Burl Aerospace

Today’s helicopters are extremely versatile, but they are not perfect: Helicopters cannot land everywhere. Helicopters cannot lift extreme payloads. Helicopters cannot fly across a continent. Helicopters cannot take-off from a suburban driveway. But what if they could? Burl Aerospace’s technology reimagines the helicopter to free vertical aviation from yesterday’s limitations. The Burl concept combines highly efficient aerodynamics, decoupled lift and power systems and transforming rotors to free rotorcraft from the power and space constraints that hinder helicopters and contemporary ‘air taxi’ concepts. Tomorrow’s rotorcraft takes-off anywhere with a clear view of the sky. Tomorrow’s rotorcraft delivers entire demountable buildings to a worksite, or a light tank to the battlefield. Tomorrow’s rotorcraft fits in a backpack and carries a wounded person to safety. Tomorrow’s rotorcraft lands anywhere, gets better mileage than an SUV, and flies you door-to-door. This is not science fiction. These capabilities can be achieved with existing COTS technology, just used smarter.