Joby Aviation on Thursday announced the first flight of its new turbine-electric, autonomous vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, marking a major step toward hybrid VTOL operations for commercial ...

The Vertiia is one of today's most impressive VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft. It's a trailblazer for Australia's AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) and a global industry innovator, claiming to ...

The Army has detailed an extensive plan for evaluating hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platforms and enabling technologies, with an aim to hold capability demonstrations between ...

Sikorsky plans to have the power systems tested for its hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (HEX VTOL) demonstrator aircraft ready by year’s end to begin ground runs in 2025, citing it as a ...

The lessor wants to tap what it views as huge potential to launch new regional air routes in a country that boasts the world's largest population. Indian cities such as Mumbai could see new regional ...

Pipistrel has successfully completed the first hover flight of its Nuuva V300 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff and landing (VTOL) prototype. The flight of the uncrewed cargo VTOL was conducted at ...

Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft aims for certification for IFR operation and "flight into known icing conditions (FIKI)," a key differentiator from most competitors. This ...

The Doroni Aerospace H1-X concept was the 1,000th design added to the VFS World eVTOL Aircraft Directory (Doroni image) Vertical Flight Society logo The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) tracks electric ...

Integrating hybrid-electric propulsion capabilities into Vertical’s next-generation aircraft prototype, unlocking multi-billion-dollar opportunities including defence, logistics and wider commercial ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024) introduces new futuristic aircraft categories, such as electric VTOL air taxis (e.g., Joby S4, Archer Midnight) and other powered-lift designs, allowing ...

There are so many companies in the business of designing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft of various capabilities it's impossible to keep track of them all. Yet, if there is one thing ...