ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT Synonyms: 14 Similar Words

rotary-wing aircraft

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as in rotorcraft

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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. — 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

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Thanks to the success of the Perseverance rover's unleashing of the Ingenuity rotorcraft, Golombek said that there are a host of lessons learned, as well as engineering additions to be made to the set of SkyFall vehicles.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
How Dragonfly Could Rewrite Planetary Science Scheduled to arrive at Titan in 2034, Dragonfly will become the first rotorcraft to explore another moon.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of rotorcraft

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Along the way Leo will take 12 flights, including two helicopter rides, give 36 speeches and visit 10 cities including Cusco, Peru, which sits more than 11,000 feet above sea level.

— Carrie Kahn, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026
Across 161 training events, the two militaries practiced coordinated operations using naval vessels, aircraft and helicopters.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of helicopter

Noun

Williamson, who had been one for 15 in the postseason, hit a chopper over first baseman Jake Bauers and into right field.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
With Chourio and Yelich having reached on a hit and walk, Contreras hit a chopper to third base, but replay showed Yelich beat the throw from a spinning Caminero at second, setting up a bases loaded situation.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of chopper

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