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 ...

SANFORD — Jeff Small owes his company, in a way, to having long hair years ago. His Advance Composite Structures at Sanford’s airport, specializing in the esoteric craft of refurbishing helicopter ...

Along with serving as a warning system, though, the setup could also be used simply to study the behaviour of rotor blades, helping in the design of longer-lasting, better-performing models. Although ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md.-- Imagine a silent helicopter stealthily moving troops and supplies around a future battlefield. U.S. Army researchers look to helicopter noise reduction technology as a ...

Kopter is progressing with tests of its AW09 light-single in a new aerodynamically improved configuration and will also test new main rotor blades in the new year, but there is continued uncertainty ...

The blade landed some 50 feet (15 meters) from the helicopter on Jan. 18. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The blade was broken — ...