Part of that need will be met in the future by a new generation of rotorcraft, including the revolutionary MV-22 tiltrotor that combines thevertical agility of a helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing plane.
Finally, AgustaWestland surprised the HeliExpo crowd by revealing that it has been secretly testing an electrically powered tiltrotor, mixing the versatility of a vertical takeoff and land helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft.