Joby Aviation has completed the inaugural flight of its turbine electric, autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) demonstrator aircraft at its facility in Marina, California, US. The aircraft ...

Demonstrator aircraft integrates hybrid turbine into Joby’s proven electric aircraft platform Aircraft flew just three months after announcement of hybrid concept, demonstrating value of vertical ...

Joby Aviation has completed the first test flight of its turbine‑electric, autonomous VTOL demonstrator, expanding its fully electric air taxi platform with a hybrid turbine powertrain and the company ...

Shield AI’s new unmanned, vertical-takeoff-and-landing fighter jet concept is designed to be a drone wingman or a standalone aircraft, marking the latest autonomous aircraft announcement by defense ...

Shield AI has revealed the X-BAT, a vertical take-off stealth jet designed for runway-free operations and powered by the firm’s Hivemind AI pilot. U.S. defense technology company Shield AI has ...

A San Diego defense technology company unveiled an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet Tuesday that can take off vertically without runways, accelerating the Pentagon's push toward a future ...

What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version? That's exactly what aviation firm FusionFlight has just revealed, in 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 ...

Czech advanced air mobility developer Zuri has revealed more details of its scaled second-generation technology demonstrator – referred to as TD2.0 – including significant changes to the aircraft’s ...