Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time. The December 18 flight at the company's Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas comes only a little over two months after the prototype made its first tethered flight at the same location.
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After resuming flight testing last April following a fatal crash, the third AW609 tiltrotor aircraft prototype went through several weeks of ground testing and flight trials in Italy. The aircraft has now been shipped to the US, where icing trials are set to take place through winter.
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The awesome Joby S2 operates like a 2-seater manned multicopter drone, that takes off and lands vertically but converts to a fixed wing by folding away its tilting rotors for long-range, high speed commuting.
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When we laid eyes on the Elytron 2S tiltrotor plane prototype last year at the EAA's fly-in airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it was a half-built concept with only part of its Prandtl wing box installed. The company has now completed the airframe ahead of planned flight tests later this year.
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UK-based 4x4 Aviation has conceived a hybrid VTOL cargo plane dubbed the VV (Versatile Vehicle)-Plane that is fitted with electric, tiltable, ducted fans and will be able to carry truck-sized loads at nearly 200 mph (320 km/h).
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Looking to combine the advantages of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, Elytron Aircraft LLC of Mountain View, California is developing the Elytron 2S, a small tiltrotor aircraft that uses a box wing configuration and is aimed at the civilian market.
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Lockheed Martin has expanded its small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) family with the introduction of the Vector Hawk. Coming in a number of variants, Lockheed says the aircraft is suitable for a wide variety of different missions thanks to its ability to be rapidly reconfigured in the field.
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Bell Helicopter has revealed its V-280 Valor tiltrotor concept that the company will pitch for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role (JMR)/Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program.
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Aerospace firm AgustaWestland has unveiled what it claims is the world's first electric tilt rotor aircraft, known as Project Zero.
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V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor gets significant upgrades
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