AI & AutonomyNASA Conducts New Series of Flight Tests with Autonomous Sikorsky Helicopter Pilots and researchers from NASA began conducting research flights with the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft, or SARA, in March. The system uses Sikorsky’s MATRIX Technology that is designed to enable operators to…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - January 31, 2021 Check out the Jan. 31 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
MilitaryDefiant Test Pilot Talks X2 Technology Speed and Maneuverability A test pilot gave viewers insight into the flying experience and X2 Technology capabilities of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant during an Oct. 14 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) webcast hosted…
Air TaxiHow Major Helicopter Manufacturers Are Preparing for the Urban Air Mobility Market The development of electric and hybrid VTOL (eVTOL) aircraft around the world promises to usher in a new era of aerial mobility, changing the cost of access to vertical flight and potentially…
MilitaryUpcoming ALIAS Test to Demonstrate Autonomous Flight The upcoming final flight test of the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), funded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will feature remote or autonomous flight of a modified Sikorsky…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Unveils Raider X FARA Design Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky unveiled its Raider X design for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) on Oct. 14 at the Association of the United States Army annual conference. Raider X…
MilitarySikorsky Working to Resolve Flight Test Data Link Issues for OPV As Sikorsky continues flight testing of its S-70 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) Black Hawk in West Palm Beach, Fl., the company said this week that Sikorsky and L3Harris are resolving data link…
MilitaryCzechs to Buy More Than $1 Billion in Upgraded Attack, Utility Helicopters The State Department has cleared the Czech Republic to buy more than $1 billion in Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks. Larger of the two separate authorizations, announced May 6 by…
CommercialSikorsky Wants to Make Air Taxis as Safe, Reliable as Elevators In Sikorsky's vision of future urban air mobility, people ride helicopters above the din and congestion of modern cities with the same security and piece of mind they have when riding an…
CommercialAirbus, Bell, Leonardo, Sikorsky Agree on Terrain-Avoidance Updates for Helos Four top helicopter builders — Airbus, Bell, Leonardo Helicopters, and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky — have agreed on improvements for their helicopter terrain avoidance and warning systems (HTAWS), according to HeliOffshore, a safety…