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, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Bell’s research into tiltrotor aircraft stretches back over sixty years. In the mid-1960s, Bell built the X-22, a one-off four-rotor tiltrotor design made to provide ...

We got a glimpse at what a new cross between a helicopter and a jet aircraft might look like after Bell released a new image. It's of a model used in wind tunnel tests of its entry in DARPA's Speed ...

Bell's High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing concepts seek to answer a demand for light to heavy tactical VTOL aircraft that can operate at jet speeds across Pacific distances. The program manager ...

With the rotor stopped, the blades are stowed in the sled test at Holloman. Credit: Bell Bell has completed sled tests of the stop/fold rotor concept for a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing ...

The idea of vertical take-off and landing vehicles (VTOL) has been around for decades now, but only in recent times this now-not-so-sci-fi- concept became a much-needed tool for making life easier in ...

Bell will conduct the first of several operational demonstrations of its APT-70 cargo drone with a competitive flyoff under the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (TRUAS) prize ...

Thales will develop flight control systems for Bell’s vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft, the two companies said Tuesday. Bell has said the aircraft, which is to be used for on-demand urban ...