AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Autogyro | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Autonomous | ||
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| Application | Cargo, Surveillance | ||
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Autonomous VTOL aircraft demonstrators for DARPA's AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) X-plane program. Long endurance UAS to be capable of operating from a moving ship, and capable of carrying a large 60-pound sensor payload. In development.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Sikorsky Innovations RBW | 2023 / 2024 | Scalable twin proprotor Rotor Blown Wing (RBW) variant. | |
| Northrop Grumman ANCILLARY | 2023 / | Quadripod variant with mission radius range of 100 nautical miles. | |
| AeroVironment Wildcat | 2023 / | Tail-sitter variant with mission radius range of 450 nautical miles. |
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