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Airbus Helicopter’s Flightlab flying laboratory based on the H130 copter has taken to the air for the first to perform a series of platform-agnostic in-flight tests of new systems aimed at ushering in next-generation aircraft technologies.Continue Read… Continue reading Airbus Helicopters’ Flightlab takes to the sky to test new technologies
Lockheed Martin and Boeing have taken the wraps off the Defiant X advanced military helicopter being developed for the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition. Billed as the fastest, most maneuverable, and most survivable assau… Continue reading Lockheed Martin and Boeing debut Defiant X advanced assault helicopter
The US Army is working to better understand the acoustic properties of eVTOL aircraft and co-axial rotors as part of efforts to design quieter, stealthier helicopters.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Army, Helicopters, eVTOL Continue reading US Army studies eVTOL acoustics in the quest for silent helicopters
It’s easy to forget that Kawasaki is much more than a motorcycle company. While its famously crazy motorcycles are certainly the most visible part of the brand outside Japan, Kawasaki Heavy Industries is a 124-year-old industrial colossus that brought … Continue reading Kawasaki’s K-Racer helicopter targets high speeds with H2R motor
It’s easy to forget that Kawasaki is much more than a motorcycle company. While its famously crazy motorcycles are certainly the most visible part of the brand outside Japan, Kawasaki Heavy Industries is a 124-year-old industrial colossus that brought … Continue reading Kawasaki’s K-Racer helicopter targets high speeds with H2R motor
After 34 years of service, during which it clocked up 933,614 flight hours, the United States Marine Corps is retiring its fleet of 179 Bell AH-1W “Super Cobra” attack helicopters, though some have been converted to their successor, the AH-1Z Viper.Con… Continue reading US Marines retire the Bell AH-1W “Super Cobra” attack helicopter
Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 unmanned aerial system (UAS) prototype has flown autonomously for the first time. At a drone test center near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, the pilotless rotorcraft performed a 10-minute free flight.Continue Reading… Continue reading First autonomous free flight for Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 prototype
The US Army has awarded BAE Systems US$179 million to produce the next-generation Missile Warning System (MWS) to protect the Army’s rotorcraft. Part of the service’s Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) progra… Continue reading BAE Systems to build next-generation US Army missile warning system
Airbus Helicopters’ multi-role H160 helicopter has received type certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Three prototypes of the twin-engine rotorcraft have completed over 1,500 hours of test and demonstration flights and i… Continue reading Airbus’ H160 mutli-role helicopter awarded EASA certification
Helicopters regularly have to get their rotor blades inspected, so they can be replaced if they’re wearing out. Utilizing the BladeSense system, however, the aircraft would be able to self-monitor the condition of their blades in real time, while in fl… Continue reading Onboard rotor blade-monitoring system gets put to the test