Boeing launched a Delta II from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 26 September carrying the first of eight Lockheed Martin-built GPS IIR-M navigation satellites, with increased power, two new military signals and a second open-access civil signal.
Source: Flight International
An initiative led by a group of NATO members to develop a next-generation rotorcraft to enter service in the coming decades has moved a step forward with the award of concept study contracts to Airbus, Leonardo and Sikorsky.
Leonardo Helicopters has based its initial Proteus uncrewed technology demonstrator on the AW09 light-single, FlightGlobal can reveal.
GE Aerospace appears poised to develop a “revolutionary” new turboshaft engine for rotary-wing applications in a project with Airbus Helicopters.
