Helicopter News

Lower profits at its Bell segment combined with acquisition and restructuring costs related to its purchase of Beechcraft in March drove earnings down at Textron Inc. [TXT] in the first quarter.  Net […]

The Navy announced Wednesday that Sikorsky has been selected to build the next presidential helicopter following a competition that featured Sikorsky as the only bidder and cast little doubt on […]

The Undersecretariat of the Defense Industry April 24 said the first T129 ATAK Raid Helicopter (ARH), produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), the first domestically produced helicopter, entered the Armed […]

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the redesigned Airbus EC225 vertical bevel gear shaft, giving the green light to production and installation on the appropriate rotorcraft operating globally as well […]

The first of the Federal Aviation Administration’s designated locations for testing unmanned aerial vehicles as part of plans to integrate them into national airspace has been cleared for operations two […]

With the Army, Sikorsky [UTX] has successfully demonstrated optionally piloted flight of a Black Hawk helicopter, something the company calls a significant step toward providing autonomous cargo delivery function to […]

The State Department has approved a possible $680 million Foreign Military Sale to Mexico for UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support. The principal contractors […]

Kaman Aerospace [KAMN] April 16 said the first New Zealand government NZ SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopter began production flight testing at Kaman’s Bloomfield, Conn. facility. After production flight tests, this […]

Following several demonstrations of a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) aboard two National Security Cutters (NSC) and from shore, the Coast Guard April 15 said it is moving forward to […]