The FAA has a loophole that allows pilots to fly ultralight aircraft without a license. The planes must meet specific weight and speed requirements to qualify.

Joby Aviation (JOBY) -- in partnership with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies (LHX) -- has completed a test fight of a ...

Control, can be flown in the U.S. without a license, but using its more advanced features may breach FAA rules.

The demonstrator first flew on Nov. 7 at Joby’s Marina, CA facility using the company’s autonomy stack, dubbed SuperPilot. It also integrates a gas turbine powertrain into Joby’s all-electric air taxi ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- XTI Aircraft Company (XTIA) ("XTI Aircraft"), a subsidiary of XTI Aerospace, Inc. ("XTI"), a pioneer in xVTOL and powered-lift aircraft solutions, today ...

Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation have come together to rapidly advance aerial warfare. This partnership aims to develop a next-generation hybrid-propulsion vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) ...

Metro Aviation, a major U.S. air ambulance operator, has ordered up to 20 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Alia aircraft from Beta Technologies to integrate into its fleet. The ...

BAE Systems has announced that STRIX, a new type of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, made its first flight in late October. The flight was reportedly successful, paving the way for ...

The promise of personal flying machines has been around for decades. From flying cars to jetpacks, the future always seemed to promise a traffic-jam-free ride to work that left the roads far below.

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA's Speed & Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. Early ground effect testing has ...

DARPA has selected six companies to take concepts for a shipborne vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft through a preliminary design review (PDR) on the way to flying a planned X-plane ...