The aircraft also executed 30 transitions ... "Sikorsky conducts dual-mode flight of rotor blown wing UAS " was originally ...

Helicopters are set apart from other aircraft in a very big way: the rotors. There's the main rotor and the tail rotor. Ever wonder what the tail rotor does?

model of the rotor blown wing (RBW) platform, a tailsitting flying-wing aircraft—with two dual rotor systems—that transitions from thrustborne vertical flight to wingborne horizontal flight.

Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the accident, as the aircraft's safety record comes under scrutiny. The Osprey is a multi-engine, dual-piloted tilt-rotor aircraft that can ...

“The (M)V-22 Osprey is a multiengine, dual-piloted, self-deployable, medium-lift, vertical takeoff and landing, tilt-rotor aircraft designed for combat, combat support, combat-service ...