Products Sikorsky's Matrix: The Digital Co-Pilot 2018 Year in Review: R&WI presents the most significant rotorcraft developments of the year. 2019 Outlook: We provide insight into the outlook for the rotorcraft
Products Urbane Urban Transportation: Evaluating the Air Taxi Promise Uber’s view is that on-demand aviation can “radically improve urban mobility, giving people back time lost in their daily commutes.” The company’s theory is to…
Commercial Assessing Viability in Offshore Wind for Helicopters After a slow start due, in part, to a lack of capitalization, leadership and focus, the offshore wind-power industry is coming into its own worldwide.…
Commercial Bell 407 GXi: Stepping it up Again Like many newly minted helicopter pilots, the Bell 206 JetRanger was the first turbine-powered rotorcraft I cut my teeth on. Despite the various models I’ve…
Public Service Helicopters to the Rescue: Flood Recovery From Hurricane Sandy in 2012 to the devastation caused by the 2017 tropical storm season, large-scale weather events and their floods have heightened the need…
Public Service Helicopters to the Rescue: Fighting Fire As the intensity and number of wildfires pick up year over year in the U.S., first responders have a greater need for firefighting aircraft that…
Commercial Tropic Air: Embracing Africa’s Beauty From Above t the crack of dawn, as the orange rays of the rising sun peep from behind Mount Kenya, the rotor engines of a blue-colored helicopter…
Commercial Forming a Flight Plan For the Autonomous Air Taxi With Uber’s second annual Elevate Summit came big promises. The ridesharing giant’s plan for a network of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft to ease frustrating ground…
Products Old Analog Dog, New Digital Tricks in Black Hawk In 2014, after nearly 40 years since it had entered service, the Black Hawk was released for sale to the civilian market. With its 8,000-lb…
Military Black Hawk Evolves With New Weapons System Kit The U.S. Army’s stated intent to continue operating Black Hawk helicopters into the 2070s means the platform will benefit from continual investment for another 50…
Public Service Law of Unintended Consequences Is law enforcement still a desirable career? Certainly there are those lured toward choosing a career in policing. But the fact remains that a career…