For VTOL and hover operations, the drone's top and bottom bodywork opens up in a series of slats, exposing a greater percentage of the rotors' swept area to airflow and deriving maximum lift. Then, as ...

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing design, which can now be applied to larger aircraft for unmanned aerial logistics and even tactical ISR missions. Sikorsky announced it has ...

There are a variety of possible motor configurations to choose from when building a fixed-wing VTOL drone, but few take the twin-motor tilt-rotor approach used by the V-22 Osprey. However, it remains ...

Bell's High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) test article is at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to test key features of its HSVTOL concept including prop-rotors that fold in-flight.

Sikorsky successfully flew its "rotor blown wing" uncrewed aerial system, demonstrating stable and maneuverable flight in both helicopter (VTOL) and fixed-wing modes. The 115-pound drone performed ...

There will come a time in the near future when aircraft will seem like nothing we presently have at our disposal. From stranger and stranger shapes to increasingly insane capabilities, aircraft of the ...

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Concept image of Aeronautics Orbiter 4 UAS fitted with the new VTOL kit, which the company says is designed to provide flexibility to operators. (Aeronautics) Aeronautics has developed an applique ...

Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) today announced an exclusive collaboration with Karem Aircraft, giving Archer access to the key aspects of Karem’s advanced, military-grade rotor and tiltrotor ...

With the rotor stopped, the blades are stowed in the sled test at Holloman. Credit: Bell Bell has completed sled tests of the stop/fold rotor concept for a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing ...

Integral to Archer’s strategic partnership with Anduril is the goal of delivering an autonomous, hybrid propulsion, vertical take-off and landing aircraft that can help modernize the U.S. and its ...