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The future of helicopters has no pilot

Autonomous helicopters are rapidly transforming modern warfare by replacing pilots with AI-driven flight systems and advanced ...
A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk (left) and an AH-64D Apache helicopter at Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, at the foot of the Hindu Kush mountains, in 2012. In February, the US Army leadership inexplicably ...
See what it's like to work on the future of Robinson Helicopters. TORRANCE, Calif., June 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...
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 ...
As the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft was cancelled earlier this year, the Little Bird is set to continue playing an important role in the 160th SOAR for the foreseeable future. The A/MH-6 ...
Leonardo appears to be keeping all options open – including potential divestments – in relation to certain of its legacy helicopter programmes. That appears to include two dedicated military platforms ...
The US Army still sees a future need for a long-range assault helicopter to ferry troops into battle, despite cancelling a new armed scout aircraft over concerns about survivability. Top army ...
JPB Systeme, a supplier of small components for engines and other systems, is conducting research and technology work for smarter fasteners that could be used on the next generation of narrowbodies.