Imagine a fighter jet that can hover, lift, and land like a helicopter while still maintaining lightning-quick speeds, a wide mission range, and good fuel efficiency. Now, go design it! The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for aerodynamic engineers to design, develop, and demonstrate a vertical take off and landing (VTOL) experimental aircraft. The military has dreamed about this type of aircraft for the past half a century, but engineers have failed so far to come up with a vehicle that can maneuver in tight spaces, land in unprepared areas, move in all directions, and hover in midair while holding a position.
The typical design
obstacles faced by aerodynamics engineers working on such X-Planes
include lowered fuel efficiency, and less lift capacity,
controllability, simplicity, and reliability of design. DARPA hopes that this time around, engineers will be able to design a VTOL aircraft
that would allow special operation units to be transported both quickly
and safely. They also imagine such a vehicle being used as a reliably
quick transport option for medical units that transport patients to care
facilities. MadOne
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