Sikorsky Performing Flight Trials for VTOL Tail-Sitter UAS Written 30 May 2024
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Rotor blown wing tail sitter VTOL UAS | Credit: Lockheed Martin Corporation–©
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is carrying out flight tests to mature the control laws and aerodynamics of a novel vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aerial system (VTOL / UAS). The flight tests aim to prove the efficiency and scalability of a twin proprotor ‘rotor blown wing’ configuration, designed to sit on its tail to take-off and land like a helicopter, and transition easily to horizontal forward flight.”
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