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 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.

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, 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… ...

STRATFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Sikorsky plans to lay off more employees across its U.S. locations, the company confirmed to News 8 on Tuesday. “As a result of the U.S. Army’s recent de… ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), today introduced RAIDER X(TM), its concept for an agile, lethal and survivable compound coaxial ...

STRATFORD, CT (WFSB) - Sikorsky announced on Tuesday night that it planned to lay off employees. According to a Lockhead Martin spokesperson, the layoffs will count as less than 1 percent of the ...

A 3D-printed model of the GE T901 engine hangs from its sling awaiting installation on an H-60M Black Hawk at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Fla., facility. (Sikorsky) A pair of the Army’s next ...

Sikorsky employs roughly 8,000 people in Connecticut. It laid off 179 workers in the fall, saying it needed to remain cost-competitive in the future. This is a developing story, which will be updated.