Connecticut is home to some of the United States’ largest military industrial businesses like Sikorsky, Electric Boat, and ...

Engineers at the Army Research Laboratory are exploring the use of carbon nanotubes to make helicopter blades perform better. Nanotubes have been shown to dissipate energy when embedded in small ...

NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) — Aircraft safety has been a huge question in recent months with many wondering what goes into safety checks of aircrafts The safety and maintenance of an aircraft should be ...

The number of blades a helicopter has is very important because it speaks to what the helicopter was designed to do. For example, adding more blades can significantly improve a helicopter's ...

LAS VEGAS — A helicopter that crashed in the Grand Canyon, killing seven people, had undergone maintenance related to the speed of the main rotor blade the day before the accident, a federal ...