War is changing fast. It is hard for the people who plan for the military to keep up. A new weapon can seem like an idea when ...

A strange helicopter has been making test flights in the south of France. Built by French company Airbus Helicopters, it looks a bit like what would happen if a regular helicopter and an airplane ...

Parker Aerospace in Irvine will be playing a key role in a Sikorsky-Boeing team effort to win the prized contract for a new U.S. Army helicopter called Defiant X. The Sikorsky-Boeing team has selected ...

Airbus Helicopters has secured a long-awaited contract to develop its new H160 commercial helicopter into a military platform for use by three branches of the French Armed Forces. The €10 billion ($11 ...

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has conducted the maiden sortie of the prototype of its mine-sweeping helicopter (MCH), a new variant of the KUH-1 Surion. The sortie took place on 16 June at the ...

LONDON — Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) says it has completed development of the Surion Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH-1) and that the type is now ready to start replacing older helicopter models ...

Italy’s Avio Aero will join forces with MTU Aero Engines and Safran Helicopter Engines to develop a next-generation turboshaft for future European military rotorcraft applications. However, the GE ...

The idea of the helicopter dates back to the Renaissance—but the contraptions could not be built until the development of modern aerospace engineering during the interwar period. Few platforms in ...