Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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Safety Concerns Challenge Budding $17B U.S. eVTOL Market

Consulting firm Deloitte sees $17 billion U.S. eVTOL market by 2040; but 80 percent of those surveyed say vehicles unsafe

EmbraerX Unveils New Concept eVTOL

EmbraerX's concept eVTOL features aft ducted thrusters and eight vertical lift rotors.

Kamov’s Ka-65 Minoga Breaks Cover

A prototype or full-scale mockup of the Russian navy's new Ka-65 shipborne helicopter is in assembly.

Honeywell's Nex-gen Radar Selected By UAM Manufacturer

Honeywell's IntuVue RDR-84K uses electronically steered phased-array radar.

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AW109 Crashes Atop New York Skyscraper in Rain and Fog

Pilot, the sole occupant, is killed when an AW109E makes a hard landing and catches fire atop New York office tower

Metro Aviation Earns EASA Mx Approval

The Shreveport, Louisiana-based company is an Airbus Helicopter approved service center, specialzing in the EC-135 and 145 models.

Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Gives Nod to Bell 505 for High-altitude Ops

Bell 505 FAA TC gets increased performance information to 22,500 feet.

Honeywell Develops Compact FBW for UAM Market

Honeywell will display its new compact FBW control system for UAM vehicles next week at Uber Elevate.

EASA Calls for AS350/EC130 Fuel System Mods

EASA is recommending, but not mandating, that operators of Airbus AS350/EC130 helicopters install crash-resistant fuel systems.

Maintenance and Modifications

Skyports and Volocopter Building 'Volo-Port' in Singapore

Companies join forces to build first urban air mobility passenger terminal in Singapore

Airbus Corporate Helicopters Wins Another ACH160 Order

Airbus Corporate Helicopters sold 54 ACH variants in 2017 and 68 in 2018.

SEA Prime: Malpensa Prime is 'Natural Growth'

The July opening of an FBO at Milan's Malpensa Airport just happens to coincide with Milan Linate closing for three months for runway resurfacing.

Sikorsky Flies HH-60W as CH-53K Gets Production Award

The HH-60W is to replace the Air Force's aging HH-60G Pave Hawk fleet.

ACH145 Delivered for Yacht Operations

An existing customer is taking two ACH145s and an ACH160 to renew its luxury helicopter fleet

Bell V-280 Completes Agility Tests

Bell said its V-280 tiltrotor has completed the Army's low-speed agility tests.

ACH160 Shines in Strong Airbus Lineup

Certification is expected by year-end with first delivery to follow in the last quarter of next year.

Kamov Details Ka-32A11M Upgrades

Deliveries of the upgraded Kamov helicopter model are planned for next year.

Turkey's Kaan Air Takes Three Ka-32A11BC Helicopters

The Kamov helicopters will fly firefighting missions in Turkey.

Russian Helicopters Keeps Low Profile at HeliRussia’2019

The Russian manufacturer has experienced a downturn in sales, but now has an order for 100 Mi-28NMs.

Leonardo Advances AW609, Support Programs

Leonardo Helicopters CEO said the company is "on the right path."

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