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

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing design, which can now be applied to larger aircraft for unmanned aerial logistics and even tactical ISR missions. Sikorsky announced it has flown the prototype of its unique VTOL (Vertical Take-Off Landing) UAS (Uncrewed Aerial System) based on the Rotor Blown Wing technology.

The twin prop-rotor prototype, weighing 115lb and powered by batteries, offers stability across all flight regimes.

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 complexity of such manoeuvres.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) has successfully validated the advanced control laws to successfully fly a ‘rotor blown wing’ uncrewed aerial

STRATFORD, Connecticut–Sikorsky has successfully completed its first series of flight tests with its Rotor Blown Wing (RBW) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) prototype, including full transitions between vertical hover and forward cruise. Weighing 115 lb. with a 10.3-ft. wingspan, the all-composite RBW...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has successfully completed tests on an unmanned aerial system (UAS) with a rotor-blown wing, capable of operating in both helicopter and airplane modes.