The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation Wednesday to toughen military helicopter safety rules and rescind a provision in the annual defense bill that critics said would have weakened aviation safety.

Boeing and Leonardo will pursue together the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) contract. Boeing and Leonardo announced a new partnership to jointly pursue the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next contract, a major ...

The Huey’s designated successor, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, has suffered from delays and cost overruns and is not yet prepared to replace it.

“We’re cooked,” one Army aviator said recently, describing the reactions of fellow students at the service’s helicopter flight school to Sikorsky’s new uncrewed Black Hawk. “Why are we even doing this, for real?” As the Army races to realize ...

One of the newest additions to the helicopter fleet of the United States is by far the fastest attack helicopter on the planet, only introduced to the service in 2010. Its overall design is somewhat based on the AH-1 Cobra of the Vietnam War era but it ...

A bipartisan group of key senators and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday sharply criticized provisions on military helicopter safety in an annual defense bill released this week.

The AH-64 Apache has been the U.S. Army’s go-to attack helicopter since entering service in 1986 (first flight in 1975). Across its A/D/E variants, the Apache has earned a stellar reputation and long combat record. Despite being roughly 40 years old ...

The ongoing Ukraine War has shown the limits of helicopters, particularly in comparison to drones that can carry out many of the same functions at a lower cost. The United States Army is scaling back its helicopter procurement and development plans ...