Overview

• Boeing outlined the Collaborative Transformation Rotorcraft, a large uncrewed tiltrotor envisioned to operate alongside Apache attack helicopters and support Chinook units.
• Preliminary targets call for a 5,000–7,000 lb maximum gross weight, 1,000–2,000 lb payloads, and a speed range of 200–250 knots from a single gas-turbine engine driving two tilting propellers.
• The modular design is intended to host weapons, sensors, or smaller drones in a combat role and to field a Collaborative Logistics Rotorcraft variant focused on cargo support.
• The effort remains in the conceptual phase with no announced development timeline as Boeing solicits feedback from the U.S. Army.
• Boeing says it will apply V-22 experience on tiltrotor control transitions, and reporting describes CxR as the Army’s largest UAS concept since the MQ-1C Gray Eagle.