WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 21 (UPI) --The new Sikorsky CH-53K heavy-lift transport helicopter has conducted it first external lift of a 12,000-pound payload. The lift test was performed by a ...

Liberty Hall Capital Partners said March 4 that it acquired Onboard Systems Inc. Financial terms weren’t announced. Onboard, of Vancouver, Washington, provides external cargo handling equipment for ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 24 (UPI) --Sikorsky Aircraft's CH-53K King Stallion cargo helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps has hefted a 27,000-pound external payload lift. The out-of-ground-effect ...

LADWP owns four helicopters, which it uses for both human external cargo and short-haul operations. Back in the 1960s, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began using helicopters to ...

Climbing poles (or riding in bucket trucks) is not the only way linemen do their jobs. Some lines require a more innovative, daring approach to accomplishing projects. Linemen become "human cargo" and ...