Blowing away the competition

The plethora of VTOL concepts in the market has steadily seen the big OEMs join the sector with innovative ideas and designs. One of the most revolutionary is Sikorsky’s ‘Rotor Blown Wing’, a tail-sitter drone receiving interest from commercial and military clients. Glenn Sands spoke to Sikorsky’s director of innovations, Igor Cherepinsky, about the programme Sikorsky sees the use of tilt-wing as offering a practical solution to VTOL, combined with the speed of a conventional aircraft in level flight, once