rotorcraft
noun
ro·tor·craft
ˈrō-tər-ˌkraft 
plural rotorcraft
: an aircraft (such as a helicopter) whose lift is derived principally from rotating airfoils
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The mission will have a drone-like rotorcraft tour Titan to analyze what’s on its surface.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
During the mission, a rotorcraft will fly to a new location every Titan day (16 Earth days) to take samples of the organic compounds on its surface, search for chemical biosignatures and investigate the moon’s active methane cycle.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Footage of the test depicts submunitions tearing into the rotorcraft and vehicles.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Monday’s raid amounted to a month’s worth of rotorcraft destruction.
—David Axe, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
During the mission, a rotorcraft will fly to a new location every Titan day (16 Earth days) to take samples of the organic compounds on its surface, search for chemical biosignatures and investigate the moon’s active methane cycle.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Footage of the test depicts submunitions tearing into the rotorcraft and vehicles.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Monday’s raid amounted to a month’s worth of rotorcraft destruction.
—David Axe, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Rotorcraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rotorcraft. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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