Boeing Begins Work On DARPA DiscRotor Convertiplane
Boeing has kicked off work under a 30-month U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to study a high-speed rotorcraft design called the DiscRotor. The concept promises helicopter-like hover efficiency, but speeds in excess of 350 knots in fixed-wing mode. This compares with 150 knots...
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