It seems like autonomous aircraft makers are indulging in a bit of oneupsmanship as Shield AI rolls out its X-BAT VTOL Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that combines the ability to land and take ...

When President Trump signed an executive order accelerating U.S. drone production and advanced air systems, many people focused their attention on defense. But embedded within that policy was ...

We've been talking about vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for so long, without actually getting anywhere, that we've kind of given up hope of seeing them serve the needs of the so-called ...

Joby Aviation announced its electric VTOL aircraft, which it is developing alongside L3Harris Technologies, had its first flight in California on Nov. 7. (Joby Aviation) Joby Aviation and L3Harris ...

2026 is poised to become a pivotal year for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. With a major government-backed push for the adoption of these things in the United States and several others ...

The advances of Aurora’s demonstrator ensure that the company’s fan-in-wing VTOL experiments will extend well beyond DARPA’s SPRINT. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, is poised to redefine ...

ALPENA, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PteroDynamics, an innovator in autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft systems, and AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV ...

MARINA – After completing the first flight of its turbine electric, autonomous vertical take off and landing demonstrator aircraft in Marina last week, Joby Aviation says this hybrid has potential ...