Unlike the US Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie, which requires long runways or aircraft carriers for take-off and landing, this new Chinese platform combines vertical lift ability with jet-powered ...

A two-seat, all-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft is currently being developed by an ESA incubator enterprise in Germany. Claimed to be capable of 400 km/h (250 mph), the ...

Johannesburg-based Pegasus is working on an aircraft that will sidestep the issue, by blending VTOL capabilities with private jet convenience.

Earlier this year, Lilium Aviation completed the world’s first maiden flight of a working electric VTOL jet prototype. The demonstration impressed people enough to enable them to secure $90 ...

There will be two versions of the aircraft, the Business Jet and the Millennium Jet. The number of passengers each of them will be able to carry seems like a waste of such amazing technology.

The proposed Sirius Jet marks a major aviation world first. A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft pitched at the business community, the Sirius Business Jet features a pioneering ...

Vehicle takeoff and landing can be done horizontally as well as US military Osprey Vertical take-off and landing aircraft The first electric-powered VTOL machine in the world to supply electricity ...

This jet-powered VTOL transport vehicle was the first, and only, of its kind - capable of transporting up to 36 people and 11,000 pounds of cargo.

Already on display in military aircraft like the Osprey-22, VTOL aircraft could theoretically eliminate the need for runways and run quieter than your typical airliner.

British company Samad Aerospace has unveiled a very unique VTOL aircraft design. The long-range, high-speed Q-Starling uses modified helicopter turbine engines to power turbojet thrusters as well ...

A very different aircraft design powered by multiple electrically powered jets took off for the first time last week. The Lilium Jet has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities and this first ...

The aircraft directed its takeoff force at both wings from below, with the theory being that this would generate a very strong VTOL takeoff.