Until vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) machines, with their innovative ways of flying, get here, there are two main kinds of aircraft in operation today: fixed-wing planes that speed horizontally ...

Northrop Grumman is one of the largest aerospace defense contractors and has designed and built flying wing aircraft for decades. It is working with JetZero to develop a blended wing body military ...

First-ever piloted wingborne flight of a winged eVTOL in European open airspace Landmark flight follows approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, an important step on its path toward ...

There are many companies working on vertical take-off and landing aircraft these days, some in more advanced stages of R&D than others, and we've covered them extensively here on autoevolution these ...

wingborne flight of a winged electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in open airspace. The landmark flight of the VX4 prototype, piloted by Chief Test Pilot Si Davies, saw the aircraft ...