New Atlas

First hydrogen helicopter just proved it can fly a real mission

Last month, a modified Robinson R44 lifted off from Roland-Désourdy Airport in Bromont, Quebec, and completed what may be the ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s first piloted hydrogen-electric helicopter completes full circuit test flight

Unither Bioélectronique (UB) successfully completed the world’s first piloted hydrogen-electric helicopter circuit flight at ...
ScienceAlert

NASA's Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Have Broken The Sound Barrier in Tests

Designing a craft that can operate in the alien aerodynamics of Mars is a different matter. Perseverance's Ingenuity ...

Air-taxi company completes first test flight of 'Jetsons'-like craft in NYC: 'Dawn of a new era'

Up, up and away! An “air taxi” company operating completely electric helicopters completed its first test flight Monday ...
HotHardware

NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Blades Break Sound Barrier in Record Test

Ingenuity's little-helicopter-that-could proved that flight on another planet isn't just a one trick pony, but something that can be expanded upon. Enter NASA's next-generation Mars helicopter blades ...
JEC Composites

Full-scale helicopter crash test successfully conducted

Included in the test was a novel energy absorbing sub-floor beam designed and manufactured under the CRC-ACS research program. Within CRC-ACS Project 2.1 – Systems for Crashworthiness, design tools ...
Marine Corps Times

Pacific Marines will be first to test-drive new pilot-optional helicopter

The biggest of the aircraft planned for the Marines’ arsenal of unmanned flying logistics trucks is expected to be put ...