Piasecki Hovers Ares Tilt-Duct VTOL For First Time

The Ares demonstrator completed its second tethered hover with the Piasecki-developed M4 multi-mission pod attached.

Credit: Piasecki Aircraft
Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of the Ares tilt-duct vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) demonstrator, more than a decade after it was selected to develop the uncrewed aircraft under a DARPA project that was later canceled. The proof-of-concept Aerial Reconfigurable...
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