Russian Helicopters has launched flight tests on the first prototype of the multirole Mi-171A2 helicopter. During its first flight its main systems were tested and found to be in excellent working ...

Turkey has moved a step closer to fielding its next-generation attack helicopter with the first flight of the T129 prototype. The P1 prototype helicopter made its maiden flight at AgustaWestland’s ...

An aviation company called Joby showed off a prototype of its electric helicopter in Grand Central on Thursday, announcing what it says is a plan to fly New Yorkers from Manhattan to JFK in under ...

Like cursed penguins, a whole barrage of helicopter designs has failed to make it. From advanced stealth helicopters that cost billions, to sleek gunships and vast flying cranes that proved too much, ...

DENVER — The Army recently ran the new GE Aerospace T901 next-gen helicopter engine on Sikorsky’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype, gathering data ahead of a planned first flight ...

The remote controlled helicopter was built on Lite Machines 110 which is an ideal platform for debugging both the autopilot and the command & control software. The remote controlled helicopter was ...

For the past several decades the U.S. Army's airborne capabilities have been defined by a helicopter the entire world knows as the Black Hawk. Made by Sikorsky and flown for the first time in 1974, ...

Airbus Helicopters is making steady progress with the final assembly of its first H160M Guepard prototype ahead of the test asset’s maiden sortie next year. In the meantime, the airframer is eyeing ...

When NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took flight on Mars in April 2021, it marked a historic moment in space exploration. This small, solar-powered rotorcraft became the first aircraft to achieve powered, ...

Fifty years ago, on a crisp autumn day in Stratford, two Sikorsky test pilots climbed into the cockpit of a new prototype utility helicopter and lifted off for the first time. It was the first flight ...

According to Italian government’s documents, a prototype and three pre-production AW249s are currently being tested, while the initial order has been now increased to 17 helicopters. The Italian Army ...