![Airbus medium helicopter concept](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-08/airheli-2_airbus_helicopters.jpg?itok=RxOvah8i)
Airbus Helicopters’ concept of the future battlefield helicopter has a compound pusher configuration to provide a higher dash speed and gun-equipped drones for protection.
Credit: Airbus Helicopters
The military helicopter needs to evolve, employ longer-range weapons and work more closely with uncrewed aircraft systems if it is to survive on the high-intensity battlefields of the future, Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even contends. As lessons emerge from Ukraine about the use of battlefield...
Teaming Helicopters And Drones Could Dominate Future Battlefields is part of our Aviation Week & Space Technology - Inside MRO and AWIN subscriptions.
Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive full coverage of what's next in technology from the experts trusted by the commercial aircraft MRO community.
Already a subscriber to AWST or an AWIN customer? Log in with your existing email and password.