Joby Aviation on Thursday announced the first flight of its new turbine-electric, autonomous vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, marking a major step toward hybrid VTOL operations for commercial ...

Essentially, the outcome will be a proof-of-concept demonstrator for a new class of military aircraft with the ability to move troops and/or cargo much faster than helicopters, with the operational ...

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 ...

We are used to thinking about vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft as being powered by spinning blades. After all, just like helicopters, they need spinning blades to lift off and move around ...

To remedy this, DARPA in 2014 began seeking concepts for a VTOL flight module that can be remote controlled, operated autonomously, or by a pilot in a cockpit module. It needed to be able to carry a ...

Whisper Aero unveiled its JetFoil propulsion system, designed to enable runway independence and very short takeoff capabilities (e.g., 50-foot ground roll) for various aircraft, from electric air ...

The Janus-1 is a twin-rotor personal helicopter with the nickname of the flying suitcase. Developed by the Chinese company, X-Control, the nickname refers to the aircraft's diminutive size, and while ...

Europe’s eVTOL sector is shifting from urban air mobility towards targeted applications such as cargo, medical evacuation and defence, with hybrid-electric architectures emerging for longer-range ...

ESSINGTON, Pa., September 10, 2024 (Newswire.com) - In an aviation milestone, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) successfully conducted the first flight of its innovative proof of concept tilt-duct ...

What is the Market Size of Electric VTOL (eVTOL) Aircraft? BANGALORE, India, March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The global market for Electric VTOL (eVTOL) Aircraft was valued at USD 59 Million in the year ...