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Recent Examples of rotary-wing aircraft
New long-range helicopter munition The LRAM effort aims to give Marine rotary-wing aircraft the ability to strike targets at far greater distances than current weapons allow.
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Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
Byrne said that a fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft could operate as a drone to a larger, passively buoyant platform.
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Leonard David,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2025
Cal Fire has the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world, including more than 60 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
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Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Aug. 2023
The centerpiece is a rotary-wing aircraft simulator/mock-up with a digital backbone architecture that allows plug and play flexibility for different capabilities and systems integration combinations.
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Eric Tegler,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
Byrne said that a fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft could operate as a drone to a larger, passively buoyant platform.
—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2025
Cal Fire has the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world, including more than 60 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
—
Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Aug. 2023
The centerpiece is a rotary-wing aircraft simulator/mock-up with a digital backbone architecture that allows plug and play flexibility for different capabilities and systems integration combinations.
—
Eric Tegler,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary-wing aircraft
Noun
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Its modern sensors and weapons make it among the deadliest rotorcraft of the 21st century.
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The little rotorcraft far exceeded mission managers' expectations, completing a total of 72 flights over the course of nearly three years.
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All the water unleashed onto the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights — some of it 480 gallons at a time by helicopter — had to end up somewhere.
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The United States has also positioned the USS Fort Lauderdale off Venezuela’s coast to support logistics, helicopter operations and emergency deployment of personnel and supplies.
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The multi-million-dollar, state-of-the-art chopper made its debut last year thanks to funding from the Minnesota Legislature.
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This vegetable chopper speeds up meal prep with six interchangeable stainless steel blades for slicing, dicing, julienning, and grating.
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“Rotary-wing aircraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary-wing%20aircraft. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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