As long as you ignore all the rumors about NASA-developed helicopters that use alien technology, the fastest helicopter in the world is the Eurocopter X3. It uses two propellers to generate forward ...

Helicopters are incredible machines with amazing capabilities that fixed-wing aircraft do not have. In spite of this, however, helicopters also have limitations — most notably, the maximum speed they ...

Emergency workers and the obscenely rich love helicopters, and for good reason. Unlike airplanes, whirlybirds can take off and land almost anywhere, making them just the thing for tight spots and ...

Russia has created a highly modified variant of its venerable Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter dubbed the "Prospective Speedy Helicopter" Demonstrator, or Demonstrator PSV. This testbed aircraft aims to ...

Bell Helicopter is beginning to manufacture parts for its new V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft, a next-generation helicopter being developed as part of the Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology ...

Since its groundbreaking invention in 1939, the helicopter has steadily transformed the world of transport, though it took a decade or two to really reach its potential. The Korean War served as the ...

Japanese researchers are studying a new design for a high-speed compound helicopter that could reach speeds of up to 270kt (500km/h). The concept, being developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration ...