Bell has revealed an autonomous flying testbed based on a 429 light-twin commercial helicopter fitted with a fly-by-wire flight-control system. Developed by the airframer’s Advanced Programs team, the ...

Garmin announces GFC 600H flight control system certification for Bell 505 helicopters Revolutionary helicopter flight control system brings advanced safety features to Bell 505 owners and operators ...

Testing autonomous flight technologies is a tricky business. Many aviation companies, be they startups or established players, create entirely new aircraft for this purpose alone, and that can prove ...

Bell Textron has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency supplemental type certification (STC) of Garmin’s GFC 600H flight control system for the Bell 505 helicopter. The system previously ...

It was only in late October that we learned of helicopter maker Bell getting its hands on a brand engine called T901. Intended for use in the 360 Invictus attack helicopter, the engine has already ...

ELBA, N.Y. — On the same day of the fatal crash of a Mercy Flight Helicopter earlier this week the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration was out with a new directive to address safety concerns ...

Bell on 18 December performed the first autonomous flight of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor technology demonstrator with a pair of sorties at its facility in metropolitan Dallas. Keith Flail, Bell ...