The experimental transport aircraft combined the capabilities of a helicopter for vertical take-off and landing with those of a fixed-wing aircraft for cruise.
When found on fixed-wing aircraft with forward-looking radar (as are commonly used for object or weather detection), the nose cones often additionally serve as radomes.
On rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft using microwave satellite for beyond-line-of-sight communication, radomes often appear as blisters on the fuselage.
