Developed by the Mil Design Bureau, the Soviet Mil Mi-1 is the first helicopter produced by the Soviet Union. Having first ...

The U.S. military has a reputation for using only the flashiest, most expensive equipment around. But in the case of its helicopters, that's not the case.

If you're asked to name a helicopter with dual main rotors the chances are you will pick the Sikorsky Chinook, one of the most iconic military helicopters of all time. However, the concept of such ...

The U.S. Department of Defense announced a $15.8 million firm-fixed-price contract awarded to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, to retrofit UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters ...

Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky has flown its rotor blown wing uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in helicopter and airplane modes ... 7,000rpm. It has a dual ignition system, fuel injection, and weighs ...

Aside from life-saving capabilities, helicopters are often used to transport high-profile individuals. The Sikorsky S-76 ... overall length of over 54 feet (rotors included) and a height of ...

However, while this design was initially popular, helicopter pioneer Igor Sikorsky settled ... issues with tail rotor helicopters that aren’t seen on coaxial or dual-main-rotor craft.

One of these companies, Sikorsky, decided to go the way of a rotor blown wing ... motors and propellers that can take off just like a helicopter, but once in the air it transitions to fly like ...

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing ... previously contracted Sikorsky to equip the U.S. Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with its MATRIX.

The rotor blown wing design is part of a broader range of systems under development by Sikorsky. Credit: © Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. Lockheed Martin ...

Sikorsky created the Advancing Blade Concept with the goal of significantly increasing helicopter flight speed. The concept is based on the rotor’s ability to develop lift on the blade that ...

The most used are the Sikorsky S-70-based variants ... Probably the most unique attack helicopter in service today, the Ka-52 is a wildly unconventional design. It has dual contra-rotating main rotors ...