In the 1950s the Navy and Army worked on small VTOL machines to make troops go airborne. They worked, just not well enough. By Nicholas Slayton Updated Jan 1, 2026 12:53 PM EST For decades the United ...

While Boeing, Airbus and Lockheed are making huge splashes (and sales) and stealing all the headlines in the opening days of the 2017 Paris Air Show, some smaller companies and aircraft are still ...

There are so many companies in the business of designing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft of various capabilities it's impossible to keep track of them all. Yet, if there is one thing ...