WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy last week declared the Marine Corps’ CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter ready for full-rate production, allowing the Marines...

19 December 2022 by Gareth Jennings One of the first pair of Black Hawk helicopters delivered to...

Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor won against Sikorsky’s Defiant compound helicopter and is set to become the new utility rotorcraft of the U.S. Army. The U.S....

WASHINGTON — Textron’s Bell has won the U.S. Army’s competition to build the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, the service’s largest helicopter procurement decision in...

The Bell 214ST (“Super Transport”) first flew in 1977. Derived from the Bell 214, itself derived from the UH-1 “Huey,” the 214ST was substantially...

Rocket Lab used a helicopter to capture a spent Electron first stage booster and its parachute after launching satellites from New Zealand Monday, a significant step forward for the company's rocket recovery and reuse program. The helicopter dropped the rocket a few seconds later.

Rocket Lab called off the planned launch and recovery of an Electron booster Friday, preferring to wait for better wind and cloud cover conditions a few days from now. The next opportunity to launch the mission from New Zealand is Monday.

Rocket Lab plans the first attempt to catch one of its returning small satellite boosters by helicopter after a launch later this month, nearly three years after the company announced its mid-air recovery and reuse concept.

Aerospace Manufacturing (AMI) is excited to be participating in one of the most important trade shows of the year, the Aerospace and Defense Supplier Summit in Seattle April 11th – 13th, 2022. The Aerospace and Defense Supplier Summit brings together industry-leading aerospace and defense organizations with suppliers and contract-manufacturers, like AMI, with the goal of […]

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CODATA joins with our parent body, the International Science Council (ISC), with other partners, including ISC members, in stating its deep dismay and concerns about the military operations being carried out in Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian crisis. As the Committee on Data of the ISC, we call for the respect for international humanitarian law, […]

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The recent 30-minute flight is the result of Sikorsky’s and DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. Sikorsky and DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) announced the first unmanned flight of a UH-60A Black [...]

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In certain locations, floatplanes still offer many advantages. The original motivation for a water landing was a lack…