American defense contractor Bell was selected by DARPA to move forward with the build of its aircraft for the Speed and ...

The rotors are the meat and bones of the entire craft. In a main and tail rotor configuration, the main rotor spins to create thrust that outweighs the helicopter's overall weight.

NASHVILLE—Sikorsky plans to fly a Group 3 design of its Rotor Blown Wing next month as the company targets U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Navy programs plus international interest in the concept ...

With the ability to independently adjust the thrust of each of their four motors, quadcopters are exceptionally agile compared to more traditional aircraft. But in an effort to create an even more … ...

The S-72 X-Wing was both—an experimental aircraft with rotors that doubled as fixed wings. This wild design blurred the line between flight tech and sci-fi fantasy, pushing the boundaries of ...

The work with the rotor blown wing UAS is continuing to inform Sikorsky’s continued development of a larger version for a separate DARPA program and as the company explores building a family of ...

The Rotor Blown Wing UAS while taking off vertically during the tests. Two other developments took place in Oct. 2024, as DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) previously contracted ...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) has successfully validated the advanced control laws to successfully fly a ‘rotor blown wing’ uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in both helicopter and ...

Through extensive flight tests earlier this year, Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky has proven the capability of a “rotor blown wing” unmanned aircraft system that can fly like a helicopter or an ...

Sikorsky has successfully completed vertical-to-forward flight transitions of its autonomous rotor-blown-wing demonstrator, an all-electric aircraft the company is using to better understand the ...