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Recent Examples of rotorcraft
The most recent test campaign, captured in our image of the day, focused on software called Extended Robust Aerial Autonomy, designed to help future Mars rotorcraft navigate somewhat featureless terrain, which was the very challenge that caused problems for Ingenuity during its final flights.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Not the least of these is that your average rotorcraft can't manage to lift a payload that weighs more than itself.
—New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2025
Flight data captured by the website Flightradar24, mapped by Newsweek above, showed the rotorcraft departing US Davis Medical Center in a northerly direction before its signal is lost just before Highway 50.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Research into extra-planetary rotorcraft supports missions like Mars rotorcraft exploration and future planetary science breakthroughs.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Not the least of these is that your average rotorcraft can't manage to lift a payload that weighs more than itself.
—New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2025
Flight data captured by the website Flightradar24, mapped by Newsweek above, showed the rotorcraft departing US Davis Medical Center in a northerly direction before its signal is lost just before Highway 50.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Research into extra-planetary rotorcraft supports missions like Mars rotorcraft exploration and future planetary science breakthroughs.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotorcraft
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Weapon system autonomously detects and classifies moving targets The company revealed that the weapon system autonomously detects and classifies moving targets in poor visibility situations caused by darkness, bad weather, smoke or dust kicked up by helicopters.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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After aerial reconnaissance flights and mitigation work, search-and-rescue members were flown into the site by CHP helicopter.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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The chopper returned to the airport about an hour after recovering three of the dead skiers, authorities said, hoisting them up from the avalanche field and then down to tractor-like snowcat vehicles that brought them out to Truckee where a coroner received them.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
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With runners on second and third and two outs, Connor Norby hit a chopper past the third base bag.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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But the heroic racers managed to fix it in the dunes, with cargo straps, and the camera ‘copter got some epic footage of the thing clawing its way to the end of the stage.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
14 Jan. 2026
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Through trial and error, the team built drones of various shapes and sizes, from the standard quad-copter design to one shaped like a rocket and designed for speed, at a fraction of the cost of commercially available products.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Dec. 2025
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Currently searching are 1 Jayhawk helo from Air STA [station] Ventura, 1 C-27 from Air STA Sacramento, [the] CGC Sea Otter, 1 small boat each from STA SD & the MSST [Maritime Safety and Security Teams], as well as several partner agencies.—
Jesus Mesa
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Inspired as a child by the supersonic helo on the television series Airwolf, Hill spent 25 years planning the HX50 before unveiling a rendering in 2020.—
J. George Gorant,
Robb Report,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Rotorcraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotorcraft. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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