed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The AFWERX challenge accepted ...

It’s hard to find a totally original concept in the eVTOL world. Since 2016, some 400 concepts, proposals and designs have been introduced to the world. Most of them are variations on one of a few ...