Tilt Rotor Aircraft like the V-22 Osprey and V-280 Valor offer unique capabilities in a single platform - yet they are not without risks. Find out why the military is making ever increasing use of ...

The TR53 derives from an aircraft Karem designed for the U.S. Army’s VTOL Joint Heavy Lift requirement and from the unmanned Optimum Speed Tilt Rotor A-160 Hummingbird, which he designed for the ...

Gear and clutch problems in the Osprey have killed more than a dozen troops in recent years, leading to groundings of the tilt-rotor aircraft.

The aircraft from Joby Aviation are some of the ... The result is mighty complex, with six tilt rotors controlled via servos for the utmost in maneuverability. These allow the vehicle to take ...

Russia says it's planning to design its own tilt-rotor aircraft like the US' V-22 Osprey, with experimental design work slated to start in September. The aircraft will be given to Russia's elite ...

On December 18, 1958, in the hands of test pilot Bill Quinlan, it became the first tilt-rotor aircraft to transition from vertical to horizontal flight and back again. Over the next eight years ...

Gear and clutch problems in the Osprey have killed more than a dozen troops in recent years, leading to groundings of the tilt-rotor aircraft. (Sgt. Armando Elizalde/U.S. Marine Corps) The Navy ...

With a price tag of about $84 million, the V-22 Osprey is the world's first production tilt-rotor aircraft. The MV-22 Osprey, flown by the Marine Corps, has the ability to take off vertically like ...

A U.S. military Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft reportedly crashed in waters off Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 29. Defense Ministry officials said an Osprey based at the U ...

Saturday -- the community came together to honor the 19 marines who were tragically killed in that incident back on. And they made it very clear both Saturday morning and night – that the lives lost, ...