The Howard Hughes Award 2026 is won by Bell High Speed VTOL Track Test Team for a groundbreaking “stop-fold” rotor demonstration. In a first-of-its-kind achievement, the team executed a powered transition from rotor-driven flight to jet propulsion—accelerating with a proprotor, transferring thrust to a turbofan, and stopping and folding the rotor in motion to enable high-speed flight.
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The Howard Hughes Award 2026 is won by Bell High Speed VTOL Track Test Team for a groundbreaking “stop-fold” rotor demonstration. In a first-of-its-kind achievement, the team executed a powered transition from rotor-driven flight to jet propulsion—accelerating with a proprotor, transferring thrust to a turbofan, and stopping and folding the rotor in motion to enable high-speed flight.

 

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