For decades, helicopters have faced a fundamental engineering challenge. The faster they fly, the ...

Conventional helicopters have a built-in speed limit, imposed by the physical limitations of their top-rotor lift systems. This fascinating Airbus project has found a way to break through that speed ...

Airbus Helicopters has flown its high-speed concept copter, which dashes 50% faster than other commercial copters, for the first time. The 249-mph (216-kt, 400-km/h) Racer demonstrator is not only ...

Who said sustainability and speed can’t go together? The Racer just launched a new era for high-speed helicopters—or, more accurately, a new version of mixed-design aircraft. First announced in 2017, ...

This mixed-design aircraft created its own record just two months after its first flight. In just seven flights and about nine hours of flight tests, it has nearly completed its flight envelope, which ...

MARIGNANE, France, May 15 (Reuters) - Airbus Helicopters (AIR.PA), opens new tab showcased an experimental half-plane, half-helicopter on Wednesday in a quest for speed as competition heats up to ...

Business execs and politicians gathered at a helicopter base in France yesterday for the first public unveiling of Airbus’ new Racer aircraft. At first glance, Racer looks like a regular helicopter.

Airbus Helicopters has performed the long-awaited maiden flight of its Racer high-speed demonstrator. Taking place at the airframer’s Marignane base in the south of France, the 30min sortie on 25 ...

Airbus flew its strange helicopter-airplane hybrid called Racer for the first time in Marseille, France on Monday. The aerospace manufacturer categorizes the aircraft as a high-speed compound ...