The Soviet Union designed the V-12 “Homer” helicopter in the 1960s to transport missiles to remote silos. The Soviets hoped to avoid building out a network of telltale railroad lines that would make ...

This is something you don’t see every day. In fact, this is the first time this has happened: A man controls a 5.2-ton Blackhawk helicopter with a joystick and backpack, carrying around a couple tons ...

Russia and its former Soviet Union have never been afraid to supersize military hardware. Naturally, the balance between intimidatingly powerful and largely impractical can be difficult to master. The ...

It's not every day we get news of a new helicopter being in the works. That's because, for better or worse, the aviation industry is a very solid and stable one, with aircraft of all kinds that were ...

This story won the 2023 Society for Professional Journalists Dateline Award for breaking news in a newsletter or trade publication. UPDATE - This story has been updated to clarify how the legacy fleet ...