How to Use tilt-rotor in a Sentence

tilt-rotor

noun
  • They also can be used to deploy forces and can handle helicopters and MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft, which are mostly used to transport Marines.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • While hovering or during vertical takeoff, the X-76 operates like a conventional tilt-rotor.
    — David Szondy march 09, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The Navy ships also bring CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that can perform vertical takeoffs and landings along with helicopters.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Boxer also has heavy-lift and attack helicopters, as well as MV-22B Osprey, fast, long-range tilt-rotor aircraft used to transport troops and equipment, and to evacuate the wounded.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Freeland, a trim fifty-four-year-old who served as a pilot in the Marines, said that the Osprey attracted disproportionate criticism because of its novel tilt-rotor technology, and that many helicopters crashed just as often, if not more, when they were first introduced.
    — Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The vessel is supporting helicopter and tilt-rotor operations, offshore logistics and additional resource deployment while airport infrastructure remains compromised.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • Expanding into tilt-rotor innovation EHang plans to build on the VT35 platform with future tilt-rotor variants, allowing greater range and operational flexibility.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • While repairs continue, the United States initially relied on MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to transport rescue personnel and emergency supplies into affected areas.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • While runway repairs continue, the United States initially relied on MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to transport rescue personnel and emergency supplies into affected areas.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • The task force uses a variety of aircraft, ranging from F-35 fighter jets to CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters to V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport planes.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Vertical Aerospace has scored a world-first as its full-scale tilt-rotor eVTOL completed a two-way piloted transition between vertical helicopter mode and horizontal airplane mode during a single continuous flight while under regulatory oversight.
    — David Szondy april 17, New Atlas, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that at least 10 CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, which are used to transport special forces, arrived in the Caribbean theater from Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Photos released by the Navy show that the Iwo Jima—the flagship of the amphibious ready group—is equipped with AV-8B attack aircraft, MV-22B tilt-rotor transport aircraft, and AH-1Z attack helicopters, as well as landing craft air cushions for amphibious operations.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Bell Textron's tilt-rotor aircraft being built for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program, which aims to combine the features of a helicopter and a jet, has officially been designated the X-76.
    — David Szondy march 09, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2026

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