Ahead of its centennial, legendary rotorcraft company Sikorsky Aircraft is seeing several opportunities for growth, the company CEO says.

For its Defiant X helicopter, Sikorsky and Boeing have selected Honeywell’s engine and power systems technology.

The U.S. Marine Corps says the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion reached the initial operational capability milestone on April 22, completing a 17-year journey from the award of the development contract in 2005.

A modernization effort for the Lockheed Martin F-35 will take three more years and cost about $741 million more to complete, the watchdog arm of Congress said April 25.

Poland looks set to choose between two U.S.-produced rotorcraft to fulfill its long-running attack helicopter requirement.  Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak confirmed on April 21 that Warsaw is mulling offers for two attack helicopters: one from Bell, likely for the AH-1Z Viper, and a second from Boeing for the AH-64 Apache.

Angola is the latest customer for the maritime patrol variant of Airbus’ C295 twin-turboprop airlifter.

Airbus advances X-plane; BAE joins GE on hybrid; Seaglider takes to water; Cross-country on hydrogen; and manufacturing LH2 tanks.

Brazil announced plans to buy four more Saab Gripen F-39 fighters on April 22, raising the quantity in the initial batch of the single-engine aircraft to 40.