Aircraft & Propulsion

Korea Aerospace Industries’ LCH-LAH civil and military helicopter is on track for prototype assembly in 2018 following conclusion of the KAI program’s critical design review.

Leonardo is looking to further strengthen its commercial helicopter presence in Southeast Asia.

Bell Helicopter sees China as the brightest spot in its Asian universe. A recent burst of orders there will likely triple its in-country fleet from 120 today to nearly 400 over the next few years.

Russian Helicopters will deliver seven multi-role Ka-32A11BC helicopters to foreign customers in 2018.

Singapore has taken delivery of two new Lockheed Martin S-70B Seahawks, from an unannounced order in 2013.

A decision to put dollars toward procuring a light attack fleet is far from certain, and the Air Force does not have a good track record of following through on this particular issue.

The company this week released the first images of its T-X cockpit, revealing a 21st century knobless and switchless touchscreen large-area display.

The head of Airbus Helicopters Inc. has accused Leonardo of holding its UH-72 Lakota production line “hostage” with a new lawsuit.

An F-35 pilot speaks out on the physiological events that led to the fleet's grounding at Luke AFB, Arizona, in 2017.

The U.S. Air Force finally is ready to welcome its second female F-35 pilot, now that enough aircraft have been upgraded with a new ejection seat designed to accommodate lightweight aircrew.

The pilot, who requested anonymity to protect his privacy, immediately recognized the early symptoms of hypoxia he’d experienced during training in the altitude chamber.

Super Puma replacement may be rescoped for multirole mission as commercial market tumbles.

The South Korean army rejected the bulky Surion as inappropriate for the attack mission, but the marines regard it as a candidate for the role.

The Navy continues to evolve and mature the Fire Scout maritime patrol UAV despite a limited number of deployment opportunities on the Littoral Combat Ship.

VSR700 program will turn a two-seat training helicopter into unmanned observer.

European Union planning demonstration of unmanned technologies, including naval UAVs.

Indonesia is considering the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-16V, industry sources say, with the Saab Gripen and Dassault Rafale also considered likely candidates.

Jakarta is behind in its contributions to KF-X, known in Indonesia as IF-X, and the finance ministry refused to authorize a payment due at the end of 2017. Photo: Cpl. Casey Gaul/Australian Defense Department

The U.S. Air Force is looking at leveraging virtual reality and artificial intelligence to transform pilot training.

As Russian pilots leverage the close quarters of the air campaign in Iraq and Syria to gather intel on U.S. operations, one U.S. aircraft could be vulnerable to prying eyes—the F-22 Raptor.

While the commercial helicopter industry appears to be on a slow road to recovery, industry’s coffers are being filled with a glut of military orders.

2018 could be a big year for new entrants to the rotorcraft business.

Lockheed’s stealth fighter will continue to draw focus in 2018 and beyond as several nations look to modernize.

Bell Helicopter’s third-generation tiltrotor prototype, the V-280 Valor, achieved first flight at the company’s plant in Amarillo, Texas, on Dec. 18.

Findings of a NASA team studying hypoxia in the Navy’s F/A-18s suggest the complex man-machine interface is to blame.