Sikorsky and DARPA recently conducted an autonomous flight of a UH-60 Black Hawk under on-board piloted supervision. Sikorsky and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted an autonomous flight of a UH-60 Black Hawk under on-board piloted supervision in late 2020 Stratford, Connecticut. The helicopter, which Sikorsky calls an Optionally Piloted Vehicle Black Hawk, demonstrated...Continue Reading

United Airlines says that during the month of May it will exceed its pre-pandemic schedule to Latin America, 15 months after cutting service to the region as passenger demand plummeted amid the first wave of the coronavirus. United Airlines says that during the month of May it will exceed its pre-pandemic schedule to Latin America,...Continue Reading

A UK initiative to develop a retrofitable green propulsion system for the Britten-Noman BN-2 Islander has dramatically switched course, abandoning a previous drive towards hybrid-electric power in favour of hydrogen fuel cells. A UK initiative to develop a retrofitable green propulsion system for the Britten-Noman BN-2 Islander has dramatically switched course, abandoning a previous drive...Continue Reading

Urban air mobility developer Wisk will later this year kick off a trial programme in New Zealand that is eventually intended to involve passenger flights on the company’s autonomous electric aircraft, Cora. Urban air mobility developer Wisk will later this year begin a trial programme in New Zealand that is intended eventually to involve passenger flights...Continue Reading

The US Army plans to grant Sikorsky a sole-source contract to integrate and qualify the Improved Turbine Engine on its UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter, with work starting in fiscal year 2022. The US Army plans to grant Sikorsky a sole-source contract to integrate and qualify GE Aviation’s T901-GE-900 turboshaft in its UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters, with work...Continue Reading