No feature of Army modernization is more important and relevant to this effort than the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) - a tiltrotor aircraft that can take off, hover and land like a ...

Since the V-22 first flew in 1989, the tiltrotor aircraft has been involved in crashes that have caused 60 fatalities and 93 injuries—an atrocious safety record. The recent near-crash in New ...

But this build does it with just two propellers. It’s a tiltrotor build which allows the two upward-pointing propellers to tilt forward and backward. The real world equivalent of this UAV design ...

The AeroTrain would be similar to the V-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor now in military use in Iraq and Afghanistan, but much larger. In addition to vertical takeoff, it would be capable of cruise flight ...

DALLAS–Leonardo’s AW609 commercial tiltrotor has taken a step closer to certification with the beginning of Type Inspection Authority (TIA) flights by FAA pilots. The TIA flights are among ...

Progress has also been made in airworthiness certification. In January this year, TCab Tech signed a G-1 issue paper with the Civil Aviation Administration of China, marking a major milestone that ...