In 1956, the US Air Force asked Lockheed to design a VTOL jet that could climb, intercept bombers, and deliver a 1,000 lb ...

The world of VTOLs is fast expanding and promises to forever change the way air travel is made. There are several driving forces behind this expansion, ranging from the need to declutter our very ...

When someone mentions vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft, the Harrier "Jump Jet" immediately springs to mind — and with good reason. The AV-8B Harrier is a proven ground-attack aircraft ...

Out of all the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) concepts gearing up to launch commercial services by 2025, Lilium claims to be the only jet. The German air mobility startup is also one ...

The Sirius Jet will fly up to 1,150 miles (1,851 km) at speeds up to 323 mph (520 km/h) on a clean liquid-hydrogen powertrain. It'll rise vertically off a pad thanks to a deflected vectored thrust ...

Bell and Lockheed built the X-22A around four tilting ducted fans, aiming for a compact transport that could lift off ...

Swiss aviation startup Sirius Aviation AG, unveils the revolutionary Sirius Jet – the world’s first hydrogen-powered Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft; crafted and designed in ...

Iran’s new defense minister has suggested that his country enhance its air force by developing and building fighter aircraft with a vertical take-off and landing, VTOL, capability, also known as jump ...

Vertical lift manufacturer Bell has delivered a test article to the US Air Force (USAF) that aims to demonstrate the company’s novel concept for a jet-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) ...

That is, until DARPA initiated its SPRINT program aimed at making the twain meet in an aircraft that could take off, land, and hover like a rotorcraft and then transition into a jet when in vertical ...

The Lilium Jet is a proposed eVTOL (electric Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft that the German company Lilium GmbH has claimed it will bring to the market ‘soon’, which would made it the first ...

A very different aircraft design powered by multiple electrically powered jets took off for the first time last week. The Lilium Jet has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities and this first flight ...