Rotorcraft

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

Dec 2, 2020 - 5:10 PM
Survitec's new Emergency Breathing System (EBS) offers offshore helicopter passengers and crew more air.
Bell Commercial Business Center  (Photo: Bell)
Dec 1, 2020 - 11:25 AM
Formerly the American Airlines building, Bell's Commercial Business Center will house about 600 employees.
Airbus VSR700
Dec 1, 2020 - 10:10 AM
Airbus's optionally piloted vehicle recently made fully autonomous takeoff and landing approaches to and from a moving deck simulator.
Nov 30, 2020 - 2:15 PM
Thales and StandardAero anticipate FAA STC approval of the four-axis AStar autopilot by mid-2021.
Nov 30, 2020 - 12:28 PM
Air ambulance provider Air Methods will pay $825,000 to settle Justice Department suit alleging it flew a helicopter with crumbling pitot tubes.
Airbus H145 5 blade
Nov 30, 2020 - 12:11 PM
Airbus’s new five-bladed H145 helicopter has received FAA type certification (TC) with the first U.S. delivery slated to occur early next year.
AW119Kx
Nov 30, 2020 - 11:41 AM
Brazil’s Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF) has ordered six AW119Kx turbine single-engine helicopters.
Nov 27, 2020 - 12:00 PM
The Helicopter Association International said it will hold its annual Heli-Expo trade show next March in New Orleans.
NH90 Sea Lion
Nov 26, 2020 - 4:44 AM
The shipborne Sea Tiger helicopter will defend the German navy’s frigates against both submarine and surface attack.
Nov 25, 2020 - 11:17 AM
The S-92 delivery marks the sixth helicopter Caverton is leasing from Milestone Aviation Group.