It has been a tough time, and without the revenues from the more lucrative medium- and heavy-helicopter sales slackened by the decline in energy prices, helicopter manufacturers have been hesitant to make serious investments to modernize their light single- and twin-engine products in particular.
The march toward crafting industry standards for additive manufacturing continues, with the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) joining SAE International’s Polymer Additive Manufacturing (AMS AM-P) Subcommittee toward developing new technical standard documents for the aerospace industry.
The upcoming Aircraft Electronics Association Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas is expected to draw up to 2,000 attendees and more than 130 exhibitors.
Rolls-Royce has appointed Tom Bell as president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America, a post he will hold alongside his current position as president-defense.
The Falcon 6X retains most of the Falcon 5X’s systems, and Its PW812D engines are new and lighter-weight versions of the PW814GA and PW815GA turbofans.
Under the contract, UTC Aerospace, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, said it will design an integrated power plant that includes an inlet, fan cowls, thrust reverser and an engine build-up system for the aircraft.
Terrafugia has revealed details of two hybrid vertical takeoff and landing urban mobility and cargo transport study concepts at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas.
Airbus has signed a strategic partnering agreement with Blade, a move it believes will help it better understand the fledgling urban air mobility business.
The leading advocate in the U.S. Congress for spinning off air traffic control from the FAA has conceded the idea lacks sufficient support on Capitol Hill.
Robinson Helicopter is stepping up studies of a diesel-powered variant of its R44 light helicopter as part of plans to hike performance and reduce fuel burn.
Just months after killing off plans for the Falcon 5X following the ongoing failure of the Safran Silvercrest engine the French manufacturer Dassault Aviation has unveiled the Falcon 6X, featuring many of the design attractions of the 5X but with a larger cabin and more powerful engines.
Pratt & Whitney Canada have announced that a new variant of its ground-breaking PurePower PW800 turbofan engine has been selected to power the new Dassault Falcon 6X business jet, unveiled by Dassault Aviation earlier today.
The first 20,000-ft.2 facility, located at Spirit’s Wichita headquarters, will support existing customer contracts as well as new work in the global aerostructures market, the company said.
Astronautics Corp. of America is testing the first engineering units of its new air-to-ground communications system, which it will provide to Airbus Helicopters.
