Airbus Helicopters’ Racer compound demonstrator continues to make rapid progress in its test campaign, with the aircraft’s flight envelope fully opened up to 165 knots after just four flights.

Two months after the LA city controller released its highly critical program audit of the LAPD’s Air Support Division, the unit has released its official response.

Bristow Helicopters appears no closer to ending its ongoing dispute with its striking pilots and tech crews over pay and conditions, with the pilots' union calling for “an offer that is just focused on pay and is not reliant on reducing terms and conditions.”

With new technology currently under development, a higher level of mission-focused situational awareness will change the playing field.

Piasecki Aircraft said it is on schedule to achieve its first crewed test flight of a hydrogen-powered helicopter by October 2024.

The investigation into the fatal crash of a Sikorsky S-92 off the coast of Norway in February is focusing on why the aircraft’s nose pitched up to about a 30-degree attitude shortly before it hit the water.

After a disastrous wildfire season last year in many parts of the world, concern grows for what this summer will bring in the Northern Hemisphere.

Bristow’s future AAM fleet could look quite diverse. There are at least seven eVTOL models and one eSTOL aircraft that Bristow has its sights on.

Analysts report shifting preferences toward financed rotorcraft, though owned helicopters still comprise a vast majority of the global commercial fleet.

U.K. company Starspeed is celebrating 10 years of operation with its Bell 429, and has praised the type’s reliability and ease of ownership over the years.

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