South Korea’s Tilt-Rotor VTOL UAS

According to a report by According to a report by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea is developing a tilt-rotor type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has the same vertical-takeoff capability of a helicopter but still retains the speed and range of a traditional, winged aircraft.

“We’re one of only a few countries in the world developing a tilt-rotor UAV,” Noh Dae-rae, head of the Defense Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA), was quoted saying during the 17th International Aerospace Symposium in Seoul. South Korea is developing a tilt-rotor type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has the same vertical-takeoff capability of a helicopter but still retains the speed and range of a traditional, winged aircraft.

[Pictured above is the Smart UAV that Sikorsky has been developing with Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for several years]

Source: Yonhap News Agency

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