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New Drone Takes Off Like A Helicopter, Flies Like A Plane
Drones // 

Runways are inconvenient, and helicopters are inefficient. Between these two statements is the quest for Vertical ...

Kelsey D. Atherton at 10:05 AM May 9 2016
Watch DARPA's VTOL Drone Perform Its First Vertical Take-Off
Drones // 

The future doesn't need runways. Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), a family of technologies that let flying ...

Kelsey D. Atherton at 08:35 AM Apr 22 2016
Your Next Plane Could Take Off Vertically
Aerospace // 

The ideal airplane doesn't need a runway. Since Kitty Hawk, the standard design of a fixed-wing airplane assumes the ...

Kelsey D. Atherton at 10:05 AM Aug 31 2015
Lockheed Martin's 'Flying Humvee' Concept Gets a Lift from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Aerospace // 

When DARPA launched its Transformer (TX) program back in early 2010, PopSci responded as most media did by applauding...

Clay Dillow at 23:40 PM Aug 10 2012
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