Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Air Center Helicopters Super Puma
Mar 8, 2022 - 6:00 AM
HAI's James Viola, Airbus Helicopters' Romain Trapp, and others kickoff Heli-Expo fly-in with a Super Puma Arrival.
UH-60 Black Hawks.
Mar 7, 2022 - 3:33 PM
An upgrade from Rogerson Kratos subsidiary Top Drop enhances the firefighting capability of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
Mar 7, 2022 - 3:29 PM
Canada gives nod to Foresight MX for installation in AStars.
Mar 7, 2022 - 3:29 PM
Nick Lappos, Lockheed Martin’s Senior Fellow for Rotary and Mission Systems, is the 2022 recipient of Twirly Birds’ Les Morris award.
Fully autonomous, unmanned Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk in flight near Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Mar 7, 2022 - 3:22 PM
Sikorsky sees its Matrix autonomy system as a game-changer for high-risk civil missions.
Mar 7, 2022 - 2:55 PM
Brightwater UAG acquiring Advanced Composite Structures and Rotor Tech International.
WCBS 880 helicopter reporter Tom Kaminski
Mar 7, 2022 - 2:00 PM
WCBS 880 radio helicopter traffic reporter Tom Kaminski is also known for his brief role as an eyewitness to one of the darkest events in American history.
A StandardAero technician works on the tail boom of the Pinal County Sheriff Department's UH-1H helicopter
Mar 7, 2022 - 1:06 PM
StandardAero's upgrades will allow the Pinal County Sheriff Department to operate its Bell UH-1H in hot and high environments with greater lift capability.
Robinson Helicopter’s turbine-powered R66
Mar 7, 2022 - 12:04 PM
Ukraine sanctions freeze helicopter OEMs sales, support activities in Russia
Robert Sumwalt
Mar 7, 2022 - 12:00 PM
Former NTSB chairman says low-level IFR route structure "needs to move forward."