Startup To Fly Heavylift Multicopter Demonstrators For Air Force

Graham Warwick August 22, 2023
Advanced Tactics Heavy Lift Transport

Advanced Tactics’ Heavy Lift Transport concept uses four complete Rotor X propulsion systems.

Credit: Advanced Tactics
U.S. startup Advanced Tactics plans to fly two multi-rotor heavylift vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrators funded through small-business contracts from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx innovation arm. The 500-lb.-payload uncrewed Heavylift Multimission Hybrid Multicopter (HMHM) and 3,600-lb.-payload...
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