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This monster aircraft was the helicopter version of the AC-130 gunship
With two 20mm cannons, a 40mm automatic grenade launcher, five .50-caliber machine guns, and two weapon pods that could carry either 70mm rocket launchers or 7.62mm miniguns, the armored ACH-47A...
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China is developing a new attack helicopter with stealth abilities
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has begun developing a new generation of attack helicopter which will have stealth abilities and should start deliveries to the Chinese armed forces by about 2020, the...
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We flew to the Hamptons like the 1% with Blade, an 'Uber-for-helicopters'...
Getting to the Hamptons can be a real drag on the 1%. Blade, an aviation startup cofounded by former Sony and Warner Music Group exec Rob Wiesenthal and GroupMe cofounder Steve Martocci, aims to make...
View ArticleWatch Special Ops helicopters unload in these insane videos
Courtesy of the “Nightstalkers,” the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, we bring you some absolutely beautiful close air support provided by the Sikorsky MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator (DAP)...
View ArticleDARPA created a completely new way for helicopters to land
via GIPHYDARPA has been hard at work on the Mission Adaptive Rotor program, a system allowing helicopters to land on sloping, uneven, craggy, or moving surfaces by lowering robotic legs that bend to...
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Airbus won a $1 billion deal to build 100 helicopters for China
HEFEI, China (Reuters) - Airbus Helicopters won a commitment from China on Friday to buy 100 H135 helicopters as part of a deal to set up a final assembly line in the country, a fast-growing market for...
View ArticleApple used drones and helicopters to film its stunning Apple TV screensavers...
The new Apple TV, which launched two weeks ago, is packed with innovations.The Apple TV is now a major source of interactive content, from apps to games to TV streaming services, but one of my favorite...
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We tried the 'Uber of helicopters' that lets elite New Yorkers skip airport...
Blade is an aviation startup catering to New York's elite.After offering seaplane and helicopter rides from NYC to the Hamptons all summer, a new service called "Blade Bounce" flies its private...
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Uber will keep running helicopter flights at the Sundance Film Festival...
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Uber says it will resume helicopter flights at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday despite a cease-and-desist order from a Utah sheriff.The ride-hailing company's Friday...
View ArticleThe 'Zulu Cobra' helicopter is one of the Marines' most powerful weapons
One of the most powerful and versatile weapons used by the US Marine Corps is the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, made by Bell Helicopter.Nicknamed the "Zulu Cobra," it features advanced target-sighting...
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This electric helicopter is unlike any chopper you've seen before
If we ever perfect the true flying car, it is likely to look something like E-Volo’s prototype—a vertical-takeoff-and-landing, semi-autonomous, two-seat multicopter with an electric engine. The...
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Uber is working with helicopter startup Blade to fly Californians to...
Blade, the on-demand transportation startup sometimes called "the Uber for helicopters", is offering a special service for users heading to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April. For...
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Watch Spanish special forces drive a boat into a Chinook helicopter in the...
Spanish special forces train to carry out quick aquatic evacuations. That can mean driving a boat full of soldiers into the back of a Chinook helicopter idling over water.The Spanish army's Department...
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A record formation of 30 Kiowa helicopters performed a farewell flight over...
US Army Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters performed their final US training flight.On April 15, a formation made by 30 OH-58 Kiowa Warriors from 1-17 CAV, part of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade,...
View ArticleThe US Army is sending Apache attack helicopters to fight ISIS in Iraq
The Defense Department announced the US Army will send 200 additional troops to Iraq to support the Iraqi army's effort to retake the city of Mosul, which is currently occupied by ISIS.In addition to...
View ArticleWatch this military helicopter make an impressive landing on a boat in rough...
This footage shows just how skillful you have to be to land a helicopter on a ship during rough seas. The Danish Royal Navy had some help from Prism Defence with these tests to see just how bad the...
View ArticleThe 'Zulu Cobra' helicopter is one of the Marines' most powerful weapons
One of the most powerful and versatile weapons used by the US Marine Corps is the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, made by Bell Helicopter.Nicknamed the "Zulu Cobra," it features advanced target-sighting...
View ArticleThe US Army is sending Apache attack helicopters to fight ISIS in Iraq
The Defense Department announced in April that the US Army would send 200 additional troops to Iraq to support the Iraqi army's effort to retake the city of Mosul, which is currently occupied by...
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Here's how Boeing plans to extinguish wildfires more efficiently
Boeing, the world’s second-largest defense contractor after Lockheed Martin, is primarily known for its design and manufacturing of jet aircraft, rockets and satellites.Now the defense giant has...
View ArticleThe 'Zulu Cobra' helicopter is one of the Marines' most powerful weapons
One of the most powerful and versatile weapons used by the US Marine Corps is the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, made by Bell Helicopter.Nicknamed the "Zulu Cobra," it features advanced target-sighting...
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