Piasecki Aircraft Corporation has successfully completed the first flight of its innovative tilt-duct Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Demonstration Vehicle (ARES-DV), a modular multi-mission tilt-duct VTOL vehicle.

The successful flight demonstrates the aircraft’s ability to sustain a stable hover in multiple configurations and a dynamic ground environment, and marks a significant milestone in the company’s experimental flight test program sponsored by the U.S.

Air Force and Army.