Wooo! I've always been a fan of this concept since it was unveiled at AFWERX. Sincerely it might be a better option than the Bell's HSVTOL concept, which always seemed a bit overengineered IMHO. Hopefully this will not suffer the same fate as Aurora's Lighting Strike and potentially develop into...
AFWERX program update:
https://newatlas.com/aircraft/afwerx-high-speed-vtol-challenge-showcase/
Some news regarding Barracuda:
https://verticalmag.com/press-releases/at-rx-confident-of-entry-for-u-s-air-force-afwerx-hsvtol-challenge/
Speaking of high speed
https://news.bellflight.com/en-US/201415-bell-unveils-new-high-speed-vertical-take-off-and-landing-design-concepts-for-military-application
That at least is reassuring. However the related patents depict the engines clearly, and it was these which I had in mind. Why not patent something a bit more sensible?
The patent images showing the Citation airframe are almost certainly placeholders (going back over a decade) for the more practical airframe designs from the very recently released renderings - layout patents that are probably still in the application phase and not yet issued.
Internally...
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