The Bell D-188 was an extraordinary VTOL fighter concept designed to take off without runways or aircraft carriers while ...

The Harrier Jump Jet turned vertical takeoff and landing from a long-running engineering dream into a real combat aircraft.

Shield AI and GE Aerospace have signed a memorandum of understanding to power the developmental X-Bat unmanned vertical take-off and landing fighter with the proven F110-GE-129 engine, featuring ...

The future of air combat is starting to look a lot more like something pulled from a design lab that refuses to follow the old rules of fighter jets. The X-BAT, an autonomous vertical takeoff and ...

When people generally think about fighter jets, they envision something sleek, easy on the eyes, and streamlined. The majority of modern fighter jets look relatively similar, with a few exceptions.

Iran’s new defense minister has suggested that his country enhance its air force by developing and building fighter aircraft with a vertical take-off and landing, VTOL, capability, also known as jump ...

In theory, a VTOL fighter could protect the mother ship or join other VTOL fighters to defend a task force or convoy. After four years of study, the Navy awarded contracts to Convair and Lockheed to ...

Great Britain has produced some of the most potent - and often beautiful - fighter aircraft ever flown. The pivotal moment in the story of the British fighter aircraft was the Battle of Britain in ...