Sikorsky studied the Rotor Blown Wing under DARPA’s mid-2010s VTOL X-Plane program.
Credit: Sikorsky
Sikorsky is planning to fly a subscale uncrewed aircraft in its Rotor Blown Wing (RBW) vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) configuration, according to a petition for exemption to certain airworthiness regulations filed with the FAA in June. Sikorsky is seeking experimental-category certification of...
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