On this day in aviation history, February 19, 1957, the Bell X-14 made its first flight. This aircraft, capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and assembled from readily available components ...

The VTOL capable “B” variant is a complex machine, with total of 19 doors on the outside of the aircraft for weapons, landing gear and thrusters. The thruster on the tail can pivot 90° down ...

Archer in December teamed up with autonomous systems developer Anduril to create Archer Defense, a new business unit developing a hybrid-powered, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft to ...

Hyderabad-based advanced air mobility startup BluJ Aero conducted a flight demonstration of its vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft prototype. Powered by batteries and not carrying any ...