ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT Synonyms: 14 Similar Words

rotary-wing aircraft

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as in rotorcraft

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Recent Examples of rotary-wing aircraft New long-range helicopter munition The LRAM effort aims to give Marine rotary-wing aircraft the ability to strike targets at far greater distances than current weapons allow. — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025 Byrne said that a fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft could operate as a drone to a larger, passively buoyant platform. — Leonard David, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2025 Cal Fire has the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world, including more than 60 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023 The centerpiece is a rotary-wing aircraft simulator/mock-up with a digital backbone architecture that allows plug and play flexibility for different capabilities and systems integration combinations. — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021

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How Dragonfly Could Rewrite Planetary Science Scheduled to arrive at Titan in 2034, Dragonfly will become the first rotorcraft to explore another moon.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Skyfall will follow in the footsteps of Ingenuity, the first rotorcraft on another world, which hitched a ride to Mars aboard NASA's Perseverance rover.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of rotorcraft

Noun

Soar over the landscape by helicopter, touching down in some of the country’s most secluded locations, with not another soul in sight.

— Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
Nepal’s disaster-management authority said 3,253 people had been airlifted by helicopter from the disaster area.

— Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of helicopter

Noun

Christopher Morel hit a chopper to third base, but Hamilton’s throw was off target.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
The collision at Carlisle Airport in Cumberland County involved a Cessna 150 and a Bell 407 chopper, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

— Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of chopper

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