Sikorsky Flight-Tests Rotor Blown Wing For Uncrewed VTOL Missions

Graham Warwick June 05, 2024
Sikorsky rotor blown wing concept

Sikorsky’s rotor blown wing is a hybrid-electric flying wing with semi-articulated rotors for control in hover.

Credit: Sikorsky
Sikorsky is getting a second chance to build an advanced rotorcraft for DARPA under an X-plane demonstrator program. The Lockheed Martin company is one of six companies selected by the Pentagon’s advanced research projects agency to complete preliminary design of an uncrewed aircraft capable of...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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