The Rolls-Royce Griffith concept was a fantastically overengineered attempt to create a Mach 2.5 VTOL passenger aircraft using 68 jet engines, with vertical lift jets packed around the cabin and ...

Shield AI and GE Aerospace have signed a memorandum of understanding to power the developmental X-Bat unmanned vertical take-off and landing fighter with the proven F110-GE-129 engine, featuring ...

What is it about VTOL military airplanes that billion-dollar aerospace companies just can't seem ever to get right? Well, as it happens, making a jet aircraft reliable at vertical takeoff and landing ...

When one thinks of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the first thing that comes to mind is a helicopter-like contraption that can lift off from pretty much everywhere. But the various ...

Join us as we document the ambitious upgrade of a custom-built flying motorcycle, transforming it into a unique experimental ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment (AV) successfully demonstrated its JUMP ® 20 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) with a heavy fuel engine. The higher horsepower and lower fuel burn rate ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Transcend Air Corporation today announced an agreement with GE Aviation to develop and certify a custom variant of GE’s class-leading CT7-8 turboshaft helicopter engine to ...

Against the silver-gray sky in the old film reel, the bulbous jet lurches upwards like a flying saucer in an old Ray Harryhausen film. The Short SC1 aircraft, a British-built experimental plane, was ...

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 addition of a heavy fuel engine to the JUMP 20 provides global forces an unparalleled VTOL solution with a longer operational lifespan, greater performance and efficient fuel consumption. It is ...