Radically New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology to Transform Aviation, Backed by USAF
29 Aug 2021, 06:02 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Two aeronautics companies are developing the world's first fully hydrogen-powered helicopter, based on a fuel cell tech that beats anything on the market.
Helicopter Action Game Comanche Ready for Take Off on PC
27 Aug 2021, 20:49 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / The reboot of the Comanche series invites players to pilot a wide range of helicopters in an alternative future dominated by a global conflict
Tom Cruise Lands by Helicopter in Couple’s Garden, Invites Them on a Ride
24 Aug 2021, 03:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The actor is still shooting for Mission: Impossible 7 on location in England, and he needed to make an emergency landing because he was running late
Here’s the Bell 360 Invictus Coming Together As Army’s Future Attack Helicopter
12 Aug 2021, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bell 360 Invictus, the company's proposal for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, is quickly coming together
Donald Trump Is Selling His Second Sikorsky S76-B Helicopter
30 Jul 2021, 11:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This is the second Sikorsky that lists with the note “make an offer,” and the third Trump has owned through the years. It’s truly presidential
Beyonce and Jay-Z Take Helicopter for Lunch Date in NYC
9 Jul 2021, 11:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When you’re half of the most famous in the world, and rich too, Uber won’t cut it. The duo made a rare public appearance at a pizza restaurant in Brooklyn
Rotor X Joins eVTOL Market With Quad-Rotor Air Taxi, Promises High Efficiency
29 Jun 2021, 13:57 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Arizona-based Rotor X (RX) announced its first eVTOL designed to carry up to six passengers and carry up to 1,600 lbs of cargo
More CH-53K King Stallions Coming the USMC’s Way, and They’re Cheaper
29 Jun 2021, 11:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sikorsky announced it will deliver an additional nine CH-53K King Stallion helicopters to the U.S. Marine corps at a cheaper price
Bell V-280 Valor Gets Ready for Army With Subsystems and Weapons Design Phase
28 Jun 2021, 09:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bell says it is moving ahead with the creation of the V-280 Valor by moving from flight test stage to subsystems and weapons design
Toyota Hilux Gets Dropped From 10,000 Ft., the Highest Level of Car Abuse Ever
17 Jun 2021, 08:38 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The host of the WhistlinDiesel channel on YouTube has set out in a big way to find out if the Japanese truck really is as “indestructible” as the legend says
TriFan 600 Promises to Be the Fastest and Longest-Range Hybrid-Electric VTOL
16 Jun 2021, 07:50 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Xeriant Aerospace and XTI Aircraft partnered to produce the fastest hybrid-electric VTOL in the world, and it also boasts the longest-range, of up to 750 miles.
NASA Perseverance Rover Starts Searching for Signs of Ancient Microbial Life
11 Jun 2021, 12:27 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA Perseverance rover started its first science campaign on Mars. It will search for signs of ancient microscopic life in a new area in the Jazero Crater
AH-1Z Viper Gets New Digital Comms Hardware, Becomes an Even Meaner War Machine
8 Jun 2021, 11:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The AH-1Z Viper was put through its paces using a new digital interoperability suite that allows it to talk with other weapons systems
USMC Vipers and Venoms Fly for Over 400K Hours Combined, Carry on Into the 2040s
7 Jun 2021, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The combined helicopter fleet of the USMC comprising the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom have flown for over 400,000 hours in ten years
VR Trainer Coming in 2022 for the Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter Crews
31 May 2021, 08:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As Sikorski is hard at work developing the Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopter, CAE USA was selected to build the virtual, mixed reality trainer
Flightlab Helicopter to Perform Tests for Airbus Autonomous Flight Technology
27 Apr 2021, 13:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Airbus announces a new project called Vertex, meant to test autonomous features that will be integrated on the company’s aircraft in the future.
Sikorsky Shows Off Fancy S-97 Raider, Helicopter Looks Ready for Business
21 Apr 2021, 13:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A Sikorsky S-97 Raider prototype was flown in mid-April at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, to show low-level flight and high-speed prowess
Ingenuity Blades Start Spinning on Mars, Reach 50 RPM
9 Apr 2021, 14:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA makes the Ingenuity helicopter spin its blades for the first time on Mars, getting ready to take to the sky on April 11
Boeing Shows Why the H-47 Chinook Is Awesome, the King of Pinnacle Landings
30 Mar 2021, 12:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing releases a short video as a sort of tribute to the decades-old H-47 Chinook, one of the best tandem rotor aircraft out there
Politician Promises Trip to the Moon, Helicopter, Robots for Constituents’ Votes
26 Mar 2021, 12:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One politician is running on a very strange platform, promising the moon (quite literally) to anyone who would vote for him; there’s a catch, of course