Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. When President Trump signed an executive order accelerating U.S. drone production and ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Some technologies, like smartphones, have a transformative impact on entire sectors of the ...

What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version? That's exactly what aviation firm FusionFlight has just revealed, in the ...

Vertiia is not only the most technologically advanced and innovative VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) designed and built in Australia, it's also one of the most impressive in the world. Designed to ...

Joby Aviation and L3Harris are collaborating to develop a new gas turbine hybrid, optionally piloted VTOL aircraft tailored for defense missions. The new aircraft, a modified S4 air taxi, will feature ...

Orkid, an aerospace technology company specializing in tactical uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), today announced its entry into the U.S. market with a new line of SATCOM-enabled, fixed-wing VTOL ...

Vertical take-off and landing aircraft are seen as the promised land of urban mobility, capable of transporting people from point A to point B much faster than cars presently can. Generally speaking, ...

Flight testing expected to start in fall 2025, with operational demonstrations expected in 2026 New aircraft class could be used for a wide range of low-altitude support use-cases Gas turbine hybrid ...

The advances of Aurora’s demonstrator ensure that the company’s fan-in-wing VTOL experiments will extend well beyond DARPA’s SPRINT. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, is poised to redefine ...

Boeing’s Collaborative Combat Rotorcraft (CCR) is one adaptation of Boeing’s Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft (CxR) – a modular, unmanned, multi-mission autonomous tiltrotor concept. Boeing ...

Drone-maker Orkid has unveiled a new variant of its Orkid 260 drone that incorporates four technologies to improve aerial data-capture technology. According to the company, the Orkid 260VTOL ...