There are helicopter drones and fixed-wing drones, but creating a hybrid of both is tricky. Even Parrot's Swing, as clever as it is, needs four propellers and elaborate wings to pull off its stunt.

Europe has recently voiced very high ambitions for reducing Aircraft community noise, with the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe (ACARE) pushing for a 65% noise reduction ...

Flight Global has an excellent piece by Andy Healy about the helicopter business' recent development of 1950s innovative design with 21st century technology. The ever expanding helicopter market has ...

There’s a lot to be said for determination. Two years ago, a contraption that looked a bit like a bouncy ball attached to a clothesline, took flight in a pioneering experiment in the German ...

It's not every day you see a helicopter that looks like this. But that unconventional rotor placement will help drive the S-97's exceptional speed. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, ...

Electrification is seen as having an important role to play in the fossil-free aviation of tomorrow. But electric aviation is battling a trade-off dilemma: the more energy-efficient an electric ...

Boeing has released a teaser video of its US Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) design. The outlines of the helicopter are seen in a darkened promotional video released by the company ...