Tilt-rotor planes are, as the name implies ... With the rotors providing lift, the aircraft is able to hover and perform vertical take-off and landing (VTOL); switched to thrust mode, wings ...

Marana Regional Airport held a ceremony honoring the 19 Marines who tragically lost their lives during a training mission ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...