German startup E-volo has conducted dynamic flight tests of its Volocopter V200, flying the electric-powered two-seat vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft unmanned to gather data with which to refine the design of the planned production vehicle.
The number of U.S. twin- and single-engine turbine helicopter accidents rose during the first half of 2016, compared to the same time a year ago, according to data from Robert E. Breiling Associates. The U.S. twin-turbine helicopter fleet was involved in one nonfatal accident in the first half of 2016, compared to no accidents reported for the first six months of 2015, the data said. Single-engine turbine helicopters in the U.S.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved potential $231M Foreign Military Sale to NATO Support and Procurement Agency for precision-guided munitions, equipment, support. LOCKHEED MARTIN has $8.1M U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract for Aegis Ashore test and operational systems in Poland, incl. facility and interface design, engineering support, procurement of spares.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Sept. 5—42nd European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Lille, France. For more information go to http://www.vtol.org/events/42nd-european-rotorcraft-forum-erf Sept. 5-8—42nd European Rotorcraft Forum, Lille France. For more information go to www.erf2016.com/
NASA’s burgeoning push to develop technology for electric aircraft propulsion is evident in the latest series of fast-paced feasibility demonstrations to be funded under the agency’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions project.
NASA’s exoplanet-seeking Kepler space telescope has resumed science operations after the apparent loss in late July of a third focal plane detector module in the observatory’s photometer, the project manager says.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a U.S.-built Japanese communications Satellite early Aug. 14, and used three of its nine engines to return its first stage to a picture-perfect tail-down landing on a robotic barge downrange from the Cape Canaveral launch site.
Charges for the Royal Air Force pilot who sent an Airbus A330 Voyager tanker into a dive are perjury, making a false record and negligently performing a duty, according to a British newspaper report.
The latest tests of the updated US16E seat and new lightweight helmet used mannequins in the lowest weight class, representing pilots who face the greatest risk during an ejection.
According to the Algerian defense ministry, the agreement covers the manufacturing of three types of light and medium helicopter for military and parapublic use.
The U.K. defense ministry has set aside £800 million to develop new defense technologies as part of an initiative to change the way the British defense ministry works with industry.
Aurora Flight Sciences is to base a Centaur optionally piloted aircraft at Lonesome Pine Airport in Wise County, Virginia, in a move to help develop the ...
The outgoing commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), Air Force Gen. Frank Gorenc, sat down with Aviation Week Pentagon Editor Lara Seligman in Fairford, England, during the Royal International Air Tattoo in July.
NanoRacks, which pioneered commercial payload accommodation on the International Space Station (ISS), is teaming to study a concept for converting spent launch-vehicle upper stages into pressurized habitats.
As the long-troubled CH-148 Cyclone program enters its 12th year this November, Canadian government officials say Sikorsky is now executing according to the contract.
