Safran Helicopter Engines is to collaborate on the development of the hybrid-electric propulsion system for Aura Aero’s Electric Regional Aircraft (ERA). Covered by a memorandum of understanding, the ...

US electric aviation company magniX has revealed its new line of HeliStorm electric engines designed for helicopters. The new engines operate at speeds of 6,000 to 7,000 RPM, the company explains in a ...

Safran Helicopter Engines (SHE) intends to make its ‘eco-mode’ stop-start system a “market standard” on all twin-engined applications of its turboshaft range, according to the manufacturer’s chief ...

Russian Helicopters updated Ka-62 helicopters will now be available with French manufactured Turbomeca engines offering a significant boost to the company's aim to offer the Russian domestic civil ...

Combined with magniX’s Samson batteries, HeliStorm engines enable the company to offer a complete electric solution for rotorcraft. The first engine in the range provides peak power of 330kW at a ...

DENVER — The Army recently ran the new GE Aerospace T901 next-gen helicopter engine on Sikorsky’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype, gathering data ahead of a planned first flight ...

PARIS — France’s Safran and Germany’s MTU Aero Engines created a joint venture to develop a new power unit for Europe’s next-generation military helicopter project. The 50/50 venture will work on a ...

There are just a few helicopters in human history as successful as the mighty Black Hawk. Born in the hangars of Sikorsky back in the 1970s, the machine quickly rose to star status in the ranks of the ...

The GE T901 engine was developed as part of the Improved Turbine Engine Program to replace the T700 engines used by U.S. Army’s UH-60s and the AH-64s, and was also expected to equip the now-cancelled ...

EURA's new engine would power the eventual NH90 replacement. Credit: Airbus European engine heavyweights MTU Aero Engines and Safran Helicopter Engines signaled their effort to develop and produce a ...