Sikorsky To Build Hybrid-Electric VTOL Flight Demonstrator

Matrix

Matrix autonomy technology developed using Sikorsky’s S-76 SARA testbed will be at the core of the eVTOL demonstrator.

Credit: Sikorsky
Sikorsky has confirmed it is developing a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator aircraft. The demonstrator will be fully uncrewed to allow rapid envelope expansion, the company says. “Larger than air taxis in development by other vendors, Sikorsky’s eVTOL aircraft aims to...
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