Sikorsky reported successful flight tests for its 115-pound, battery-powered twin prop-rotor unmanned aircraft.

Sikorsky on Monday detailed recent successful demonstrations with its “rotor blown wing” unmanned aircraft system (UAS), ...

Powered by batteries, the 115 pounds (52kg) twin prop-rotor prototype has demonstrated ... The family will include winged VTOL UAS and single main rotor aircraft. Also in development by Sikorsky is a ...

The company says a breakthrough was achieved in Jan. 2025, when the electrically powered twin prop-rotor ... VTOL UAS and single main rotor aircraft, governed by Sikorsky’s MATRIX flight ...

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky has successfully flown its "rotor blown wing" uncrewed aerial system in both helicopter and fixed-wing flight modes, it announced Monday. The 115-pound twin-prop drone ...

Several projects are ongoing at the moment, aiming to deliver new kinds of uncrewed aircraft with ... One of these companies, Sikorsky, decided to go the way of a rotor blown wing.

Sikorsky Successfully Flies Rotor Blown Wing UAS in Helicopter and Airplane Modes According to Lockheed Martin, the purpose of the first flights of the twin prop-rotor prototype was to demonstrate ...

The Rotor Blown Wing is a hybrid-electric, fully autonomous flying wing aircraft. Credit: Sikorsky Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky business unit continues to invest in incremental improvements to its ...

Sikorsky has successfully completed vertical-to-forward flight transitions of its autonomous rotor-blown-wing demonstrator, an all-electric aircraft the company is using to better understand the ...

Through extensive flight tests earlier this year, Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky has proven the ... The drone is a 115-pound, battery-powered twin prop-rotor aircraft that the company said can be ...