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Watch the world’s most advanced military helicopter take off like a jet

With its sleek frame and twin rotors, the Sikorsky S-97 Raider looks like something straight out of the future - because it ...
Flightglobal

Airbus Helicopters lines up twin-track approach to NATO next-generation rotorcraft concept studies

Airbus Helicopters will submit two concept studies to NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project – a conventional high-speed helicopter and a design based around the airframer’s Racer ...
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Sikorsky Successfully Flies Rotor Blown Wing UAS in Helicopter and Airplane Modes

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 ...
The Aviationist

New Photos Raise Questions About China’s Coaxial-Rotor Helicopter Knockoff

Newly emerged images raise the possibility that China has built another compound helicopter demonstrator, following the S-97 Raider-like aircraft seen in 2025, this time bearing a resemblance to the ...
New Atlas

Transitioning military drone uses rotor backwash for better 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 ...