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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Sale of Blade’s Pax Ops Set To Boost Medical Division

Medical flight revenues are growing faster than passenger operations

Charter & Fractional

Blade Air Mobility helicopter

Barnes Aerospace Buys ATI’s East Hartford Operations

Move adds 80 skilled employees and manufacturing of safety-critical components

Aero Asset Reports Single-engine Helo Price Surge Trend

Utility-configured aircraft led pricing gains

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aero Asset says single engine helicopter pricing continues to surge in H1 2025

China’s Skyco Leasing Group Orders More H175 Helicopters

Six of the twin-engined rotorcraft will be operated by China Southern Airlines General Aviation

Airbus H175 helicopter ordered by leasing group Skyco

Videos

Wisk Aero Explains How Its New Four-Seat Autonomous eVTOL Air Taxi Will Work

Autonomous eVTOL developer Wisk Aero recently publicly revealed its new sixth-generation aircraft.

October 27, 2022

Hyundai’s Supernal Division Unveils Its S-A1 eVTOL Aircraft

Hyundai’s Supernal Division Unveils Its S-A1 eVTOL Aircraft

September 30, 2022

Wisk Prepares to Unveil Full-scale Autonomous eVTOL Air Taxi

Wisk Prepares to Unveil Full-scale Autonomous eVTOL Air Taxi

August 23, 2022

Chuck Aaron and SUU’s Helicopter Training Teaches Pilots How to Survive IIMC Situations

Chuck Aaron and SUU’s Helicopter Training Teaches Pilots How to Survive IIMC Situations

More Articles

Bell Revenues Surge 28% as MV-75 Program Accelerates

Commercial helicopter deliveries hold steady at 32 units; military program drives strong financial performance

Bell

Airbus Starts H160M Helicopter Flight Tests

French armed forces are set to receive 169 H160M Guépard rotorcraft, starting in 2028

Airbus H160M Guépard military helicopter

Robinson Teams with MagniX To Develop Electric R66

Partnership was announced during EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh

Robinson R66 helicopter

DARPA Selects Bell for Next Phase of HSVTOL Development

Helicopter manufacturer will build an X-plane for Phase 2 of Pentagon’s SPRINT program

Bell Textron's SPRINT high-speed VTOL aircraft concept

Skyryse and Cal Fire To Deploy SkyOS for Firefighting

Simplified control and fly-by-wire envelope protection will enhance mission safety

Cal Fire

Castle Air Expands Helo Maintenance with Heliwork Buy

Company expands UK footprint and adds new blade and component capabilities

Maintenance and Modifications

Castle Air Group

Milestone and Leonardo Sign Power-by-the-hour Agreement

Deal covers more than 100 helicopters owned by the leasing company

Francesco Bellardi, Leonardo v-p customer support and services, and Kieran Hannan, Milestone Aviation head of fleet and technical operations

Coptersafety Expands Simulator Fleet with H175 and H145

New sims expected to be certified Level D by multiple regulatory authorities

Training and Workforce

Coptersafety facility outside view

Air Methods Introduces Mauna Loa Pilots to HEMS Careers

‘Grass is Greener’ initiative aims to help flight instructors transition to professional flying jobs

Air Methods training Mauna Loa Helicopters pilots

NHIndustries NH90 Helicopter Flies at the Paris Airshow

The twin-engine multirole military helicopter shows off its maneuverability.

NH90 helicopter flying at Paris Air Show

Airbus Helicopters EC665 Tiger Flies at the Paris Air Show

The multirole attack helicopter showed off its agility over Le Bourget.

Airbus helicopters EC665 Tiger flying at Paris Air Show

Airbus Racer Compound Helicopter Flies at the Paris Air Show

This experimental helicopter is faster and more fuel efficient than a conventional rotorcraft.

Airbus Racer in flight at Paris Air Show

Flexrotor UAS Secures Largest Order to Date

Australian company Drone Forge is purchasing six complete systems with 17 air vehicles

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Airbus Flexrotor

Boeing Defense Grows Business in Europe

Already a major player in Europe, BDS foresees considerable expansion in the continent

Boeing P8

Avincis Takes Delivery of Two New Airbus H145s

Purchase marks continued investment in critical-care aircraft

Two Avincis Airbus H145 helicopters for air-medical service

Boeing Advances Apache and Chinook Rotorcraft Development

Boeing is working on more improvements for the Apache and Chinook

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

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