A Chinook helicopter makes a water-bombing run over the Palisades on the fourth night of the L.A. fires. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images Tanker 47 rears up as helicopter pilot Darren ...
He was told to fly a helicopter to a specific area when came 150 feet from an 'egg-shaped' object with no engine or thermal signals. 'I saw an egg, a white egg,' the pilot explained. 'It's ...
A California-based company has partnered with the U.S. Army to develop solutions that can reduce the time taken to train the pilots and add autonomy to Black Hawk helicopters. Skyryse, which is th ...
The venerable UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, first used by the US Army in 1979, is set to receive upgrades that will allow it to take off with the touch of a button – and potentially even without ...
Initially, SkyOS' integration will target the Army's helicopters — the bulk of the U.S. military's inventory — but should things progress, other branches' choppers may receive similar upgrades.
Canada is now deploying helicopters, including Black Hawks entering service this week, among a range of other measures like drones to patrol the U.S.-Canada border, Public Safety Minister David ...
The RCMP is set to deploy two Blackhawk military helicopters it has leased from a private company to patrol the U.S.-Canada border, and is mobilizing 60 more drones to help catch people crossing ...
Fatigue, ferocious winds and drones – these are among the challenges that helicopter coordinator John Williamson said pilots have had to overcome as they fight the biggest wildfire ravaging ...
"Until today, every helicopter ever built has taken off using basically the same mechanical controls that Igor Sikorsky used in his first flight 85 years ago," said Mark Groden, CEO of Skyryse.