Sikorsky has already shown it can make a damn good chopper. Now it's ready to prove it can make a fleet of futuristic hybrid rotorcraft, too. The American aircraft manufacturer, helmed by aviation ...

BAE Systems has announced that STRIX, a new type of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, made its first flight in late October. The flight was reportedly successful, paving the way for ...

Nord Aviation developed the Nord 50. A VTOL aircraft unlike anything seen before. Using ducted fans for vertical takeoff and ...

This partnership aims to develop a next-generation hybrid-propulsion vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft. It will be designed to meet the evolving needs of the U.S. Department of Defense ...

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 ...

[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 ...

The companies’ first product from this partnership is planned to be a hybrid-propulsion, vertical-take-off-and landing (“VTOL”) aircraft that will target a potential program of record from ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Anduril and Archer (NYSE: ACHR) announced an exclusive partnership to jointly develop a hybrid VTOL aircraft for critical defense applications ...

Anduril and Archer announced an exclusive partnership to jointly develop a hybrid VTOL aircraft for critical defense applications targeting a potential program of record from the DOD. Archer’s ...

The initial focus of this partnership is the development of a hybrid-propulsion VTOL aircraft, with aspirations to secure a "program of record" with the DoD. The aircraft will lean on Archer's ...