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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The hydrogen-powered PA-890 slow-rotor wing compound helicopter is expected to be able to carry a pilot and up to seven passengers on trips of over 200 nm. Piasecki's PA-890 hydrogen-powered ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dublin, Dec. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Helicopters Market - Global Forecast 2025-2032" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. In the evolving landscape of rotorcraft, ...
Bruno Even, Airbus Helicopters chief executive, maintains that European industry must collaborate on an indigenous future rotorcraft for its domestic customers, despite counterpart Leonardo’s decision ...