Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) has successfully validated the advanced control laws to successfully fly a ‘rotor blown wing’ uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in both helicopter and ...

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky demonstrates the flight capabilities of its rotor blown wing unmanned aircraft system at its facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Lockheed Martin) Through extensive flight ...

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has successfully flown an electric-powered, 115-lb (52-kg) autonomous drone that uses what it calls a "rotor blown wing" to fly like both a helicopter and an ...

There are a few reasons why tiltrotor aircraft are among the most dynamic and capable flying machines in the skies today. In addition to being some of the most innovative aircraft, they also allow ...

Tilt rotor aircraft promise unmatched speed, range, and flexibility in a single machine. They can take off like helicopters and fly like airplanes. That combination is exactly why the military keeps ...

The Rotor Blown Wing is a hybrid-electric, fully autonomous flying wing aircraft. Credit: Sikorsky NASHVILLE—Sikorsky plans to fly a Group 3 design of its Rotor Blown Wing next month as the company ...

When Evan Strickland was 13, he stood in line with his father for 30 minutes in the New Mexico summer sun for the chance to sit in the cockpit of a V-22 Osprey, a unique twin-rotor aircraft used by ...

We've been following the development of Australia's AMSL Aero's longe-range, hydrogen-powered Vertiia eVTOL for some time and now the box-winged tilt-rotor aircraft has completed its first free flight ...

Tiltrotor aircraft combine the vertical takeoff, hover, and vertical landings of a helicopter but offer the more extended range, higher speed, and fuel efficiency of a turboprop aircraft. The Aviation ...