Flying Cars? eVTOL Technology Sets the Stage for Personal Aviation
As interest in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft grows, the Swedish startup Jetson is pushing the boundaries of personal mobility with its...
One Aircraft, Two Flight Modes – Now Proven
Urban air mobility has long faced a technical hurdle: combining vertical takeoff with efficient forward flight in a single, reliable platform. While helicopters can...
Towards Paris Olympics – Europe’s First Vertiport Under Development
Vertiports, landing sites for eVTOL aircraft, are one of the enablers required for regular air mobility. Europe’s first test vertiport is currently being developed...
Machine Learning Revolutionizes Navy Helicopters Landing on Ships
One of the most difficult tasks for Navy pilots is landing a helicopter on a ship. Those involved have to be incredibly coordinated and...
Futuristic Solution for Urban Traffic Congestion
A new aircraft in the early stages of development is designed for intracity travel. Bellwether Industries, an urban air mobility (UAM) startup in the...
The World’s First Water-Landing Fixed-Wing Drone
VT-Naut is a cutting-edge VTOSL (Vertical Takeoff and Short Landing) fixed-wing drone. This innovation was developed by Aeromao and is crafted for applications ranging...
Watch: VTOL Technology Demonstrated
Innovative Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities were demonstrated by uAvionix, which conducted a milestone technology demonstration flight at the Northern Plains UAS Test...
Butterfly – the Massive New Electric Plane Joins the eVTOL Family
Dynamic demands of evolving personal mobility have seen the eVTOL industry flourish in recent years, with many different aviation startups competing to introduce their...
Solar-Electric VTOL Drone Can Fly For 3 Days
The US Navy is going to get KHA’s solar-powered K1000ULE drone, which will be used as part of their Small Unit Remote Scouting System....
Airbus Helicopter Breaks Speed Record
The Airbus Racer helicopter reaches major achievement by exceeding its level speed objective of 400 kph (reaching 418 kph) less than two months after...
Package Delivery Revolutionized
A move by package delivery giant UPS could shape the future of drone delivery in the supply chain on a large scale.
The company plans...
First Electric Unmanned Flight by US Air Force
The US Air Force successfully completed the first flight of an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft with an Air Force pilot at...
Vertical Takeoff and Landing at Sea – S-100 Demonstrating its Capabilities
The vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) CAMCOPTER S-100 has successfully demonstrated its capabilities to the Hellenic Navy. Schiebel’s UAV was...
The US Navy’s 13-Foot Giant Electric Transforming Drone
The innovative folding wing Transwing X-P4 drone by PteroDynamics has completed a critical set of sea trials for the United States Navy. The fully autonomous,...
13-Hour Endurance Drone Brings AI-Powered Precision to Complex Environments
AeroVironment (AV), a Virginia-based tech company, has introduced its next-generation JUMP 20-X vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The drone, announced...
Next-Gen Autonomous VTOL Expands Military and Civil Use
Autonomous aircraft face a persistent limitation: electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles are typically constrained by battery capacity, limiting their payload and range....
DARPA Unveils New VTOL Aircraft Competitors
DARPA declared the winning competitors for Phase 1A of its SPRINT project, who were chosen to design and build a prototype VTOL.
DARPA explained in...
A New Layer in Drone Warfare: Launching Strikes From the Sky
Small FPV drones have become a central tool on the modern battlefield, offering precision strike capabilities at relatively low cost. However, their effectiveness is...
A Drone Soldiers Can Carry — and Let Fly Itself
Frontline units often face a simple limitation: access to real-time aerial intelligence. In many cases, smaller formations must rely on higher command to allocate...
World’s First Hydrogen Vertical Lift-Off EV Plane
Aerospace startup “AMSL Aero” received $5.43 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to develop a hydrogen-powered eVTOL aircraft that will transform regional...
First Ever eVTol Testing with a Pilot
A groundbreaking event for the aviation industry- Joby Aviation has officially initiated piloted test flights of its S4 eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing)...
Major Development in Israeli VTOL Field
IAI foresees a significant potential in the small tactical UAS market for military, HLS, and commercial applications. Over this backdrop, on 24.9 IAI acquired...
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