Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Helicopter Operator Places Launch Order for Flexrotor UAV
Precision Helicopters placed the launch order for the Flexrotor, a vertical takeoff and landing UAV developed by Insitu co-founder Tad McGeer.
The Aerovel Flexrotor launches and lands vertically and transitions to wing-borne flight. (Photo: Precision Helicopters)
The Aerovel Flexrotor launches and lands vertically and transitions to wing-borne flight. (Photo: Precision Helicopters)

Precision Helicopters, of Newberg, Ore., placed the launch order for the Aerovel Flexrotor, a vertical takeoff and landing UAV that also operates as a conventional fixed-wing aircraft. Precision’s Integrated Programs division plans to deploy the aircraft for missions including “reconnaissance over the Arctic Ocean.”