Leonardo’s Proteus Uncrewed Helicopter Begins Ground Tests

Leonardo Proteus demonstrator
Credit: Simon Pryor/Leonardo
LONDON—Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its Proteus uncrewed rotorcraft ahead of a first flight toward year’s end. The 3-metric-ton-class, £60 million ($79 million) Proteus demonstrator—developed to prove that autonomous helicopters can do many of the tasks of a crewed naval helicopter...
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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