DARPA's high-speed VTOL X-plane passes ground effect testing By Loz Blain. October 08, 2024 Facebook; ... high-speed VTOL manned cargo/troop transport uses a slatted fan-in-wing VTOL system.

The Hiller X-18 was a cargo aircraft that had VTOL capability as far back as the 1950s. Read the story about this strange aircraft that led the VTOL charge.

With its massive 40-ton cargo capacity, the JHL-40 can deliver heavy materials to remote and harsh areas where planes, trains, trucks, ships and helicopters can't do the job. This 'neurally ...

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

It can lift 1,500 lbs (680 kg) of cargo during vertical takeoff, or up to 1,800 lbs (815 kg) when launching from a runway. However, the X7 is still awaiting certification from aviation authorities.

If you've flown on a plane recently, you already know this future never took flight. You are an aircraft designer. Your assignment is to devise the next-generation passenger transport.

A FedEx Airlines Boeing 767 cargo plane landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday without its front landing gear, a Turkish Transport Ministry official said, adding there were no casualties and ...