LONDON—UK-based Hill Helicopters has completed the first successful runs of its in-house-developed GT50 turboshaft engine, marking a major milestone in the development of the company’s HX50/HC50 ...

Back in flight-testing following a crash that grounded the system for a year, the A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is slated to upgrade to a turboshaft engine during the next quarter ...

Click to open image viewer. In June 1958, Allison was awarded a contract by the Air Force (managing it for the Army) to design and develop the Model 250 (military designation T63) engine. Designed as ...

The AH-64 Apache is an attack helicopter built by Boeing, powered by a GE Aviation turboshaft engine. The U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program intends to develop a ‘drop-in’ replacement engine ...

GE Aviation has started testing the first T901-GE-900 engine, a turboshaft engine design now in development as the replacement power source for U.S. Army combat helicopters – as well as for the Future ...

General Electric today announced finalizing the design of the 7,500shp GE38 turboshaft engine selected to power the US Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53K. Completing the critical design review clears the GE ...

The HTS7500 develops 7,000hp, making it more powerful than the latest Honeywell engine powering the CH-47 Chinook. The new HTS7500 7,000hp turboshaft engine from Honeywell has been selected by the ...

GE Aerospace GE recently announced that it has conducted a successful demonstration of a hybrid electric turboshaft propulsion system for the U.S. Army. The project was undertaken as part of a $5.1 ...

Russia’s engine-building industry will maintain its positions in the global market of turboshaft engines for medium helicopters, according to Rostec’s United Engine Corporation (UEC) and international ...

“The fastest, most maneuverable and survivable assault helicopter in history” – this is how the coalition between Sikorsky and Boeing describe their entry in the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft ...

Although less front and center than fixed-wing aircraft, American military helicopters are at the subject of modernizations efforts as well. And, as it looks to come up with new machines that can take ...