Boeing Model To Test Darpa’s High-Speed DiscRotor Concept
Credit: Boeing/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
A concept for combining fixed- and rotary-wing aviation almost as old as powered flight is being revisited under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s DiscRotor program. Generically, a disc-rotor aircraft has a disc that provides lift in forward flight and extends rotor blades for...
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