The issue, according to Lawrence, is the FAA requires a pilot to have 1,200 hours of flying experience before Xwing can hire them for their cargo operations and 1,500 before a pilot could seek a ...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, unveiled Wednesday it plans “to build, test and fly a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator (HEX / VTOL) with a tilt-wing configuratio… ...

In not picking Sikorsky, the Army is going with Bell’s V-280 Valor, which takes off like a helicopter, but in the air, its rotors tilt, allowing it to reach speeds of more than 300 miles per hour.

Sikorsky Support Services Inc., a helicopter manufacturer headquartered in Stratford, Conn., agreed to pay the federal government $70 million in a settlement alongside Wisconsin-based Derco ...

Sikorsky is not the only company working on automating flight of cargo aircraft. Startups, such as Merlin Labs, Reliable Robotics and Xwing, are developing autonomous flight control systems.