U.S. SOCOM To Assess Potential Of Channel-Wing VTOL UAS

HopFlyt Caption: HopFlyt has flown prototypes of its channel-wing VTOL uncrewed aircraft

HopFlyt has flown prototypes of its channel-wing VTOL uncrewed aircraft.

Credit: HopFlyt
The innovation arm of U.S. Special Operations Command, SOFWerx, plans to assess the capabilities of uncrewed aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion and channel wings for vertical takeoff and landing. SOFWerx on May 28 released a special notice seeking information on technologies for inclusion in...
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