A helicopter trying to claw its way into the air from the surface of the ocean, only to be dragged under by the waves, ...

NASA has given the green light for the nuclear-powered Dragonfly rotorcraft to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Approval for the 2028 interplanetary mission comes after years of delay due to ...

The 1950s were a time of rapid innovation in aviation. The world emerged from World War II with an intense curiosity about ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writing about vertical flight aircraft & advanced aviation technology. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, announced on April 16 ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Nov. 26, 2014) -- Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center has partnered with both Bell Helicopter and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in cooperative ...

Bell hopes to certify its fly-by-wire 525 in 2024 in time for an uptick in demand for helicopters to support the offshore oil and gas business. Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST The reverberations from the U ...

The U.S. rotorcraft industry is highly concentrated, and heavily dependent on military funding. There are additional airframe integrators in the domestic industry, but Boeing and Sikorsky by ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (March 3, 2015) -- Army rotorcraft of the future will depend on the imagination and engineering prowess of scientists, researchers and aviators at the U.S. Army Research, ...

A CAL FIRE Hawk demonstrates its ability to drop a concentrated plume of water from its 3,785-liter (1,000-gallon) external water tank. United Rotorcraft is the only completion center approved by ...

A German company has unveiled the latest version of its electrically-powered rotorcraft designed to carry two people. Like its predecessor, the Volocopter, the new VC200 from e-volo makes use of ...