Leonardo Readying Proteus Rotorcraft Demonstrator For Flight

Proteus uncrewed air vehicle
Credit: Tony Osborne / Aviation Week
LONDON–Leonardo Helicopters engineers are putting the finishing touches to the company’s Proteus uncrewed autonomous helicopter demonstrator ahead of first flight before year-end. The £60 million ($81 million), about 3 metric-ton, single-engine demonstrator rotorcraft, developed through the UK...
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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