Air’s unmanned cargo aircraft is categorized as a Group 4 UAS (unmanned aerial system) by the US Department of Defense.

Personal electric aircraft have teased us for years. They look futuristic, promise freedom from traffic, and usually come with prices that put them out of reach or timelines that feel uncertain.

Helicopters are no longer the only aircraft capable of taking off vertically. Electric motors, ...

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 ...

While Boeing, Airbus and Lockheed are making huge splashes (and sales) and stealing all the headlines in the opening days of the 2017 Paris Air Show, some smaller companies and aircraft are still ...

BAE Systems has announced that STRIX, a new type of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, made its first flight in late October. The flight was reportedly successful, paving the way for ...

The promise of personal flying machines has been around for decades. From flying cars to jetpacks, the future always seemed to promise a traffic-jam-free ride to work that left the roads far below.

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 ...

OSHKOSH, Wis., July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CoolFly, a developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) personal aircraft, is making its first appearance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh with ...

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 ...

Anduril and Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) today unveiled their jointly-developed autonomous VTOL aircraft platform, built to serve both defense and commercial applications. Anduril showcased the ...

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 ...