An important aviation milestone was made in 1939 when the Sikorsky VS-300 made its maiden flight, becoming the first successful operational helicopter. It soon introduced the world to a new form of ...
WWII helicopters were used for troop transport, casualty evac, airborne command posts, SAR operations, and attacking ground ...
Image Credit: Peter R Foster IDMA / Shutterstock. Before glass towers pierced the skyline, helicopters were already rewriting the limits of construction. These machines did more than move people from ...
Indian Army's Kharga Sappers and the Indian Air Force have successfully demonstrated the rapid deployment of a pontoon ...
SYOS Aerospace’s SA200 uncrewed autonomous helicopter has successfully completed a series of ‘fully autonomous mission’ trials, clearing the Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for serial production. The ...
Belgium is to replace four NH90 TTHs (pictured) with the H145M and will look to a new heavy-lift helicopter type also. (Benoît Denet) Belgium is to replace its NHIndustries (NHI) NH90 Tactical ...
STRATFORD, Conn., Sept. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), received a $10.855 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to build up to a maximum of 99 CH-53K ® King ...
Without a single trace of modesty, the American military calls the CH-53K King Stallion the most powerful heavy-lift helicopter in its arsenal. Born in the stables of helicopter maker Sikorsky back in ...
A decision by Portugal to acquire 12 AgustaWestland EH 101 heavy-lift helicopters for search-and-rescue applications appears to be generating second thoughts about a previous order for 10 NH-90 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: James K. F. Dung - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, helicopters have ...