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.

While Aurora’s X-plane project shows immense promise, it also faces significant technical and operational challenges.

The image shows the second XV-5A Army fan-in-wing V/STOL research aircraft making a vertical ... lift-fan power system; Ryan Aeronautical Co. built the airframe, and Republic Aviation Corp. was ...

After a vertical lift-off, the Model A will turn onto its side ... And it has large prototypes capable of vertical flight - though they don't yet resemble the polished appearance of the firm's ...

Bell Textron advances DARPA's SPRINT X-plane program with successful wind tunnel tests, marking the completion of the ...

It will also use off-the-shelf turbofan and turboshaft ... It is unclear which company is being contracted to build the vertical lift system for the X-plane. The United Kingdom's Rolls-Royce ...

Phase 2 of testing includes vertical take-off and landing and low ... progress to low-speed manoeuvres using lift generated by the propellers at its Flight Test Centre at Cotswolds Airport ...