Aurora Readies Excalibur VTOL UCAV for Flight

Credit: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES
Aurora Flight Sciences is preparing to fly a prototype vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft with hybrid turbine-electric propulsion, an approach the company believes could find wider application in aviation. A subscale aircraft designed to prove the principle behind Aurora’s Excalibur...

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