Boeing X-50 Dragonfly Canard Rotor-Wing Demonstrator Family
The Boeing X-50A Dragonfly was a DARPA/Boeing unmanned canard rotor/wing technology demonstrator designed to combine helicopter-like vertical takeoff and landing with fixed-wing cruise. The first prototype completed its first hover flight at Yuma in December 2003; the two-prototype program explored stopped-rotor transition, thrust diversion, and high-speed rotorcraft concepts before the test effort ended.
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Identity
- Aliases
- X-50X-50ADragonflyCanard Rotor/WingCRW
- Family Name
- Boeing X-50 Dragonfly
- Full Name
- Boeing X-50 Dragonfly Canard Rotor-Wing Demonstrator Family
- Roles
- militaryresearchexperimentaltechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- powered_lift
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- vtolconventional
- Description
- The Boeing X-50A Dragonfly was a DARPA/Boeing unmanned canard rotor/wing technology demonstrator designed to combine helicopter-like vertical takeoff and landing with fixed-wing cruise. The first prototype completed its first hover flight at Yuma in December 2003; the two-prototype program explored stopped-rotor transition, thrust diversion, and high-speed rotorcraft concepts before the test effort ended.
- First Flight Year
- 2,003
- Manufacturer
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:45:46 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:45:46 UTC