The X-13 was developed in the 1950s, at a time when aerospace research was perhaps at its most fervent. The Ryan X-13 ...

Could the Convair Pogo have changed military aviation? The concept of a VTOL fighter jet was revolutionary, but the execution was deeply flawed. Was this a brilliant idea ahead of its time—or just a ...

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing design, which can now be applied to larger aircraft for unmanned ...

[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 ...

The proposed Sirius Jet marks a major aviation world first. A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft pitched at the business community, the Sirius Business Jet features a pioneering ...

New production techniques have allowed ZeroAvia to scale its SuperStack Flex fuel cell technology to be used on uncrewed ...

[Joel Vlashof] really likes VTOL fighter aircraft and is in the process of building a fully functional radio-controlled F-35B. The F-35 series of aircraft is one of the most expensive defence ...

Over the past few years a great deal of companies have tried their hand at creating vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that could be used as part of air taxi services. A bunch of them ...

AeroVironment has launched a new variant of its Jump 20 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft ... using the US Navy’s standard JP-8 jet fuel. The older Jump 20 is powered ...

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 ...