Metal Gear: Canard Hammerhead Drone

The Canard Rotor/Wing first entered development as the Boeing X-50 Dragonfly, in an attempt to produce a helicopter that could transition to fixed-wing flight in mid-air. It was funded by DARPA and could take off and hover well enough during the initial stages of the project, but problems with the mid-air transition between rotor and fixed wing forms and vice versa resulted in the project's initial cancellation in 2006. Eventually, the designs found their way into AT Corp's hands, and they picked up where Boeing and DARPA left off, eventually fixing the initial problems by having the tail wings and the canards (the far front wings) keeping the vehicle in fight during transition phases, resulting in the creation of the Hammerhead.