The rotor blown wing design is one of a future family of systems in development by Sikorsky, which includes a 1.2-megawatt hybrid-electric demonstrator (HEX) configured with a tilt wing and designed ...

The blow out during Alaska Airlines flight 1282 happened minutes after it took off from Portland International Airport in January 2024.

The rotor-blown-wing operates using Sikorsky’s proprietary Matrix autonomous flight package, which has already proven the ability to control and manoeuvre a UH-60 Black Hawk in flight without ...

NASHVILLE—Sikorsky plans to fly a Group 3 design of its Rotor Blown Wing next month as the company targets U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Navy programs plus international interest in the concept ...

In a logistics center, Black Hawks and Rotor Blown Wing drones – tail-sitting aircraft that can take off like a helicopter and fly like a plane – are loaded with ammunition, fuel and supplies.

Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky has flown its rotor blown wing uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in helicopter and airplane modes. Powered by batteries, the 115 lb (52kg) twin prop-rotor prototype ...

Sikorsky’s rotor blown wing UAS tech demonstrator is a 115-pound, twin prop-rotor prototype, which is designed to take off and land vertically like a helicopter and then can transition its ...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has successfully tested a rotor blown wing uncrewed aerial system (UAS) that can transition between helicopter and airplane flight modes, according to a press ...

This project combines the Rotor Blown Wing with a traditional fuselage, which is more convenient for passenger and cargo transportation and generally manned aviation. The HEX, with a maximum take-off ...

The entire rotor-blown wing turned real back in January when Sikorsky completed a series of tests on a prototype of the drone, one that was put together in under a year.