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China has revealed a new tiltrotor drone concept, the Zhang Ying UR6000, that has clear military potential, despite initially being pitched for civilian missions.
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China’s Large Tiltrotor Drone Breaks Cover

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 15, 2024

Experimental Fly-By-Wire UH-60M Black Hawk To Become Autonomy Testbed
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Experimental Fly-By-Wire UH-60M Black Hawk To Become Autonomy Testbed

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 14, 2024

The U.S. Army is looking at paragliders as a way to give conventional forces, especially airborne units, new options for getting around the battlefield and surveilling enemy forces.
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U.S. Army Has A Plan For Paragliding Paratroopers

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 20, 2024

Leonardo's AW609 tiltrotor has completed a series of shipboard trials aboard the Italian carrier ITS Cavour, a major milestone in the aircraft's development.
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AW609 Tiltrotor Has Flown From Italy’s Aircraft Carrier Cavour

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 26, 2024

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How To Satisfy The Navy’s Future Vertical Lift-Maritime Strike Needs With Bell’s Rob Freeland

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 9, 2024

The next version of the famed Little Bird helicopter for the US Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment has reportedly been dubbed the MH-6R.
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New Night Stalker Little Bird Helicopters Now Dubbed MH-6R (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 27, 2024

Fara Bell 360 Invictus and Sikorsky Defiant X
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Cancelling The Future Attack Recon Helicopter Was The Right Choice By The Army

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 9, 2024

Raider X cancelled
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Army Cancels High-Speed Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 9, 2024

Sikorsky’s Black Hawk Replacement Bid Cost Half Of Bell’s But Lacked Info To Back It Up
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Sikorsky’s Black Hawk Replacement Bid Cost Half Of Bell’s But Lacked Info To Back It Up

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 24, 2023

Defiant Protest Lockheed Sikorsky
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Sikorsky’s Protest Of Bell’s V-280 Win Over Its SB>1 Shot Down

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 7, 2023

Bell FARA Invictus
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Bell’s 360 Invictus Readies For Flight But Still Has No Engine

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Feb 1, 2023

Lockheed protest Flraa Bell
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Sikorsky Is Formally Protesting Army’s Black Hawk Replacement Choice

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Dec 28, 2022

V-280 Valor
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A Reality Check On The Army Picking V-280 Valor Over SB>1 Defiant

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

V-280 Valor
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Bell’s V-280 Valor Tiltrotor Picked As Army’s Black Hawk Replacement

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Dec 6, 2022

Army Black Hawk Spotted With New Sensor That Sees What Pilots Can’t
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Army Black Hawk Spotted With New Sensor That Sees What Pilots Can’t

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

Bell 360 head on
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Nearly Complete Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Looks Wicked In New Photos

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 13, 2022

Raider Sikorsky chin gun and hellfires
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Raider X High-Speed Helicopter Brandishes Weapons As It Takes Shape

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 30, 2022

Little Bird’s Future Laid Out In New Night Stalkers Aviation Plan
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Little Bird’s Future Laid Out In New Night Stalkers Aviation Plan

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 19, 2022

A UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Just Flew Without Anyone Onboard For The First Time
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A UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Just Flew Without Anyone Onboard For The First Time

By Brett Tingley and Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 8, 2022

Northrop Grumman Reveals Sky Viper Chain Gun And New Suicide Drone For Future Helicopters
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Northrop Grumman Reveals Sky Viper Chain Gun And New Suicide Drone For Future Helicopters

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 12, 2021

The Navy Has Begun To Hunt For Its MH-60 Seahawk Helicopter And Fire Scout Drone Replacements
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The Navy Has Begun To Hunt For Its MH-60 Seahawk Helicopter And Fire Scout Drone Replacements

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 31, 2021

Bell And Sikorsky To Compete Head To Head To Make The Army’s Future Armed Recon Helicopter
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Bell And Sikorsky To Compete Head To Head To Make The Army’s Future Armed Recon Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 25, 2020

Boeing Reveals Its Contender To Be The Army’s Future High-Speed Armed Scout Helicopter
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Boeing Reveals Its Contender To Be The Army’s Future High-Speed Armed Scout Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 3, 2020

We Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky’s Top Program Officials
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We Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky’s Top Program Officials

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

The Army Nearly Adopted This Stealthy OH-58X Kiowa Warrior Variant
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The Army Nearly Adopted This Stealthy OH-58X Kiowa Warrior Variant

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Behold Sikorsky’s “Raider X” Future High-Speed Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter
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Behold Sikorsky’s “Raider X” Future High-Speed Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 14, 2019

No, Bell’s Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Isn’t Stealth But It Aims To Be Fast And Cheap
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No, Bell’s Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Isn’t Stealth But It Aims To Be Fast And Cheap

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 2, 2019

Sikorsky Gathering Data To Expand SB>1 Defiant’s Flight Envelope In Additional Test Flights (Updated)
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Sikorsky Gathering Data To Expand SB>1 Defiant’s Flight Envelope In Additional Test Flights (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sikorsky and Boeing Give us a Glimpse of Their New Attack Helicopter Concept
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Sikorsky and Boeing Give us a Glimpse of Their New Attack Helicopter Concept

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

The U.S. Army’s UH-60V Brings Older Black Hawks Into the Digital Age
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The U.S. Army’s UH-60V Brings Older Black Hawks Into the Digital Age

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

We Talk V-280 Valor Versus V-22 Osprey With Bell’s Head Of Tiltrotor Systems
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We Talk V-280 Valor Versus V-22 Osprey With Bell’s Head Of Tiltrotor Systems

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 5, 2019

US Army Says It Badly Needs A Scout Helicopter After Junking The Ones It Had
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US Army Says It Badly Needs A Scout Helicopter After Junking The Ones It Had

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 27, 2019

Bell Goes Low Risk And Low Cost With Armed Scout Based On 525 Relentless Helicopter
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Bell Goes Low Risk And Low Cost With Armed Scout Based On 525 Relentless Helicopter

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 23, 2019

Lockheed Tests Game-Changing F-35-Like X-Ray Vision System On Bell’s V-280 Valor
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Lockheed Tests Game-Changing F-35-Like X-Ray Vision System On Bell’s V-280 Valor

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 17, 2019

Watch Sikorsky And Boeing’s SB>1 “Defiant” Compound Helicopter Fly For The First Time
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Watch Sikorsky And Boeing’s SB>1 “Defiant” Compound Helicopter Fly For The First Time

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 21, 2019

Here’s Our First Look At Sikorsky and Boeing’s Defiant Compound Helicopter Prototype
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Here’s Our First Look At Sikorsky and Boeing’s Defiant Compound Helicopter Prototype

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 26, 2018

Boeing Is Developing A New High-Speed Apache Gunship With A Pusher Prop On Its Tail
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Boeing Is Developing A New High-Speed Apache Gunship With A Pusher Prop On Its Tail

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 27, 2018

Bell’s V-280 Valor Tilt-Rotor That Aims To Replace The Black Hawk Took Its First Flight
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Bell’s V-280 Valor Tilt-Rotor That Aims To Replace The Black Hawk Took Its First Flight

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 19, 2017