What is Sikorsky Nomad 100 Rotor-Blown-Wing VTOL UAS?

An uncrewed aerial vehicle, or drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot on board that is either autonomous or controlled remotely. Many aircraft need a runway; VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft do not, but generally must be able to hover. The Nomad 100 is an uncrewed VTOL aircraft from Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. The maker describes it as a variant of its rotor blown wing design, in which a twin prop-rotor system lets it take off and land vertically, hover, cruise on the wing, and operate without a runway. Sikorsky says Nomad aircraft are meant to work as part of a team of crewed and uncrewed platforms.

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