Airbus Completes Loading of Autonomous Helicopter in First Demo Written 17 October 2024
A Nebraska Army National Guard UH-72 Lakota Helicopter. | Credit: Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Defense News reports, “Airbus U.S. Space and Defense has conducted its first demonstration as part of a program to build an autonomous, uncrewed version of the UH-72 Lakota transportation helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Lakota variant, which Airbus calls the UH-72 Logistics Connector, is the company’s bid for the Marines’ Aerial Logistics Connector program, senior manager for business development Carl Forsling said Monday at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Washington.”
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