The Garmin GFC 600H autopilot system significantly enhances helicopter flight stability and ease of control, making rotorcraft operation more accessible even for pilots with limited experience. It ...

Continental unveiled its new CD-170R, a 170 hp jet-A piston engine variant specifically designed for rotorcraft, at AERO 2024, with EASA certification anticipated by year-end. An evolution of the ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Nov. 26, 2014) -- Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center has partnered with both Bell Helicopter and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in cooperative ...

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander is designed for flight on Saturn's moon Titan. See a "half-scale Dragonfly lander model" ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writing about vertical flight aircraft & advanced aviation technology. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, announced on April 16 ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing drone navigation software in Death Valley to prepare future rotorcraft for Mars’ terrain.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (March 3, 2015) -- Army rotorcraft of the future will depend on the imagination and engineering prowess of scientists, researchers and aviators at the U.S. Army Research, ...

NASA has given the green light for the nuclear-powered Dragonfly rotorcraft to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Approval for the 2028 interplanetary mission comes after years of delay due to ...

The U.S. rotorcraft industry is highly concentrated, and heavily dependent on military funding. There are additional airframe integrators in the domestic industry, but Boeing and Sikorsky by ...

A CAL FIRE Hawk demonstrates its ability to drop a concentrated plume of water from its 3,785-liter (1,000-gallon) external water tank. United Rotorcraft is the only completion center approved by ...