The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Bell Helicopters to build the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) unmanned ...

American defense contractor Bell was selected by DARPA to move forward with the build of its aircraft for the Speed and ...

The Dornier Do 31 was a bold and futuristic project: the first jet-powered VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) transport aircraft in the world. Developed during the Cold War to support NATO’s ...

Fighter jets are marvels of modern technology capable of inconceivable feats of aviation, yet a gap remains between factual ...

VTOL jet transports promised a future of vertical take off and landing for fast, flexible air travel. From bold Cold War ...

What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version ...

On 14 June, a British Royal Navy F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jet, valued at a cool £85 million, made an unscheduled ...

THE world’s first ‘heli-plane’ is a glossy mini-jet, capable of ferrying six passengers at 280mph for stylish short-haul travel. And it just hit a major milestone. The Cavorite X7… ...

World’s first ‘heli-plane’ that takes off vertically & transforms into jet to whisk passengers away at 280mph The mini-jet has 14 fans embedded within its wings that allow it to hover off ...

The swivel nozzle on the F-35B Lightning II, the U.S. Marine Corps' version, gives the fighter jet the ability to takeoff and land vertically.

Fighter jet falls off aircraft carrier into the ocean The U.S. Navy says an F-18 fighter jet was being towed out of a hangar on the USS Truman when the plane and the towing vehicle crashed overboard.

The hook was used to hang the jet from a vertical trailer bed, from which the X-13 would take off.