Nashville, TN (April 15, 2026). — The U.S. Army officially designated the FLRAA (Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft) Bell MV-75 as the Cheyenne II. Consistent with the Army tradition of honoring Native American tribes, the MV-75 honors the heritage of the Cheyenne Tribes, two federally recognized nations: the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana and the Cheyenne Leer másThe Army’s FLRAA is officially designated MV-75 Cheyenne II[…]
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 25 July 2024 — EUROPEAN ROTORS registration is open for the 2024 edition in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which will take place from 04 November to 07 November, with the show floor open from 05 to 07 November. As Europe’s largest event dedicated to the vertical flight industry, EUROPEAN ROTORS 2024 promises to be an Leer másEUROPEAN ROTORS 2024 will take off in Amsterdam in November[…]
ANAHEIM, California, February 27, 2024 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, unveiled its plan to build, test and fly a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator (HEX / VTOL) with a tilt-wing configuration. The design is the first in a series of large, next generation VTOL aircraft — ranging from more traditional helicopters to winged configurations Leer másFuture Sikorsky HEX / VTOL Hybrid-Electric Systems[…]
IFEMA, Madrid, November 28, 2023 — The third edition (annual periodicity) of the EUROPEAN ROTORS show arrives in Madrid and opens its doors today to thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors. Twenty helicopters are installed throughout the fairgrounds, open from November 28 to 30 at IFEMA. Before the ribbon-cutting that opened the show, show Leer másThe EUROPEAN ROTORS 2023 show arrives in Madrid[…]
Rome, 08/03/2022 – The Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor sets another major milestone further expanding its future user base with the addition of an undisclosed and long-established European operator of Leonardo Helicopters. Under the signed agreement, this operator aims at introducing four AW609s to carry out a range of passenger transport missions supporting its point-to-point operations worldwide. Leer másLeonardo signs for four AW609 tiltrotor with a European operator[…]
AMARILLO, Texas (Jan. 26, 2022) – Bell, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has completed the first Nacelle Improvements Modification on an United States Air Force V-22 Osprey, specifically in a CV-22. The aircraft is part of an ongoing upgrade by Bell and Boeing (NYSE: BA) to improve the wiring components within the nacelles and to change the structure in Leer másBell Boeing Improvements Nacelle Modification to V-22 Osprey tiltrotor[…]
SANTA ANA, California, and HOUSTON, December 2021 – Bristow Group and Overair announced signed a MOU to collaborate on the development of Butterfly eVTOL commercialization plans. Overair, Inc. («Overair») is a developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, and Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) is the world’s leading provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight Leer másBristow and Overair sign MOU to Butterfly eVTOL aircraft[…]
Fort Worth, Texas (2 de agosto de 2021) — Bell Textron Inc, una compañía de Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), anunció ayer la presentación de nuevos conceptos de futuros sistemas de aeronaves para aplicaciones militares con la tecnología HSVTOL (High-Speed Vertical Take-Off And Landing). La tecnología HSVTOL combina la capacidad de vuelo estacionario de un helicóptero con Leer másBell Textron presenta sus nuevos conceptos de aeronaves HSVTOL[…]