UK Royal Navy Mulling Concepts For Post-2040 Crewed Rotorcraft

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Credit: Lee Blease/UK Royal Navy
LONDON—The UK Royal Navy has begun exploring ideas for a future crewed platform that would replace its Leonardo Merlin and Wildcat helicopters on the decks of its warships. The Future Crewed Maritime Air System (FCMAS) would take on the roles that are unlikely to be performed by uncrewed aircraft...
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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