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Unmanned VTOL fighter plane design with 2,000-mile range unveiled, can conduct attack missions

A San Diego-based company has unveiled a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet platform. Shield AI’s new concept is designed for expeditionary and maritime operations in contested ...
New Atlas

X-BAT combat drone blends VTOL, stealth and speed

It seems like autonomous aircraft makers are indulging in a bit of oneupsmanship as Shield AI rolls out its X-BAT VTOL Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that combines the ability to land and take ...
Forbes

How Autonomous VTOL Aircraft Can Be The Next Transformative Technology

Some technologies, like smartphones, have a transformative impact on entire sectors of the economy and our everyday lives. Advances in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, are driving ...
Business Wire

Joby Celebrates First Flight of Turbine Electric Demonstrator Aircraft

Demonstrator aircraft integrates hybrid turbine into Joby’s proven electric aircraft platform Aircraft flew just three months after announcement of hybrid concept, demonstrating value of vertical ...
The Enterprise

Horizon Aircraft’s Unique VTOL Delivers Up to 75% Lower Operating Costs Than Helicopters

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 5, 2026 / New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. (“Horizon Aircraft” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:HOVR) is proud to announce that its hybrid-electric VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and ...
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3D-printed autonomous interceptor aircraft targets hostile drone swarms at 350 mph

Colorado-based SkyDefense has introduced CobraJet, an autonomous interceptor aircraft designed to stop hostile drones ...
SlashGear

12 Mini Military Aircraft You Might Not Have Known Existed

Commercial vehicles come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes that cater to different needs and budgets. Smaller cars are more fuel efficient and less expensive, whereas larger trucks can haul more ...
Robb Report

This New Hybrid VTOL Aircraft Has a 500-Mile Range

AltoVolo is up, up, and away. The London-based firm has built and flown a quarter-scale prototype of its Sigma aircraft, with a full-scale demonstrator due for completion at the end of the year.
The National Interest

Did DARPA Choose the Wrong VTOL Demonstrator for Its “SPRINT” Project?

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 ...
autoevolution

This Is How $1.1 Million Fly Away as the Sigma Hybrid VTOL

There are a number of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft currently being put together around the world, and no matter who makes them, or where, they all share at least two traits: none of ...
New Atlas

Video: Semicircular wings give Cyclone VTOL a different kind of lift

We've seen lots of designs for vertical take-off and landing vehicles over the years, but none are quite as striking as the wings on HopFlyt's Cyclone. The curved wings have their root in a design ...