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NHIndustries NH90 Helicopter Flies at the Paris Airshow

The twin-engine multirole military helicopter shows off its maneuverability.

NH90 helicopter flying at Paris Air Show

Airbus Helicopters EC665 Tiger Flies at the Paris Air Show

The multirole attack helicopter showed off its agility over Le Bourget.

Airbus helicopters EC665 Tiger flying at Paris Air Show

Airbus Racer Compound Helicopter Flies at the Paris Air Show

This experimental helicopter is faster and more fuel efficient than a conventional rotorcraft.

Airbus Racer in flight at Paris Air Show

Flexrotor UAS Secures Largest Order to Date

Australian company Drone Forge is purchasing six complete systems with 17 air vehicles

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Airbus Flexrotor

Videos

Autonomous Aircraft Could Carry Vital Supplies to War and Disaster Zones

Autonomous Aircraft Could Carry Vital Supplies to War and Disaster Zones

StandardAero & Thales Offer StableLight Autopilot for Airbus AS350/H125 Helicopters

StandardAero & Thales Offer StableLight Autopilot for Airbus AS350/H125 Helicopters

Vita Inclinata Offers Solution to Stabilize Helicopter Hoist Litter Baskets

Vita Inclinata Offers Solution to Stabilize Helicopter Hoist Litter Baskets

Milestone, Helitak Develop Firefighting Sikorsky S-92A

Milestone, Helitak Develop Firefighting Sikorsky S-92A

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Boeing Defense Grows Business in Europe

Already a major player in Europe, BDS foresees considerable expansion in the continent

Boeing P8

Avincis Takes Delivery of Two New Airbus H145s

Purchase marks continued investment in critical-care aircraft

Two Avincis Airbus H145 helicopters for air-medical service

Boeing Advances Apache and Chinook Rotorcraft Development

Boeing is working on more improvements for the Apache and Chinook

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

S-97 Raider Highlights Sikorsky Advances

Sikorsky’s 210-knot compound helicopter appears in Paris

Sikorsky S-97 Raider

FAA Flags Fuel Risk in Rotorcraft Sideward Maneuvers

Agency says manual supplements should list fuel safety margins

MD Helicopters

Honeywell Flies Autonomous Helicopter

Tests illustrate how regular helicopters can be converted for autonomous operations

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

rendering of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter with advanced autonomy kit

Tunisia Signs for Subaru Bell 412EPX

The latest 412 utility version gains its first African sale

Subaru Bell 412EPX helicopter

FAA Revises Helicopter Routes Near Reagan National

Zones and helicopter flight paths have been moved to mitigate risks of traffic conflicts

Reagan National Airport helicopter zone and route modifications

FN Debuts Helicopter Gun Systems

Aircraft armament specialist offers the HH-60W’s hybrid gun system for export sale

EMGS hybrid mount

Bell Selects Honeywell for MV-75 Tiltrotor Systems

Honeywell will provide the MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft with its ECS and APU

MV-75 tiltrotor

Ex-Hansen Helicopters CEO Sentenced to 33 Years

CEO was found guilty of fraud related to unapproved aircraft parts

Regulations and Government

Hansen Helicopters

Garmin Helicopter Autopilot Certified in Robinson R66

A new training program will help pilots make the most of the new flight control system

Robinson R66 NxG helicopter Garmin autopilot

Rotortrade Opens New Brazil Subsidiary

Brazil has largest helicopter fleet in the region

Rotortrade do Brasil

Horizon Boosted by Transition Flight with Cavorite VTOL Demonstrator

Canadian start-up is now beginning to assemble full-scale hybrid-electric prototype

Horizon Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft

Tail Rotor Failure Leads to EMS Helo Emergency Landing

All three aboard suffered only minor injuries

A screenshot from a YouTube video showing the rotorcraft in a residential yard

Aerial Inspections Make the Difference in Fighting Bushfires

Powercor deploys Bell 407GXi rotorcraft in Australia

Lidar images taken from a Bell helicopter

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