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U.S. Army looks to use silent technology for next-generation aircraft
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By
Colton Jones
Nov 29, 2020
The U.S. Army has announced that its researchers in cooperation with Uber research lab are working on silent and efficient VTOL, or vertical takeoff and landing operation, for the next generation fleet of Army air vehicles.
Currently, stealthily moving of troops and supplies is Army modernization priorities for future vertical lift aircraft.
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory, researchers collaborated with Uber and the University of Texas at Austin to investigate the acoustic properties of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, which use distributed electric propulsion to power flight.
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