17-Dec-2010Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced its plan to extend the capability and performance of the widely respected Bell 412EP helicopter, which will be available to customers in 2012. A Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) project that will extend the wide range of missions that can be performed by the 412EP is... Read more
15-Dec-2010Source: Pratt & Whitney Canada
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) announced today that it will invest more than $1 billion in research and development over the next five years to develop the next generation of high-performance aircraft engines. The investment includes a $300 million repayable contribution from the Government of Canada under the Strategic Aerospace and Defense Initiative (SADI) program.... Read more
10-Dec-2010Source: Eurocopter
Marignane, December 9, 2010 – Step 1 speed objective of 180 kts is attained ahead of schedule for this innovative rotary-wing aircraft. Eurocopter’s X3 high-speed hybrid helicopter demonstrator, which performed its maiden flight on September 6, 2010, has reached on November 29th the program’s Step 1 speed objective: attaining a true airspeed of 180 kts... Read more
9-Nov-2010Source: Pratt & Whitney Canada
The Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) Inc., a limited joint venture company comprising Rolls-Royce Canada and Pratt & Whitney Canada, has officially opened its new, state-of-the-art cold weather testing and research facility for aircraft engines, in northern Canada. The new facility specializes in ice tests for civil aerospace engine certification programs,... Read more
28-Oct-2010Source: Flightglobal
Eurocopter chief executive Lutz Bertling believes he has a winning formula to see his company safely through the recession: drastically increase spending on research and development... Read more
14-Oct-2010Source: Sikorsky
STRATFORD, Conn.–Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, has completed rig testing of a Hub Mounted Vibration Suppression system (HMVS), designed to eliminate vibration and deliver a smoother helicopter ride. The effort is jointly funded by Sikorsky and the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD). Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.... Read more
12-Oct-2010Source: American Eurocopter
American Eurocopter’s commitment to continuous product development for its EC135 and EC145 will ensure these rotary-wing aircraft remain the helicopters of choice for the U.S. emergency medical services (EMS) industry. The EC135 is the leader in its twin-engine category and a preferred product for helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) operations in North America, accounting for... Read more
7-Oct-2010Source: AgustaWestland
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation in partnership with AgustaWestland North America proudly recognize innovations in homeland security, announcing four winners for their achievements in efforts designed to protect the United States and its citizens. “This year four $25,000 Homeland Security Awards are being sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, an independent Federal government agency,... Read more
30-Sep-2010Source: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC 60.63, -.00, -0.01%) has partnered with the U.S. Naval Aviation Center for Rotorcraft Advancement (NACRA) to provide its Digital Avionics Suite technology for retrofitting NACRA’s UH-1N helicopter as an avionics test bed for future rotary wing hardware and software developments. Northrop Grumman is supplying NACRA with a stand-alone Digital Avionics Suite... Read more
28-Sep-2010Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter has begun test flights of the X3 demonstrator for its innovative High-speed, long-range Hybrid Helicopter (H3) concept, which combines excellent vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with fast cruise speeds of more than 220 kts. The X3 demonstrator is equipped with two turboshaft engines that power a five-blade main rotor system and two propellers installed... Read more
24-Sep-2010Source: AIN
Industry observers believe the company could finally unveil its plans for a compound helicopter, which is known in the industry as the X3.... Read more
22-Sep-2010Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is pleased to announce that it has named its 2010 Engineering Technical Fellows. This team of technical leaders is tasked with building and maintaining a 20-year technology roadmap that will introduce new products and improve existing platforms. Chosen based on their depth of engineering design scholarship and... Read more
13-Sep-2010Source: Business Standard
The Italian consultants Avion will now scrutinise the Dhruv’s Integrated Dynamic System to diagnose the problem.... Read more
17-Aug-2010Source: Flug Revue
Is this just a concept or a new model – and if so, will it replace the current model or be sold alongside the traditional style tail-rotor?... Read more
30-Jul-2010Source: Sikorsky
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, today officially introduced “Project Firefly,†an all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture exhibition. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The Firefly Technology Demonstration Aircraft at EAA is part of the world symposium on electric... Read more
20-Jul-2010
Russian Helicopters is examining the technological possibility of a helicopter which can reach speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour, company spokesman Roman Kirillov told RIA Novosti on Friday... Read more
20-Jul-2010Source: Marketwatch
Sales of new military helicopters have been running strong due to demand from the U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Boeing Co. sees a time within the next decade when sales could slump significantly.... Read more
19-Jul-2010Source: Bell
The National Research Council Canada (NRC) and Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that they have signed a 10-year research framework agreement to identify and undertake work of mutual interest in the research and development of technology solutions for the aerospace industry. This agreement will streamline the process of setting up fee-for-service and... Read more
19-Jul-2010Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Innovations, the technology development organization of Sikorsky Aircraft, announced today from the Farnborough International Air Show that it has developed an all-electric helicopter technology demonstrator. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The FireflyTM Technology Demonstration Aircraft will be unveiled on July 26 at the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) AirVenture exhibition... Read more
1-Jul-2010Source: Business Standard
An outraged HAL board, having decided against paying so much to Turbomeca, has approached other engine-makers — including General Electric, Honeywell, Rolls-Royce, and Pratt & Whitney — for an engine for the LuH.... Read more
10-Jun-2010Source: Varese News
Award was presented to the AgustaWestland CEO Giuseppe Orsi by President Giorgio Napolitano during an official ceremony during the National Day of Innovation... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: TTTech
TTTech in Vienna, Austria delivered a distributed integrated modular avionics (IMA) test bed to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Distributed IMA is a class of integrated architectures which inherits all benefits of IMA and enables efficient design of distributed systems with mixed criticality functions. TTTech officials made the announcement at the Avionics USA conference in San Diego.... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: FlightGlobal
EADS Innovation Works has unveiled a concept helicopter featuring a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system that it claims has the potential to halve fuel consumption compared with a typical twin-turbine helicopter such as the EC135.... Read more
20-May-2010Source: ProMetal RCT
The ProMetal Rapid Casting Technology division of The Ex One Company, LLC (with locations in Irwin, PA, Troy, MI and Houston, TX) in partnership with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation was awarded the coveted Robert L. Pinckney Award by the Vertical Flight Society of the American Helicopter Society. The award is given in recognition of notable achievement... Read more
14-May-2010Source: RIA Novosti
“We are working on the concept of the fifth-generation combat helicopter,” the paper quoted the company’s CEO, Andrei Shibitov, as saying at a news conference in Moscow, confirming that the company was going to spend some $1 billion on the project, with more investment expected to be allocated from the state budget.... Read more
29-Apr-2010Source: NASA
Some helicopters of the future will look very different from today’s, at least as imagined by high school students for a NASA aeronautics competition. NASA challenged students to write a paper about a civilian aircraft that could hover, rescue up to 50 survivors of a disaster, land on ground or water, travel at least 920... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: FlightGlobal
Sikorsky is targeting the third quarter to achieve the 250kt (460km/h) goal for its X2 high-speed prototype, after several delays in the flight-test programme.... Read more
18-Mar-2010Source: Flightglobal
Hindustan Aeronautics has decided against seeking an international partner for its light observation helicopter programme, and will undertake the development by itself.... Read more
25-Feb-2010Source: Aviation Week
The Sikorsky X2’s attempt to break the world speed record for rotorcraft later this year could determine the future path of helicopter development at the Connecticut-based company.... Read more
23-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky
The second prototype aircraft in the S-76D™ helicopter program has entered the test flight program, with a third soon to follow, as the program that is producing the next generation model of the popular S-76® helicopter nears completion of its first fuselage for a production aircraft. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. Kuwait... Read more
1-Feb-2010Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched its new technology development organization – Sikorsky Innovations – at a program attended by more than 100 government, education, business, technology and other officials at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford.  Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The mission of Sikorsky Innovations is to develop and mature... Read more
26-Jan-2010Source: FlightGlobal
Flight-testing in Europe has shown that 50% reductions in a helicopter’s acoustic footprint during landings are possible.... Read more
21-Jan-2010Source: Chaffee County Times
Air Methods Corporation of Englewood was testing for the performance of an air filter that protects the engine from sand and dust, which reduce efficiency of engines.... Read more
15-Jan-2010Source: FAA
The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuel Initiative (CAAFI), a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sponsored effort to develop environmentally-sound, sustainable-alternative jet fuels, has received “one of the most coveted and valued honors†by a leading aviation-industry publication.  Air Transport World’s Joseph S. Murphy Industry Service Award is given to an individual or an organization that has performed... Read more
8-Jan-2010Source: Rotornews
Jeff Lowinger, executive vice president, Engineering, is pleased to announce the following organizational changes in conjunction with the Integration of the Engineering and XworX organizations... Read more
9-Dec-2009Source: Rotorhub
The FHS (Flying Helicopter Simulator) Helicopters do not have to be loud. This is the conclusion of scientists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) working on the FRIENDCOPTER project.... Read more
1-Dec-2009Source: FlightGlobal
Lightning strike tests at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility have verified finite element analysis accuracy for carbonfibre structure current flow simulation, according to a European research consortium... Read more
30-Nov-2009Source: UTRC
United Technologies Research Center achieved first flight of a hydrogen/air fuel cell-powered rotorcraft. The successful technology demonstration was accomplished using a remote-controlled electric helicopter model modified to incorporate a custom Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell power plant.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Wall St Journal
European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co NV’s (EAD.FR) chief executive has appealed to French parliamentarians for funding from a planned state loan to finance research and development into future generations of helicopters, it was revealed Friday.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: Sikorsky
As part of an effort to improve helicopter performance, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has begun whirl testing a demonstration rotor system with active flaps. The effort is jointly funded by Sikorsky and the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD). Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: Connecticut Post
On Thursday, Sikorsky Aircraft increased the prize money for the Igor I. Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Competition from $20,000 to $250,000. The contest is more than two decades old and no one has met the requirements of hovering about 10 feet in the air for 60 seconds.... Read more
18-Aug-2009Source: Moog Aerospace
Moog’s Industrial Group has delivered an aerospace test rig to the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) that will perform a wide range of structural and fatigue tests for helicopters.... Read more
22-Jun-2009Source: Vertical
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17-Jun-2009Source: Sikorsky
Two more prototypes are poised to join the S-76D(TM) helicopter test program as Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. continues envelope expansion on the newest version of the popular S-76(R) helicopter... Read more
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