00:00Welcome to the video from the Car Magazine Tuning Block on the topic of the Sikorsky Rotor Blown Wing Drone.
00:07The US agency is constantly driving technological innovations, especially in the field of unmanned aircraft.
00:15One exciting project in this area is the Advanced Aircraft Infrastructure-Less Launch and Recover Lilleri Program Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPAR.
00:23Work has been underway since 2023 to develop a drone that can take off and land vertically and does not require any special infrastructure for operation.
00:36Nine companies have been commissioned to develop the drone, including Sikorsky, which is using a so-called rotor-blown wing design.
00:45This is a wing with propellers that allows the drone to take off like a helicopter.
00:49In the air, it tilts into horizontal flight and behaves like a conventional aircraft.
00:57This concept allows it to be used on small ships or in remote areas.
01:03Sikorsky showed the first design in May 2024 in the form of a bordered graphic.
01:09A 3.1 meters long wing with a central housing for the control systems and two engines and propellers positioned further outwards.
01:16The drone also has vertical lateral structures that serve as landing legs and allow it to be stored upright.
01:26The first practical testing of a prototype, which was built in less than a year, took place from January to 25.
01:33Weighing 52 kilograms and powered by batteries, the drone completed 40 takeoffs and landings as well as 30 transitions between hovering and level flight.
01:41It reached a speed of 159 kilometers per hour.
01:49A key factor in this is the so-called ProProtor.
01:53A propeller that is used for both vertical and horizontal flight.
01:57The constant airflow over the wing reduces drag during the transition phases.
02:06While DARPAR has not given any precise timelines for the project, future versions of the drone are expected to weigh around 136 kilograms, carry a payload of 27 kilograms and have a hybrid electric propulsion system.
02:18The potential uses range from humanitarian aid and firefighting to rescue missions and long-range reconnaissance.
02:29The concept is also intended to be scalable, so that rotor-blown wing drones of different sizes could operate worldwide in the future.
02:36If the core sky design is selected, the Matrix Autonomy System would also be used, which has already controlled a Black Hawk and a 67B without human pilots.
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