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 ...

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 ...

For a long time fixed wing VTOL drones were tricky to work with, but with the availability of open source flight control and autopilot software this has changed. To make experimentation even ...

[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 ...

Vertiia is gearing up to become the first long-range hydrogen-powered VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) for passenger flights. It owes its impressive range to hydrogen fuel cells, but this ...