The global VTOL drone market reached approximately $8.3 billion in 2023, with projections indicating growth to $16.7 billion by 2030, according to market research from Grand View Research. This ...

SINGAPORE—AVIC publicly showcased its “Yun Ying” (Cloud Shadow) vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system ...

British VTOL maker Vertical Aerospace had a blast over in Singapore, struck deals to expand the Valo VTOL to Japan, India, and Singapore.

The world’s first hydrogen-powered Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft will hit the skies next year—if Sirius Aviation has its way. The Swiss aviation startup unveiled two zero-emission jets ...

VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drones are a dime a dozen nowadays, so there’s no shortage of designs to choose from. But this particular twin-rotor one from HG Robotics looks a bit different ...

For VTOL and hover operations, the drone's top and bottom bodywork opens up in a series of slats, exposing a greater percentage of the rotors' swept area to airflow and deriving maximum lift. Then, as ...

VTOL drones may be versatile, but the weight and aerodynamic drag of their extra hardware results in a shorter range than that of their fixed-wing-only counterparts. That's where the FLARES system ...

Electrification of cars and trucks is just the beginning of the global electrification of everything. One of the next steps will be the electrification of aircraft, which has so far been held back by ...

The evolution of Soviet VTOL aircraft tells a story of technological daring, strategic necessity, and Cold War rivalry. From the rudimentary Yak-36 prototype to the cutting-edge supersonic Yak-41, ...

Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation have come together to rapidly advance aerial warfare. This partnership aims to develop a next-generation hybrid-propulsion vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) ...

What if your car could fly? That's the basic question behind Jetoptera's ongoing mission to create a fluidic propulsion system that makes aerial mobility more commonplace. Enter the company's newest ...

There are lots of acronyms for electric aviation, but eVTOL has stood the test of time for 15 years. In August 2014, NASA unveiled its GL-10 "Greased Lightning" vectored-thrust eVTOL demonstrator with ...