High-speed vertical take-off and landing aircraft

A high-speed vertical take-off and landing (HSVTOL) aircraft, comprising:

• an airframe;
• one or more prime movers coupled to the airframe and operable to generate forward thrust that is applied to the airframe during operation of the HSVTOL aircraft;
• a pair of inner wings coupled to and extending from the airframe;
• and
• a pair of wing rotors pivotably coupled to the pair of inner wings and powerable by the one or more prime movers to rotate each about a rotational axis of the wing rotor to generate a vertically directed thrust that is applied to the airframe during operation of the HSVTOL aircraft and which is separate from the forward thrust generated by the prime mover, and wherein both of the pair of wing rotors are lockable to the airframe during operation of the HSVTOL aircraft to restrict rotation of the rotor relative to the airframe.

A high-speed vertical take-off and landing (HSVTOL) aircraft, comprising:

• an airframe;
• a pair of inner wings coupled to and extending from the airframe;
• and
• a pair of wing rotors pivotably coupled to the pair of inner wings and each rotatable about a rotational axis of the wing rotor to generate a vertically directed thrust that is applied to the airframe during operation of the HSVTOL aircraft, and wherein the pair of wing rotors are lockable to the airframe in a forward cruise mode of the HSVTOL aircraft to provide lift to generate lift.