FAA investigating after passenger plane taking off got too close to Trump’s Marine One helicopter

Officials are reviewing how a commercial jet full of passengers got too close to the military helicopter carrying President ...
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A Fighter Jet That Takes Off Without a Runway Is One Step Closer to Vertical Takeoff

The X-Bat is the first AI-piloted supersonic jet with the ability to take off and land vertically without a runway. Reading time 2 minutes The X-Bat strike aircraft just reached a major milestone with ...
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A new AI fighter jet could take off from a parking lot instead of a runway

The next fighter jet may not need a runway. Shield AI and GE Aerospace have completed a critical propulsion test for X-BAT, an autonomous strike aircraft built to take off and land vertically. The ...
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Crewless Fighter Jet That Can Take Off Vertically Uses Thrust Vectoring Tech Developed in the 1990s

When one thinks about fighter jets, no matter their size and regardless of whether they are piloted or autonomous, the first thing that comes to mind is a runway. Aircraft of this kind need to ...