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Reports on Boeing Co.'s use of real-time kinematic Global Positioning System (GPS) combined with other sensors to increase the speed, efficacy and safety of its helicopter flight tests. Compliance with United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) helicopter regulations; Refinement of the Portable Test Range; Requirements of flight test programs. INSETS: Equipment to Enable RTK.;On the Fly..

The article focuses on the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (Aacus) program of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) which develops a computing and sensing capability for platforms and enables fly-by-wire helicopter to be an autonomous logistics vehicle. Topics discussed include aircraft manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Aurora Flight Sciences, the Sikorsky JUH-60A Rascal Black Hawk fly-by-wire testbed, and the use of Unmanned Little Bird helicopter from aircraft maker Boeing Co.

The article focuses on the start of flight-testing of AH-6i light attack and reconnaissance helicopter of Boeing. The company plans to exhibit the helicopter at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates in November 2009. The AH-6i features new digital cockpit, mission system and avionics. The article reveals that Middle Eastern countries are interested in acquiring the helicopter.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) have begun testing Boeing Co.'s Smart Material Actuated Rotor Technology system in the 40 X 80-feet (ft.). The series of tests will focus on the rotor's forward flight characteristics in an effort to collect noise data for validating acoustic codes as part of a Darpa program to reduce helicopter noise levels.

The article reports on the preparation of Boeing to restart the flight testing of the A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft after a crash has delayed the program. The company is making changes to the flight control system in the wake of the crash of a vehicle on December 10, 2007. Boeing is touting the turbine-powered autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VUAS) unmanned air system as a longer-endurance, higher-capacity alternative to existing fixed-wing UAV such as the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator.

The article reports on the operational testing (OT) of Boeing's CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter. The helicopter, which features mission-radius design, with digital cockpit and advanced avionics, will undergo an OT phase at Fort Campbell, Kentucky for more than 60 hours that will end in April 2007.

The article reports on the first flight of the redesigned A/MH-6X Little Bird helicopter from Boeing in a manned/unmanned configuration in the U.S. The aircraft has a glass cockpit and digital maps as well as Ku -band communications and digital radios. The company has proposed the unmanned configuration for the 160th Special Operational Aviation Regiment of the U.S. Army. Regiment officials stated their preference of an unmanned rotorcraft to deliver supplies forward on the battlefield.

The article announces that Boeing Co., an aerospace and defense company, made the first flight of its AH-6i light-attack or reconnaissance helicopter with Apache avionics in September 2009 in Washington. According to Jeffrey Shelton of Boeing Co., this framework is based on one previously deployed with the U.S. Special Forces. He adds that the helicopter is designed for international military users and chooses avionics capabilities from the Apache Longbow Block III upgrade.

The article presents updates on the modernization program covering the U.S. Army's CH-47F Chinook tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. A test flight of the first production model was conducted October 2006 at The Boeing Co.'s Rotorcraft Systems facility in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. The F model, an upgrade from the CH-47D, contains a fully integrated digital cockpit management system and advanced cargo-handling capabilities.

The article reports on the U.S. Army authorization given to Boeing Co. for its full-rate production and fielding of the CH-47F CHINOOK helicopter. The approval has been followed by the completion of operational testing at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in April 2007 and the First Unit Fielding in July 2007. Features of the helicopter include a Rockwell Collins Common Avionics Architecture System cockpit and a BAE Digital Advance Flight Control System.

The article reports on the risk reduction deal between the U.S. Air Force to aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co., to supply two 747-8s for Air Force One mission, as Sikorsky’s VH-92A helicopter enters flight-testing. It mentions the price and other related details on the deals are commercial-competition sensitive. It also mentions the VH-92A will enter a flight-test programme at Lockheed’s facilities in Owego, New York.

The article offers news briefs related to engineering. QED International is planning to create 300 engineering jobs based in Kazakhstan. Flight testing for Boeing's A160 Hummingbird helicopter continues in the U.S. Engineers and scientists reassessed a design of nuclear reactor during the Generation IV International Forum.

The article offers information on the first flight test of the production representative Boeing AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter from aerospace company Boeing Co. which was completed in late April 2014.

The article reports that U.S. defense contractor Boeing held an official ceremony on July 9, 2008 to launch the PVD 27, the first production prototype of the U.S. Army's Boeing AH-64D Block III Apache helicopter upgrade program. The ceremony, which was attended by Army Vice Chief of Staff Dick Cody, also highlighted the flight testing of PVD 27 and the Block III Apache's performance-enhancing composite main rotor blade.

The article reports that Boeing has made a new world record by flying its turbine-powered A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter for 18.7 hours on a single flight. The helicopter is designed to remain aloft for over 20 hours. Meanwhile, Sikorsky will conduct the first flight test of its high-speed X2 rotorcraft technology demonstrator.

The article reports that test flights have been completed by the joint direct attack munition (JDAM) smart bomb with integrated GPS anti-jamming system (IGAS) and the A160T unmanned helicopter, both from Boeing. According to project manager Dennis Kast, IGAS lessens the impact of global positioning system (GPS) jamming because it uses digital signal processing. On the other hand, testing of the unmanned helicopter focused on endurance beyond eighteen hours of operation. Flight controls and propulsion systems of the A160 were evaluated by engineers.

The article reports on the debut flight of Boeing's A/MH-6X manned/unmanned light helicopter. Boeing is hopeful of securing a contract to demonstrate its helicopter for a U.S. military customer following the first flight. The A/MH-6X is a production standard version of the Boeing's Unmanned Little Bird technology demonstrator.

The article reports on the plan of Boeing to return its A160 Hummingbird to flight in October 2006, more than a year after it crashed in the final moments of a 12h flight that set a new endurance record for an unmanned helicopter. Resumption of flight testing will allow Boeing Advanced Systems to pursue its goal of demonstrating more than 20h endurance.

Focuses on a proof-of-concept demonstration conducted by companies AgustaWestland and Boeing involving real and simulated British Army Apache AH1 attack helicopters in September to October 2004. Background of the demonstration led by Aviation Training International; Information on AgustaWestland's Helicopter Collective Training System used in the attack helicopters; Statement issued by Boeing regarding the demonstration.

Reports that Boeing has restarted flight testing of the A160 Hummingbird long-endurance unmanned helicopter in 2004. Plan of the company to offer the aircraft for the U.S. Army's Extended-Range Multi-Purpose unmanned air vehicle requirement; Speed range of the aircraft; Description of the rotors.

Reports on the flight testing of the X-50A Dragonfly Canard Rotor Wing concept demonstrator from aerospace company Boeing in December 2003. Information on its reaction-drive rotor; Details of the flight testing programme.