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X-BAT aircraft can take off without runways. GE just proved its engine works

Shield AI's X-BAT vertical takeoff fighter clears a key engine milestone as GE Aerospace completes AVEN thrust-vectoring ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

GE completes key engine test for X-BAT aircraft that takes off without runways

GE Aerospace and Shield AI have reached a key milestone in developing the X-BAT ...
autoevolution

Aircraft That Can Take Off From a Parking Lot to Fly in Our Skies by the Thousands

Until vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) machines, with their innovative ways of flying, get here, there are two main kinds of aircraft in operation today: fixed-wing planes that speed horizontally ...
Electrek

Electra eSTOL aircraft needs just 100 feet to take off, gets $9 billion in orders

Electra first showed off its zero emission eSTOL (electric Short Take Off and Landing) aircraft concept back in 2021. After a proof-of-concept prototype that exceeded nearly every initial promise, the ...
autoevolution

Hybrid VTOL Demonstrator to Be Powered by First EASA-Certified Electric Motor

There are many companies working on vertical take-off and landing aircraft these days, some in more advanced stages of R&D than others, and we've covered them extensively here on autoevolution these ...