First Take, Dec. 8, 2025

Leonardo Proteus demonstrator
Credit: Leonardo Helicopters
DEFENSE Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its 3,000-kg (6,600 lb.) Proteus uncrewed rotorcraft demonstrator ahead of a first flight toward year-end. Turkey achieved a world’s first successful beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile engagement from an uncrewed aircraft when Baykar’s...
Graham Warwick

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