featuresOctober 14, 2021Still Going Strong
Sikorsky designed the S-55/H-19 at speed during the rotorcraft industry’s infancy, but the type is still proving its worth with utility operators seven decades later.
newsOctober 12, 2021U.S. Army buys first Chinook Block II aircraft without advanced rotor blades
Boeing has secured a $136 million contract for the first four CH-47F Chinook Block II aircraft for the U.S. Army.
featuresOctober 12, 2021How helicopters played a crucial role in the days following the 2021 Haiti earthquake
When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Haiti in August, Haiti Air Ambulance sprung into action, caring for the injured while using its local knowledge to help coordinate the international relief effort.
news October 14, 2021 U.S. Navy recovers Seahawk, remains of five, from mile-deep ocean
The U.S. Navy has raised the wreckage of a crashed MH-60S Seahawk, and the bodies of five sailors onboard when it went down in August, from more than a mile beneath the Pacific Ocean.
news October 14, 2021 Crew safe after ditching Australian MH-60R at sea
Australia has grounded its fleet of MH-60R Seahawks after one of the helicopters was ditched in the Philippine Sea on Oct. 13.
features October 14, 2021 Still Going Strong
Sikorsky designed the S-55/H-19 at speed during the rotorcraft industry’s infancy, but the type is still proving its worth with utility operators seven decades later.
news October 13, 2021 Raider X compound fast-attack helicopter 60% complete
Sikorsky’s Raider X prototype, the company’s pitch for the U.S. Army Future Attack Recon Aircraft (FARA), is more than 60 percent complete.
news October 12, 2021 U.S. Army buys first Chinook Block II aircraft without advanced rotor blades
Boeing has secured a $136 million contract for the first four CH-47F Chinook Block II aircraft for the U.S. Army.
features October 12, 2021 How helicopters played a crucial role in the days following the 2021 Haiti earthquake
When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Haiti in August, Haiti Air Ambulance sprung into action, caring for the injured while using its local knowledge to help coordinate the international relief effort.
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Here's the latest video from Sikorsky and Boeing on the SB>1 Defiant, which has now reached 247 knots in level flight.
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