CHERRY POINT, N.C. (WITN) - Fleet Readiness Center East is introducing a new system for balancing helicopter blades that will save the base about $18 million. The facility says the new system will be ...

Composite Technology Inc., a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company based at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, opened one of the world's most powerful structures to dynamically balance helicopter ...

Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis inspected and repaired an A-10 frame High-Pressure rotor. The unit was a 3600 rpm, 90 MW combined cycle unit. MD&A’s Turbine-Generator Repair Facility performed the ...

High-speed turbine rotor balancing was once rare because of the costs and logistical challenges involved in doing it during an outage. That’s begun to change as economic options emerge, and… ...

An Airbus Helicopters H175 parked on an oil platform had four main rotor blades snapped off in strong winds after a malfunctioning rotor brake left the crew unable to tie down the still-rotating ...