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)