The aircraft currently appears to be purely civilian passenger oriented, but it could have military applications in future.

The helicopter crashed on Jan. 20, killing the pilot, the flight nurse, and the flight paramedic, according to the NTSB. The goose was found “embedded in the flight control servo” of a crashed ...

Garmin announced that its GFC 600H flight control system for helicopters is available in an IFR design with a stability augmentation system (SAS). The new version includes collective control ...

The helicopter crashed just before 11:30 p.m. CT on Jan. 20, in a pasture near Hydro, about 60 miles west of Oklahoma City. It was returning to a base in Weatherford after taking a patient to ...

Lockheed Martin's famous-yet-secret Skunk Works is conducting live flight tests of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment (SAFE) autonomous AI system on the X-62A. The system can be ...

Moreover, comprehensive analyses of dynamic behaviour during transitional flight have led to the development of robust control allocation methods, ensuring that coaxial rotor systems can reliably ...

US start-up Rotor Technologies is confident that customers will next year be operating its R550X platform - an autonomous version of the Robinson Helicopter R44 piston-single.

Joby Aviation achieved a major milestone on April 22, 2025 when it became the first company to fly an all-electric tilt-rotor eVTOL with a pilot aboard as it transitioned from horizontal to ...