The X-13 was developed in the 1950s, at a time when aerospace research was perhaps at its most fervent. The Ryan X-13 ...

[Peter Ryseck]’s Mini QBIT quadrotor biplane brings in some of the efficiency of fixed-wing flight, without all the complexity usually associated with VTOL aircraft. The Mini QBIT is just a 3 ...

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has successfully flown an electric-powered, 115-lb (52-kg) autonomous drone that uses ...

These experiments became known as tail-sitting airplanes with counter-rotating propellers. This was early VTOL innovation. Ryan designers, and those at Lockheed and Convair, thought that maybe ...

Over the past few years a great deal of companies have tried their hand at creating vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that could be used as part of air taxi services. A bunch of them ...

Sikorsky has successfully completed vertical-to-forward flight transitions of its autonomous rotor-blown-wing demonstrator, ...

An RC VTOL aircraft always makes for a compelling project, but ensuring the transition between hover and forward flight can be quite challenging. In the video after the break, [Nicholas Rehm ...

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky has successfully flown its "rotor blown wing" drone in both helicopter and fixed-wing flight modes ...

PteroDynamics Inc., an innovator in autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft systems, today announced an expansion of its contract with the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft ...