Logistics, combat or surveillance drones: Airbus accelerates its offensive in robotic helicopters
DECRYPTION - The manufacturer is now at the head of a range of five drones intended for logistical or maritime surveillance missions.
Airbus is accelerating into unmanned helicopters. Its subsidiary, Airbus Helicopters, presented a complete range at the Euronaval naval defense exhibition, including its latest addition: the U145. It is a robotic derivative of its H145 multipurpose civil and military helicopter, assembled in Europe (in Germany) and in the United States (in Mississippi).
This imposing drone is intended for logistical missions from a boat, for example an amphibious assault ship (the French Mistral-class BPCs, in particular), to supply troops with equipment and ammunition on land. Or between two boats at sea. This, thanks to a carrying capacity of 4 tonnes of payload.
The U145 is in some ways the aerial equivalent of the land drone for transporting heavy loads.
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