FARNBOROUGH—Archer Aviation's decision to launch two autonomous hybrid vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft—Halo for commercial applications and Thunder for military missions—reflects its ...

The aircraft incorporates a series hybrid-electric powertrain alongside dual tiltrotors, enabling greater range, endurance and operational efficiency.

Sikorsky completes initial flight tests of the Nomad 100 uncrewed aircraft, a DARPA-backed VTOL platform built for ...

Anduril and Archer unveil "Thunder," a Group 5 autonomous tiltrotor designed as a loyal wingman for military rotorcraft.

The island chains of the Pacific aren’t just dots on a map. They’re potential choke points, surveillance platforms, and ...

AltoVolo is up, up, and away. The London-based firm has built and flown a quarter-scale prototype of its Sigma aircraft, with a full-scale demonstrator due for completion at the end of the year.

So if we want a better shot at finding currently living life on Mars, we need to go underground. That is exactly the purpose of Orpheus, a proposed Mars vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) hopper ...

Inside mission control, each desk, or console, is labeled with a neon blue sign and its officers handle a subsystem on the spacecraft carrying the Artemis II crew. This station is the nucleus of the ...

One of 12 Shield AI V-BAT VTOL UASs acquired by the Royal Netherlands Navy undergoing operational testing aboard Zr. Ms. Johan de Witt amphibious assault ship during Exercise ‘Cold Response 2026'.

As the Army accelerates its transformation, it also faces significant challenges from aging platforms and evolving battlefield dynamics. In response, the Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Maneuver ...

It's impossible these days to open a computer, smartphone, or TV without stumbling at least once on some piece of news concerning vertical take-off and landing aircraft. That's understandable, in some ...

Crafting clear mission and vision statements is critical to shaping company identity, motivating employees and guiding decision-making. A mission statement defines the current scope and purpose of the ...