Sikorsky Flight-Tests Rotor Blown Wing For Uncrewed VTOL Missions

Sikorsky rotor blown wing concept

Sikorsky’s rotor blown wing is a hybrid-electric flying wing with semi-articulated rotors for control in hover.

Credit: Sikorsky
Sikorsky is getting a second chance to build an advanced rotorcraft for DARPA under an X-plane demonstrator program. The Lockheed Martin company is one of six companies selected by the Pentagon’s advanced research projects agency to complete preliminary design of an uncrewed aircraft capable of...
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