Flexrotor UAS Put Through Reliability Testing For SOCOM

Graham Warwick January 28, 2021
In bare-base testing, the Flexrotor was put through accelerated flight cycles to demonstrate reliability.
Credit: Aerovel
Aerovel has conducted reliability testing of its Flexrotor vertical-takeoff-and-landing Group 2 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for U.S. Special Operations Command. The demonstration included accelerated cycling of the tailsitting rotary-wing UAS through complete missions from takeoff to landing. The...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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