So, please use the right terminology. Nearly all VTOL drones and electric VTOL aircraft use propellers. Helicopters and tiltrotors, including electric tiltrotors, use rotors.

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VTOL stock is reasonably valued with a mild negative bias. However, the company's market share somewhat squeezed in late 2022 because the supply chain deficiency in the S-92 helicopter supplies.

“I think in the field of VTOL aircraft, if you look at the 11 GoAERO stage one winners and the 14 [university] winners, you will see that they are all distinctly different,” he says.

The Startford-based helicopter manufacturer had previously lost out on a $1.3 billion contract with the U.S. army back in December of 2022, and decided against filing a lawsuit in April of 2023.

Indeed, several helicopter carriers do carry aircraft capable of VTOL or short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL). A helicopter carrier is, as the name implies, a vessel that carries helicopters.