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Product Overview
LightningStrike is the first aircraft in history designed to demonstrate the following:
Distributed hybrid-electric propulsion ducted fans
Innovative synchronous electric-drive system
Both tilt wing and canard for vertical take-off and landing
High efficiency in both hover and high-speed forward flight
Program Background
Created by Aurora Flight Sciences and partners Rolls-Royce and Honeywell
Developed for the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) program
Funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)