Clean Sky 2 Moves Airbus Toward High-Speed Compound Helicopter

Tony Osborne June 03, 2016
Credit: Airbus Helicopters
Three years after ending flight tests of its X3 high-speed demonstrator, Airbus Helicopters has been quietly putting the final touches on a new compound helicopter design that could pave the way for a high-speed rotary-wing aircraft product in the 2020s. The company has completed wind-tunnel tests...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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