UK-based Dragonfly Air Systems says its prototype Globe Skimmer vertical take off and landing (VTOL), ducted fan unmanned air vehicle (UAV) made its first flights in early December while rival ...

The pan-European Neva Aerospace consortium, which is developing heavy-duty drones, industrial and commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and vehicles (UAV) based on its patented distributed thrust ...

XTI has redesigned its TriFan 600 and reverted to all-turbine propulsion for the initial version of the ducted-fan vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) business aircraft. The changes are intended to ...

Bell has been granted a US patent for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft featuring a pair of tilting ducted fans, as well as the cross-flow fan system the manufacturer first revealed on its ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mundus Group (Pink Sheets:MNDP) is impressed by the conceptual use and forward thinking of Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft technologies in ...

In the early 60s, there were several studies into creating the first mass-produced vtol aircraft. A plane that could operate like a jet, and then at the same time, land vertically where needed. Bell, ...