Sikorsky

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky unveils Black Hawk Next upgrades including a modular nose, new engine and autonomy software to extend the helicopter's service life past 2050.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky on Oct. 12 unveiled a containerized version of its Nomad 100 vertical takeoff and landing rotor-blown-wing uncrewed aircraft system designed to rapidly deploy the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
SIKORSKY gets contract for 16 Black Hawks... VIASAT-3 F2 enters service... New VPBD at L2 AVIATION...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Michael Bruno
Albany renegotiates Sikorsky CH-53K contract, improves Earhart facility’s performance, and secures positive cash flow to keep Salt Lake City site.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Staff
WINDINGS acquires precision machining specialist... SIKORSKY gets VH-92 rotor blade award... New CEO for FL TECHNICS...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Tony Osborne
The NATO-led NGRC effort to develop a replacement for Europe’s battlefield utility and naval helicopters has entered a competitive phase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
SPACEX launches NROL-95... RANGEVIEW developing cast components for KRATOS...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead on its plan to have the Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II take on the continuity-of-government and VIP transport role in the Washington area
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
UK zero-emission flights; Sikorsky VTOL Nomad; autonomous freighters; and hybrid-power cargo eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky has completed initial ground and flight testing of a larger version of its Nomad rotor-blown-wing, VTOL uncrewed aircraft system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky and Safran agreed to expand propulsion collaboration for next-generation rotorcraft targeting commercial and defense markets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky would commit to opening helicopter production facilities in Europe if its proposals for NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability are selected by the partner nations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
SIKORSKY gets VH-92A support award... TB2 AEROSPACE demonstrates drone payload system... BALERION SPACE VENTURES adds new venture partner...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Graham Warwick
Collaborative combat R66; NASA open-fan demo; quantum heads to the field; and Sora’s subscale eVTOL bus.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Offshore rotorcraft operator Bristow has put its Norwegian operation up for sale in a bid to optimize its business.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
LOCKHEED gets $2.3b F-35 sustainment award... HONEYWELL’s board approves spinoff... New CEO for PIAGGIO AEROSPACE...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea approves Apache upgrades with MUMT-X tech and MH-60R Seahawk purchases.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Laminar-flow business jet; hybrid-electric tiltwing; Solar Impulse 2 lost; and jet fuel from ethanol.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky has provided new details of its HEX hybrid-electric tiltwing demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Computing by laser; automating light helicopters; uncrewed airdropping; and beam-powered UAS.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Marine Corps has selected teams to demonstrate uncrewed cargo helicopters for contested logistics missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky says it is now offering production-ready kits for its Black Hawks should the helicopter's customers decide to arm their choppers from the factory.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Nuclear fusion rocket power; Matrix autonomy joins the Army; ship-to-shore contested logistics; and sulfur’s role in contrails formation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Growing range requirements and rising energy prices could revive demand for Airbus H225 and Sikorsky S-92 aircraft, complicating the Bell 525’s market entry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Stop-fold tiltrotor becomes X-76; Sikorsky tests hybrid powertrain; light-driven SAF production; and from nuclear power to liquid fuel.
Emerging Technologies