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Sikorsky is developing a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (HEX/VTOL) tilt-wing demonstrator, one of a new family of hybrid rotorcraft that will also offer pilot-optional autonomous flight.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: S… Continue reading Sikorsky’s new tilt-wing hybrid VTOL aircraft promises 575-mile range
Bell has released a video showing off its High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) technology in action. The two-minute video shows a ground test of the nacelle system used to lift and land a VTOL X-plane before converting to jet flight.Continu… Continue reading Bell ground tests high-speed tiltrotor technology for SPRINT X-plane
Bell has released a video showing off its High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) technology in action. The two-minute video shows a ground test of the nacelle system used to lift and land a VTOL X-plane before converting to jet flight.Continu… Continue reading Bell ground tests high-speed tiltrotor technology for SPRINT X-plane
After years of testing and deliberation, the US Army has made the US$1.3-billion decision to select the Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor craft to replace the Army’s 2,000 UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters and 1,200 AH-64 Apache assault helicopters.Contin… Continue reading US Army selects V-280 Valor as replacement for Black Hawk and Apache
The V-22 Osprey is an aircraft like no other. The tiltrotor multirole military aircraft makes an impression wherever it goes; coincidentally, a flight of two of these beasts flew directly …read more Continue reading [Tom Stanton] Builds an Osprey
After several years out of the public eye, Leonardo’s AW609 tiltrotor aircraft re-emerged as the centerpiece of the aerospace and defense company’s display at the 2021 Dubai Airshow this month. The appearance comes on the back of reports the aircraft c… Continue reading Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor surfaces in Dubai as certification looms
Bell has revealed its latest design concepts for the next generation of military rotorcraft using its High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) technology. The goal is to explore the future capabilities of next generation military vertical lift… Continue reading Bell looks to the future of tiltrotors with advanced HSVTOL concepts
Although numerous companies are now developing so-called “air taxis,” many of those groups currently have nothing but renderings of their planned aircraft. Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace, however, recently completed the first phase of testing of a larg… Continue reading Swiss eVTOL demonstrator aircraft takes to the skies
Autonomous Systems researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated another drone capable of flying and hovering in any orientation, this time with higher efficiency. It’s extraordinary to watch its 12 coaxial rotors twisting and turning in flight.Continue … Continue reading Coaxial tilt-rotor drone hovers smoothly in any orientation