Transcend Air's ground bound scale model test rig consists of an in-house fabricated boom, a one-fifth Vy400 scale model and a 2006 Toyota Sequoia SUV. Transcend Air plans to launch production of its ...

Karem Aircraft has been confirmed as one of four competitors selected for the initial preliminary design phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (Darpa) Vertical Take-Off and Landing ...

The Manta vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing utilizes a Y3 configuration with a tilting rotor design, combining the advantages of multirotor hover capability with the efficient cruising ...

Piasecki Aircraft's Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct VTOL aircraft has completed its maiden flight. On September 6 at Piasecki's West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Bell’s research into tiltrotor aircraft stretches back over sixty years. In the mid-1960s, Bell built the X-22, a one-off four-rotor tiltrotor design made to provide ...

Zuri is developing a five-seat hybrid VTOL aircraft with a 700-km (434 mi.) range, 350-km/hr. cruise speed and 2,800-kg (6,172 lb.) maximum takeoff weight. Credit: Zuri Prague-based hybrid-VTOL ...

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey remains the most successful tiltrotor military aircraft, offering both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It also ...