Avro Canada’s VZP-140 proposal was an extraordinary attempt to build a VTOL fighter for the US Navy using four wingtip ...

Against the silver-gray sky in the old film reel, the bulbous jet lurches upwards like a flying saucer in an old Ray Harryhausen film. The Short SC1 aircraft, a British-built experimental plane, was ...

Shield AI's X-BAT fighter drone gets arrowhead redesign for high-speed flight, packing F-35 payload capacity with VTOL ...

Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are becoming increasingly important for the future of military aviation and strategic superiority. As one of the pioneers of vertical lift aircraft technology, ...

In the world of technology, it's not uncommon for an idea to seem entirely plausible on paper, only for the reality not to pan out. The key, in these sorts of scenarios, is to come to that realization ...

Gone is the traditional green Heads-Up Display (HUD) that you remember seeing on the dash of every cockpit in every 90's fighter plane movie. For pinpoint VTOL operations and total situational ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shield AI today announced the unveiling of X-BAT, an AI-piloted, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet designed for expeditionary and maritime ...

The future of air combat is starting to look a lot more like something pulled from a design lab that refuses to follow the ...

Ontario-based Horizon Aircraft is ending the year on a high note after securing a large investment from its strategic partner. The financial boost will enable it to continue on the path toward the ...

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA's Speed & Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. Early ground effect testing has ...