Helicopter News

Bell Helicopter [TXT] said Aug. 9 it has delivered the first Bell 407GX to be operated in Poland at the Konstancin airfield near Warsaw.  “We are very pleased that interest […]

The Army and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have been working toward improving capabilities of the K-MAX unmanned helicopters, two of which have been operating for more than 18 months in Afghanistan […]

AeroVironment [AVAV] has flown a version of its Puma AE unmanned aerial vehicle that uses solar energy to power the system, the company said Aug. 12. The small, hand-launched UAV […]

The Navy has taken delivery of its first of its new version of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, which features a larger airframe for greater range and on-station loitering to […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) said on July 26 that its Improved Gray Eagle (IGE)–the next generation of the Army’s Block 1 Gray Eagle Unmanned  Aircraft System–made its first successful […]

AeroVironment, Inc. [AVAV] said on July 26 that it received approval on July 19 for the commercial use of its Puma AE unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The “Restricted Category” designation […]

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert told a gathering on July 25 that a couple unsuccessful attempts to land the unmanned X-47Bs on an aircraft carrier this month should […]

As the Navy scored a historic success in the first ever landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle on an aircraft carrier, greater focus is now shifting to the follow-on program […]