Fighter jets that can take off and land without a runway are essential for military strategy. Here are four of the most ...

During the past several decades a number of different proposals for Vertical Take Off Landing (VTOL) craft have been considered. The most famous of these designs has been the controversial V22 Osprey, ...

If helicopters operators are unable to crack this formula, then VTOL operators will face similar challenges. “UAM (Urban Air Mobility) technology is decades away from readiness.

The partners will examine the potential of a turbine-electric hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) rotorcraft oriented ...

Imagine a jet that could take off vertically, hover like a helicopter, then transition to forward flight while carrying ...

Jaunt Air Mobility says the Journey will have 175-mph cruise speed and be 65 percent quieter than a traditional helicopter, all with a silky-smooth ride.

It’s helicopters like the Ehang-184, and not Osprey-like planes, that I’d expect to see Uber investing in. Anything else just seems like a VTOL tale.

The hybrid two-seat helicopter SureFly from the electric truck company Workhorse made it off the ground this week. While a few feet of hover might seem insignificant, the passenger drone startup ...

Hence Darpa's newest aircraft program. It's called the VTOL X-Plane and officially launches Monday. The idea is to rethink the designs of anything that takes off and lands vertically, to make it ...

A number of companies are building autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircrafts -- like Uber's air taxi -- but the technology is very much a work in progress. Today, a company calling ...