Airbus flew its strange helicopter-airplane hybrid called Racer for the first time in Marseille, France on Monday. The aerospace manufacturer categorizes the aircraft as a high-speed compound ...

TIANJIN, China — Avicopter is developing a technology demonstrator for a high-speed helicopter, adopting a compound configuration that combines coaxial rigid rotors and nose-mounted counter-rotating ...

Racer has been more than a decade in the making with support from the European Union’s Clean Sky 2 aerospace research and technology initiative. Credit: Jerome Deulin/Airbus Helicopters As the first ...

Having already comfortably beaten an earlier target, Airbus Helicopters has a new cruise speed goal for its Racer compound demonstrator: 240kt (444km/h). On top of which, the airframer is increasingly ...

Sikorsky has teamed with Leonardo to investigate its compound helicopter technology for NATO's Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability program. Sikorsky proposed the Defiant-X design for the U.S. Army's ...

Wings and side propellers give helicopter forward thrust. Airbus has filed a patent for what could potentially be the world's fastest helicopter. US Patent Office — -- Airbus has filed a patent ...

The S-97 fills a critical gap in modern warfare by providing rapid insertion of troops, conducting intelligence gathering, and performing direct fire support. In the ever-evolving landscape of ...