The AV-8B Harrier, for example ... But the Air Force, without an operational need for a VTOL aircraft, chose not to pursue further development of the X-13. The two prototypes are still on display ...

22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...

That's where disruption happens' The first VTOL aircraft designs were early helicopters. Then came designs like lift jets, tail-sitter aircraft, and tilt rotors. PteroDynamics has now patented a ...

A storied AV-8B Harrier — a fighter plane that can lift off vertically — is the most recent historical aircraft delivered to an old Marine Corps Airstation El Toro hangar at the Irvine Great ...

Credit: Mayman Aerospace Mayman Aerospace has completed flight testing of its Razor P100 high-speed autonomous vertical takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft, which is targeted initially at the ...

[Peter Ryseck]’s Mini QBIT quadrotor biplane brings in some of the efficiency of fixed-wing flight, without all the complexity usually associated with VTOL aircraft. The Mini QBIT is just a 3 ...

To make experimentation even easier, [Stephen Carlson] and other researchers from the RoboWork Lab at the University of Nevada created the MiniHawk, a 3D printed VTOL aircraft for use a test bed ...

Survey Copter, a French uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) developed and owned by Airbus, has unveiled a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) version of its Aliaca tactical platform. The standard ...

Portugal said it was reconsidering purchasing the Lockheed Martin-made F-35 jet in the wake of Trump's recent policy shifts.

The project aims to transform urban and regional air mobility through the integration of green hydrogen-powered VTOL aircraft, enhancing speed, reducing noise, and improving efficiency while ...