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Rotor & Wing International - The Business Resource for Rotorcraft Management Toggle navigation -- -- Toggle navigation -- -- Search Search Close Sign in -- Subscribe     MENU -- MENU -- Digital Edition December 2018 Contact Us News Archive Categories Personal/Corporate Public Service Services Commercial Training Regulatory Military Products Safety Content News Archive Digital Edition R&WI Insider Events Podcasts Webinars Event Calendar Job Center About Us Contact Us Site Map E-letters Private Policy Subscribe to Avionics International The Skyport Products Military Commercial Public Service Services Regulatory Training Personal/Corporate Safety TOP NEWS Military UPDATED: Four Companies Will Now Compete to Replace Army Shadow Drones Four companies will now compete to build a replacement for the U.S. Army’s RQ-7 Shadow drone after the service added another two challengers to the $100 million program. The Army announced July 24 that Arcturus UAV of Rohnert Park, California, and Ashburn, Virginia-based L3 Technologies would join Textron subsidiary AAI Corp. and Martin UAV to… DIGITAL EDITION Read the Full Issue Advancing the Art and Science of Flight Rotor Operators Begin ‘Earnest Search’ to Meet ADS-B Mandate Dusk ‘Til Dawn V-22 at 30 Raider: The First Public Flight of Sikorsky’s Fast Attack Prototype Training with the Brain in Mind The Difficult Privilege Latest News More News Public Service Florida Keys Orders Two More H125s to Fight Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Brings State Fleet to 10 Florida Keys’ Mosquito Control District has ordered two new Airbus H125 helicopters, bringing the state's total mosquito-fighting helicopter fleet to 10. The Keys’ Mosquito Control… Commercial Witness Reports "Blue and White Lights Spinning" Before Fatal AW139 Crash in Bahamas A witness to the July 4 crash of an AW139 helicopter that killed coal billionaire Chris Cline and six others, including his daughter, reported seeing… Commercial How Uber Plans to Make Money From Urban Air Mobility With the goal of pioneering a potential $500 billion new industry and an aggressive timetable, Uber wants to know how it can make money. That's… -- -- EXPLORE THE INTERACTIVE FEATURES GALLERY (and video player) will replace this tag. -- -- -- -- INTERACTIVE FEATURES Dual Mode LED Search and Landing Light: See Without Being Seen Back to gallery × close -- -- -- In The Magazine Previous Issues Commercial Advancing the Art and Science of Flight Everyone knows safety is the number-one priority of aviation, but just behind that is an ever-present impulse to advance the art and the science of… Commercial Rotor Operators Begin ‘Earnest Search’ to Meet ADS-B Mandate While misconceptions about the Federal Aviation Administration’s Jan. 1, 2020 mandate to install digital transponders have slowed helicopter operators’ adoption of Automatic Dependence Safety Dusk ‘Til Dawn As night vision and other technologies have made night operations safer, interest has reawakened in allowing helicopters to fight fires, transport critically injured patients and… Training Training with the Brain in Mind Modern full-flight simulators are so realistic that a student pilot can learn to fly from scratch in the virtual world and step directly into an… Military V-22 at 30 Three decades after it first took flight, enough V-22 Ospreys are deployed to far-flung locations that virtually no corner of the globe is unreachable by… Military Raider: The First Public Flight of Sikorsky’s Fast Attack Prototype Test pilot Bill Fell was zooming southward, approaching Sikorsky’s runway outside West Palm Beach, Florida, at about 190 knots when he decided that was as… Public Service The Difficult Privilege As law enforcement aviators, we are tasked with protecting and serving the public through the use of a flying police car and anyone who has… From Around The Web Military Northrop Grumman Looking To Offer Laser Weapon Capability For Army’s Short-Range Air Defense Military Report: US Navy Sea Hawks Run Into Each Other in Japan Products Esterline Engineer Talks Designing Touchscreens, GNSS Uncategorized Nominee For US Homeland Security Tech Leader Plugs Counter UAS Bill Upcoming Sep 19-20 Rotorcraft Technology Summit Learn how to Attend >> -- Career Center Find Jobs Find Talent Tweets by rotorandwing The Business Resource of Rotorcraft Management Quick Links Personal/Corporate Commercial Military Public Service Training Products Services Regulatory Safety Webinars Podcasts Advertise Subscribe to R&WI Contact Us Recent Issues July/August 2019 May/June 2019 March/April 2019 © 2020, Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights reserved. Learn more about licensing or reproducing content on this site. | privacy policy --...