The DARPA project was canned, and the sale of some 100-odd kit gyros ... can only manage 351 mph (565 km/h). The VertiJet, if it's as fast as Skyworks claims, will be a genuinely next-level ...

More specifically, that support will be geared toward Skyworks’ VertiJet — a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft being developed for what it says are both commercial and military ...

Utah-based Skyworks believes its VertiJet gyrocopter could have a 348kt (644km/h) cruise speed with a range of 1,000nm (1,852km). The company thinks it could have a prototype flying in 18 to 24 ...

Skyworks Global and Scaled Composites will offer their VertiJet gyrodyne aircraft for one of the US Army’s various Future Vertical Lift (FVL) competitions, according to an executive. John Michel ...

Spirit’s Northern Ireland and Scotland operations will work collaboratively on detailed design activity to support Skyworks VertiJet - a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), high-speed and long ...

Skyworks Global has partnered with Scaled Composites to build a high-speed rotorcraft demonstrator, the Vertijet, based on a concept developed under DARPA’s Heliplane program and inspired by the ...

Skyworks Global and Scaled Composites are betting that the unique tip-jet design found on gyrodynes such as the team’s VertiJet aircraft will give it an advantage over conventional rotary-wing ...

Spirit’s Northern Ireland and Scotland operations will work collaboratively on detailed design activity to support Skyworks VertiJet – a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), high-speed and long-range ...