Frank Piasecki, 88, an engineer who flew the second successful helicopter in America and built the first technically and commercially viable tandem-rotor helicopter, died Feb. 11 at his home in ...

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) has purchased the former Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Heliplex facility in Pennsylvania. PiAC intends to convert the facility into an advanced research and development ...

Piasecki Aircraft has secured new work for its ‘Heliplex’ facility in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, signing a collaboration agreement with Columbia Helicopters to upgrade Model 107 tandem-rotor ...

Coatesville, PA & Offenbach am Main, GER – June, 2025 – Piasecki Aircraft Corporation, a pioneer in vertical flight, today announced that it has entered into a key partnership with Volz Servos, a ...

COATESVILLE — Sen. Bob Casey was on hand, Tuesday, to help celebrate the strategic collaboration between helicopter builders Piasecki Aircraft Corp. and Columbia Helicopters. Helicopter modifications ...

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Piasecki Aircraft secured a multiyear, $37 million contract with AFWERX (U.S. Air Force) to test and demonstrate its Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) UAS, a project previously canceled by ...

Piasecki’s PA-890 is a slowed-rotor compound helicopter with hydrogen-electric propulsion. Credit: Piasecki Aircraft Piasecki Aircraft is on track to fly the first piloted hydrogen-powered helicopter ...

Piasecki Aircraft Corp. is offering the U.S. Army technology it says would increase the speed, range and altitude of existing Army helicopters, such as the Black Hawk and the Apache, company Vice ...

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation has received a $37 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to fund the development of its Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct VTOL aircraft and ...

Piasecki Aircraft's Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct VTOL aircraft has completed its maiden flight. On September 6 at Piasecki's West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the ...

US manufacturer Piasecki Aircraft has won a $37 million contract from the US Air Force’s innovation arm to demonstrate a new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and new propulsion technology ...