The 1950s were a time of rapid innovation in aviation. The world emerged from World War II with an intense curiosity about ...

The Nord 500 was a French ducted fan VTOL aircraft designed to replace helicopters with faster, more versatile vertical lift ...

France is a nation of contradictions, its engineering trends being simultaneously ultra-conservative yet radically inventive to the point of absurdity. The forces of conformity and eccentricity have ...

ABSTRACT: Early stages of ground-effect flight transit vehicle (GEFT) development identify benchmark digital prototype performances with approaches to reduce energy consumption by 20% to 80%. 80% ...

The Cavorite X7 is designed to fly safely in clouds and known icing conditions at faster speeds and lower operating costs than helicopters, aiming for undisrupted flight operations worldwide TORONTO, ...

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 ...

Pratt & Whitney continues to insist its engine offering for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft will be a traditional ducted fan engine, eschewing the open-fan design of its rival CFM ...

Joby Aviation (JOBY) -- in partnership with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies (LHX) -- has completed a test fight of a hybrid autonomous VTOL defense aircraft using Joby’s SuperPilot autonomy ...

Joby Aviation announced its electric VTOL aircraft, which it is developing alongside L3Harris Technologies, had its first flight in California on Nov. 7. (Joby Aviation) Joby Aviation and L3Harris ...

The Janus-1 is a twin-rotor personal helicopter with the nickname of the flying suitcase. Developed by the Chinese company, X-Control, the nickname refers to the aircraft's diminutive size, and while ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and DALLAS and AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- XTI Aerospace, Inc. ("XTI" or the "Company") [NASDAQ: XTIA], advancing scalable vertical ...