EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hamilton Sundstrand NP 2000 propellers are being tested by U.S. Air Force engineers in California on a C-130H3 aircraft. The new eight-bladed composite ...

Kongsberg Maritime has successfully adapted a propeller concept used in naval applications and is now offering the same operational and environmental benefits to commercial shipping customers. While ...

Hartzell and Raisbeck have secured the launch customer for their latest composite five-blade swept propeller for the Beech King Air 200 series. Hartzell and Raisbeck have secured the launch customer ...

Hartzell received FAA Part 35 type certification for a new five-bladed, carbon-fiber, ground-adjustable, fixed-pitch propeller designed specifically for electric, hybrid-electric, and advanced air ...

Hartzell Propeller and Raisbeck Engineering have secured US supplemental type certification (STC) for a five-blade, composite swept propeller on the Beechcraft King Air 200 series, and are preparing ...

The propeller — a relic from the dawn of powered flight more than a century ago — is making a comeback as an emblem of aviation’s greener future. Rotors are proliferating on futuristic air taxis and ...

Years after the space race, propeller design remained a sea-trial-and-error endeavor: haul, tweak the props, relaunch, sea-trial, repeat. Finally, the U.S. Navy paid ...

A C-130H Hercules from the Texas Air National Guard sits on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Fla., in September 2017. The Air Force stopped flying 60 C-130Hs last month to replace pre-1971 propeller ...