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 ...

DARPA has selected six companies to take concepts for a shipborne vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft through a preliminary design review (PDR) on the way to flying a planned X-plane ...

Amid rising tensions in the Pacific, the U.S. military is developing a new generation of vertical-takeoff drones through the ANCILLARY program. Designed by DARPA with Sikorsky and Northrop Grumman, ...

DARPA has completed flight-testing of a sub-scale version of a novel aircraft design as part of its Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane program, and is proceeding with work to develop a ...

Helicopter manufacturer will build an X-plane for Phase 2 of Pentagon’s SPRINT program Bell Textron says its high-speed VTOL aircraft, featuring a folding rotor propusion system, will be able to ...

Bell has released a video showing off its High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) technology in action. The two-minute video shows a ground test of the nacelle system used to lift and land a ...

In one of the latest breakthroughs of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aviation, Sikorsky has successfully completed a test flight with its Rotor Blown Wing prototype drone. The small drone was ...