Helicopter blade manufacturers are increasing the use of composite materials such as glass-fiber-reinforced polymers (GFRP) and carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) to improve aerodynamic and ...

The Joby Aviation eVTOL is described as a helicopter-airplane hybrid, with fixed wings and six propellers mounted on nacelles and capable of tilting 90 degrees. It will take off and land vertically, ...

After many years of manufacturing metal blades, Erickson has invested in the future of the S-64 rotorcraft by designing, certifying, and building composite main rotor blades that will bring many ...

A Macedonian army Mi-24 helicopter fires during the 'Decisive Strike' exercise at the Training Support Centre (TSC) Krivolak, near Skopje, in 2019. -(ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images) MILAN, Italy ...

Airbus Helicopters UK is partnering with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC) to explore future opportunities to work together. Led by Katherine Bennett – formerly head of Airbus group’s UK ...

Bell Helicopter will, in 2017, fly a V-22 tiltrotor equipped with new prop rotor blades designed to reduce manufacturing costs on the type. The modification is the latest in a series of trials under ...

As part of the project, Fraunhofer IFAM not only started up a specially designed new low-pressure plasma plant for web material, but also developed plasma processes which can be used to apply an ...