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Work is underway in the U.S. on a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) transport aircraft. The "Aurora X-Plane" program—first details
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When I first came across this news, I initially thought it was all part of the alternative aviation scene. This plane looks so fantastical. However, as it ...

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Following the failure of the Il-112V program, Russia is preparing a bold response. Two new military transport aircraft are on the way.
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The program to develop the Il-112V light military transport aircraft, which had been in development for nearly two decades as a replacement for the legendary ...

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India Could Revive the Il-214: Why a Failed Project Has Suddenly Become Very Interesting for Russia Again
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Sometimes an aircraft project is abandoned because nobody needs the aircraft anymore. With the Il-214, almost the opposite happened. The transport aircraft ...

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Armstrong Whitworth Argosy: How Britain Invented the Airplane of the Future but Failed to Produce It on a Mass Scale
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The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy (often referred to simply as the Argosy) is a British medium-sized transport aircraft developed in the late 1940s and early ...

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What Will Replace the Il-76? Military Transport Aircraft of the Near Future: Vertical Takeoff and Landing, and Low Observability
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As far back as the 1970s, in the USSR and other countries around the world—such as West Germany—work was actively underway on military transport VTOL aircraft. ...

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A Breakthrough or a Setback? A Look Back at 2025 for the Promising Russian PD-35 and PD-26 Aircraft Engine Projects
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In a world where aviation continues to be the driving force of progress, shaping the pace and scope of human interaction, the development of new aircraft ...

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The KJ-3000—the invisible battle conductor. How China’s newest AEW&C aircraft directs battles from the air
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It’s amazing, but way back in 2013, our website already featured a story about an aircraft with that name. Admittedly, it was purely a conceptual military ...

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U.S. CV-22B Ospreys Deployed to Puerto Rico: History, Capabilities, and Role of the Tiltrotor Aircraft
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Currently, in December 2025, a large-scale deployment of U.S. CV-22B Osprey tiltrotors, along with MC-130J Commando II aircraft, is taking place in Puerto ...

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An American Dream. The SC-10 Jupiter Heavy Military Transport Aircraft. United States
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I’m sorry to disappoint anyone who thinks this is going to be about yet another American startup developing a new super-heavy aircraft. That’s not the case at ...

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The An-70—a project that survived the collapse of the Soviet Union but did not survive the Maidan in Kyiv
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We have written about the An-70, a promising Soviet—and later Ukrainian—military transport aircraft, on numerous occasions on our website. However, all of ...

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