I'm giving my VTOL jet a spin after someone asked to see another vertical takeoff and landing plane in action. My V22 can be a real challenge to handle, but this model definitely flies smoother and ...

One of the biggest downsides to the current development of eVTOLs is the lack of proper infrastructure, which means that, in addition to building the aircraft, companies are also developing vertiports ...

Polish unmanned air vehicle manufacturer Flytronic is using the MSPO defence show in Kielce to highlight its range, as Poland’s military looks to acquire systems across five weight categories. Pride ...

Bell's High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing concepts seek to answer a demand for light to heavy tactical VTOL aircraft that can operate at jet speeds across Pacific distances. The program manager ...

Lately we've been seeing an increasing number of VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drones, that combine the best qualities of fixed-wing aircraft and quadcopters. So, what do you do if you already ...

What if urban air taxis could, like birds, vary the configuration of their wings in flight? The answer to such questions ...

In slow flight and VTOL mode, differential pitch and propeller rpm provided control about all the axes. This system, demonstrated previously on Curtiss-Wright's VZ-7 "Flying Truck" that developed ...

One of the best ways to extend the range of a VTOL aircraft is to add wings for horizontal flight, and Drone Volt's Heliplane brings this kind of thinking to the industrial drone market, offering long ...

Two PhD students in National University of Singapore, Unmanned System Research Group spent four years in developing the novel hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV), U-Lion as shown in Figure 1. U-Lion ...

Drones have become ubiquitous in national defense and security applications. They're also becoming more versatile, as a novel new 2-in-1 drone demonstrates. Built by Quantum-Systems, the drone can be ...

Dublin, Dec. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Fixed-wing VTOL UAV Market by Vertical (Military, Government & Law Enforcement, Commercial), Propulsion (Electric ...

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