Sentences with phrase «vertical takeoffs and landings»

Its PAT200 personal air taxi is a hybrid - electric aircraft that features vertical takeoffs and landings and is optimized for quiet, efficient operation in urban environments.

Terrafugia is a small American corporation that has developed a roadable aircraft called the Transition, best known for its ability for a vertical takeoff and landing and the fact that the cars are approved for both the road and air.

Operated by a remote - controlled «militarized iPad,» Lockheed's Martin Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) uses two giant fan engines to power vertical takeoff and landing.

The TriFan 600 is both VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) capable and STOL (short takeoff and landing capable).

Today (Nov. 24), Musk tweeted, «Congrats to Jeff Bezos and the BO team for achieving VTOL [vertical takeoff and landing] on their booster.»

STRAIGHT UP — «Active research on vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft is in progress both here and abroad.

Called the AT Black Knight Transformer, it combines the vertical takeoff and landing of a helicopter with the off - road driving capabilities of a truck.

By then, the company claims, passengers will be able to book trips on electric vertical takeoff and landing (or e-VTOL) aircraft through the Uber app, at roughly the fare of an UberX ride, the company's cheapest private car option.

These VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing, pronounced vee - tol) aircraft would operate using fixed wings with tilt prop - rotors.

However, during April last year at the Uber Elevate Summit, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft were presented as a means to bringing profound changes to our cities and our lives.

LG: That's vertical takeoff and landing.

And perhaps because the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft we're talking about are just now starting to appear, there's still time to turn the tide against «flying cars.»

Vahana is an autonomous, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL).

The technology that Holden is referring to is called VTOL, which stands for vertical takeoff and landing.

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Calling it an «unmanned electric vertical - takeoff - and - landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype,» the aerospace giant said it could serve as a precursor for future autonomous flying aircraft.

Controlled remotely by a pilot on the ground, the two - seater prototype was able to execute a vertical takeoff, transition between its hover and forward flight modes mid-air, and make a successful landing.