In November, Columbia Helicopters shipped its fifth helicopter to Afghanistan to assist the U.S. military. Columbia and other heavy-lift helicopter companies in Oregon have diversified into new ...

In combat operations, moving people, ordnance, or supplies, is one of the most important aspects of keeping a fighting force effective. During World War II, troops, Jeeps, and foodstuffs were moved ...

MASCOUTAH — North American Helicopter on March 6 debuted its newly acquired K-MAX® medium-to-heavy lift aircraft with an aerial firefighting demonstration at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah.

A drone expert has gone the extra mile and developed a heavy-duty, remotely piloted platform that could, among other things, transform reforestation efforts for the better. The freshly launched Condor ...

LONDON — U.S. heavy-lift helicopter operator Columbia Helicopters has confirmed it is buying 10 surplus Boeing-Vertol Model 107 helicopters from the Swedish government. The sale, arranged through the ...

In fiscal 2010, Naval Air Systems Command's CH-53K Supportability Program (PMA-261) was searching for a way to effectively and systematically apply analytical techniques to keep costs down and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Army has embarked on a study to consider a future heavy vertical lift aircraft, the director of Army ...

Boeing is formally offering the latest Block II variant of its venerable CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter to Poland. The pitch was announced on 5 September at the MSPO defence show in Kielce, ...

The US Army plans this year to settle details about the future composition of its heavy-lift rotary fleet, a plan that could see the service purchase more Boeing CH-47 Chinooks. That is according to ...

LUMA completed a groundbreaking helicopter lift operation as part of its ongoing infrastructure improvement efforts at the Dos Bocas to Ciales transmission line. LUMA coordinated and achieved the ...