SANFORD — Jeff Small owes his company, in a way, to having long hair years ago. His Advance Composite Structures at Sanford’s airport, specializing in the esoteric craft of refurbishing helicopter ...

Helicopters are indispensable in many areas, from emergency rescue operations to security and transport missions. However, ...

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 ...

Fleet Readiness Center East is celebrating an achievement, and likely first, in using 3D printing and polymers as a supply solution to repair components for the H-53E. Research and Engineering Group ...

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 ...

Airbus Helicopters is to institute a series of modifications on the H145 that will increase the payload of the light-twin by 150kg (330lb). Key to the upgrade is a new bearingless five-blade main ...