Rotorcraft
R88 Progressing with More Supplier Selections
Providers include GPMS, Outerlink, and Skurka Aerospace
Robinson R88 Verticon 2025
The Robinson Helicopter R88 reveal at Verticon 2025. © Mariano Rosales/AIN

Robinson Helicopter has chosen three new suppliers for the R88, which will be the largest helicopter manufactured by the Torrance, California-based company. Capable of carrying 10 occupants, the single-engine R88 is a utility and passenger transport helicopter. With a flat-floor cabin, the helicopter features a truck-bed style rear door to facilitate cargo or stretcher loading. Robinson brought the R88 mockup to its Verticon exhibit, and this is the same mockup that was unveiled at last year’s show.

The new suppliers are GPMS, which will provide the Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system (HUMS); Outerlink for its Iris connected aircraft solution for flight data monitoring and communications; and Skurka Aerospace, which will manufacture the R88’s Safran Helicopters Engines Arriel 2W’s brushless starter-generator.