In the late 1990s, the U.S. Air Force, NASA, and Lockheed Martin studied the X-44 MANTA—a tailless, delta-winged concept that ...

The Ryan X-13 Vertijet was the Air Force’s 1950s answer to runway vulnerability: a tail-sitting jet that hovered on thrust, transitioned to level flight, and recovered by hooking a vertical line on a ...

Current electric aircraft development mirrors the early days of aviation, with numerous experimental designs and uncertain outcomes. Electric aircraft are categorized into conventional transports, ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "eVTOL Aircraft Market by Lift Technology (Vectored Thrust, Multirotor, Lift Plus Cruise), MTOW (<250 KG, 250 - 500 KG, 500 - 1500 KG, >1500 KG), Application, Mode of ...

VECTORED THRUST YOU SEE COMING IN. A BEAUTIFUL LOOKING AIRPLANE. BESIDES THAT, EVERY ANGLE DESIGNED TO HELP DEFEAT ENEMY RADAR AND GAVE ENHANCED MANEUVERABILITY FOR THE AIRCRAFT. >> WHAT IS SOME OF ...

LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (“Vertical” or the “Company”) (NYSE: EVTL; EVTLW), a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, has taken ...

The United Kingdom eVTOL company, Vertical Aerospace, started their 2025 right and with a massive achievement with their VX4 aircraft which achieved a new milestone featuring its thrust-borne maneuver ...

The Lilium Jet’s ducted-fan vectored thrust architecture is at the heart of long-running skepticism over its performance claims. Credit: Lilium Are claims made for advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles ...

As 2025 unfolds, British aerospace company Vertical Aerospace Ltd. has successfully executed its inaugural piloted thrust-borne flight maneuvers with an eVTOL aircraft. This milestone, authorized by ...

The Aero Engine Corporation of China displayed an engine with a 2D thrust vectoring nozzle during Airshow China 2022. The nozzle design appears intended to sustain manoeuvres at low speeds and at very ...

Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) has completed its first piloted thrustborne flight maneuvers. The milestone was achieved after the business received approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority to expand ...

Piasecki Aircraft has completed ground vibration testing of its X-49A compound helicopter demonstrator, but uncertainty over funding is threatening plans to flight test the modified Sikorsky YSH-60F ...