In the 1950s, the burgeoning concept of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology more than intrigued military ...
22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...
While fighter jets are iconic symbols of aviation and critical military assets, not all have been successful. This article ...
The Harrier Jump Jet, a VTOL attack jet developed in the 1960s, remained a dominant force in V/STOL fighter aircraft for an ...
To make experimentation even easier, [Stephen Carlson] and other researchers from the RoboWork Lab at the University of Nevada created the MiniHawk, a 3D printed VTOL aircraft for use a test bed ...
[Peter Ryseck]’s Mini QBIT quadrotor biplane brings in some of the efficiency of fixed-wing flight, without all the complexity usually associated with VTOL aircraft. The Mini QBIT is just a 3 ...