Helicopter

Britain's Royal Navy shows off Proteus unmanned helicopter for North Atlantic missions

Named after the Greek god of the sea, Proteus could potentially be at the heart of future anti-submarine operations

Royal Navy's Proteus unmanned helicopter
A helicopter is seen falling out of its harness near Gush Etzion, on January 16, 2026.

Helicopter falls out of towing harness, crashes near houses in West Bank

Hatzolah Air flies Israeli hero Gefen Bitton home after Sydney terror attack.

Hatzolah Air flies Israeli hero Gefen Bitton home after Sydney terror attack

A military helicopter flies above the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, January 8, 2024

Israeli Air Force unveils new rapid-response unit to stop October 7-style ground invasions


US forces kill ISIS leader, two others in Syria - US officials

The US appears to be increasing the tempo of operations against ISIS in Syria with its partners on the ground.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

IDF rescue pilots describe harrowing conditions in flood rescue ops

The pilots conducting the rescue missions dealt with long flights in the dark with lightning, rains, winds and torrential streams.

An IAF Yasur helicopter, often used in search-and-rescue missions

Second Lebanon War helicopter pilot, rescuer reunited

In an emotional reunion before 850 American visitors on a Chabad Jewish Learning Institute mission, Gershony met senior paramedic Shimon Eliyah Abitbul.

  ISRAELI PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST NOAM GERSHONY MEETS MDA MEDIC THAT PULLED HIM OUT OF HELICOPTER WRECKAGE IN 2006

Could tanks, helicopters secure quiet in W. Bank with Palestinians? - analysis

There are many ideas, short of a messianic peace vision, that can help restore calm, but tanks and helicopters are either a tiny part or a nonexistent part of the solution.

Tank crews from the Seventh Brigade's 75th Battalion train with their new Merkava Mk. 4 tanks

Ukraine honors interior minister, other senior officials, killed in helicopter crash

Zelensky credits the fallen minister as being instrumental in efforts to defend Ukraine following Moscow's assault of Ukraine in February 2022.

 Memorial ceremony for Ukrainian interior minister, his deputy and officials who died in helicopter crash

Ukraine interior minister, 13 others, killed in helicopter crash

Ukraine's minister Denys Monastyrsky, his second-in-command and 14 other senior officials were killed. The cause of the crash is unknown.

 A view shows the site a where a helicopter falls on civil infrastructure buildings, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, January 18, 2023.

US Navy starts full-rate production of new CH-53K helicopter

Israel has purchased 12 of the new helicopters to replace its aging Yasur helicopter fleet.

The CH-53K King Stallion helicopter

The US army chose a new helicopter. Will Israel reconsider the V-22 now?

Countries like Israel and other American partners, whether Japan or countries in the Gulf, all will want a new generation of helicopters.

 Bell V-280 Valor hover demo, 2019 Alliance Air Show

Drone taxi takes first spin in Paris air traffic ahead of 2024 launch

The Volocopter's digital fly-by-wire system and multiple rotors make it much easier to fly than a traditional helicopter, the test pilot said.

 A Volocopter 2X drone taxi performs an integrated flight in conventional air traffic at Pontoise airfield in Cormeilles-en-Vexin, near Paris, France, November 10, 2022

US uses helicopter raid to kill ISIS operative in Syria -analysis

The target of the US helicopter raid was Rakkan Wahid al-Shammri, an ISIS official involved in smuggling weapons to other ISIS units.

A CH-53K helicopter