Tolerance.ca
Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

US Military Seeks New Vertical-Takeoff Planes

For a long time, the U.S. military has wanted a robust transport aircraft that can take off and land like a helicopter, but fly faster, like an airplane. One such aircraft, Boeing's MV-22 Osprey, has been in use since 2007, but critics say its development was costly and it is not fast enough. So the Pentagon is looking for a new generation of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) planes. The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a competition challenge for aircraft of...


Read complete article

© Voice of America -
Subscribe to Tolerance.ca


Follow us on ...
Facebook Twitter