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 ...

The aviation industry is presently racing to find new and more fuel-efficient ways to keep aircraft flying. We see that most of all happening with fixed-wing aircraft, but helicopters are beginning to ...

Airbus' Racer compound rotorcraft at the Paris Air Show. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images LE BOURGET—Airbus Helicopters has achieved its speed target with its Racer compound rotorcraft, ...

This important milestone launches the flight campaign which will take two years and will aim to progressively open the aircraft’s flight envelope and demonstrate its high speed capabilities. “With its ...

Which brings us to the Airbus Racer, which has just beaten its level flight cruise speed objective of 407 km/h (253 mph) in a test flight, topping out at a claimed 420 km/h (261 mph). This remarkable ...

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 ...

The RACER high-speed helicopter departed Marignane on its maiden flight on 25 April. (Airbus) Airbus Helicopters has flown its Rapid and Cost-Efficient Rotorcraft (RACER) concept for the first time, ...

Airbus Racer has reportedly reached a record-shattering record of 260 mph in its initial configuration during its seventh flight, as per the company's press release. The Racer, which was created ...

Helicopters are incredible machines, with capabilities that are to be found nowhere else in the aviation industry. But they have never been, and will never be, particularly fast, and they are also ...

MARSEILLE, France—Airbus Helicopters test pilots have been putting the Racer compound rotorcraft through a series of trials demonstrating the configuration’s potential for military roles. Ahead of a ...