rotorcraft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rotorcraft
Example Sentences
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The separation is meant to allow Textron to focus on growing its aerospace and defense business, anchored by its Cessna and Beechcraft aviation brands, as well as its rotorcraft brand Bell.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The chemical will also be on board the Dragon rotorcraft, which is planned to launch in 2028 on a mission to explore Saturn's moon Titan.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
NASA’s famously successful Ingenuity rotorcraft — the 3.5-pound helicopter-like robot collecting samples on Mars — finally came to a crashing end.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024
The novel rotorcraft lander will conduct several flights on the surface, exploring a variety of locations to search for the building blocks and signs of life.
From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023
"We can now say that human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet," said MiMi Aung, Ingenuity's project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 19, 2021
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