AV Flies Wildcat VTOL UAS In DARPA’s Evade Project

AeroVironment  Caption: AV’s Wildcat has tail-mounted lift propellers for vertical flight and a nose-mounted prop for wingborne cruise

AV’s Wildcat has tail-mounted lift propellers for vertical flight and a nose-mounted prop for wing-borne cruise.

Credit: Aerovironment
AeroVironment’s Wildcat has transitioned to wing-borne forward flight under a DARPA program to accelerate the fielding of a new class of vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft. The tailsitting Wildcat is one of five 330-lb.-class Group 3 uncrewed aircraft being developed under DARPA’s...
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