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2026

10 June

Airbus sees future roles for the U145 spanning logistics, firefighting, surveillance and drone mothership operations.

Airbus unveils autonomous helicopter derived from H145

The uncrewed platform combines a proven helicopter design with autonomous technology and has its first flight planned later this year.

12 March

Mathilde Royer-Germain, head of strategy and sustainability at Airbus Helicopters, Bruno Guimbal, chief executive officer of Hélicoptères Guimbal, and Cédric Goubet, chief executive officer of Safran Helicopter Engines.

Guimbal launches the GrandCabri G5

The five-seat helicopter was revealed at Verticon 2026 and will use Safran’s Arrius 2D engine to bridge the gap between piston trainers and larger turbine aircraft.

14 January

ReleaseFrance orders Airbus VSR700 uncrewed aerial system

2025

14 October

ReleaseAirbus streamlines its tactical uncrewed aerial system offering

12 June

ReleaseAirbus unveils HTeaming, its modular crewed-uncrewed teaming system

2024

18 January

Airbus Helicopters invests in UAS with acquisition of Aerovel

Airbus has seen customer demand for additional mission capabilities such as manned-unmanned teaming, so Aerovel's expertise in autonomous flight technology will be an important step forward in its UAS development.

2023

31 October

ReleaseNaval unmanned aerial system tested at sea from a French Navy frigate

17 May

VSR700 goes to sea in full operational configuration

The handling qualities of the aircraft were tested as well as the capabilities of the sensors - a maritime surveillance radar, electro optical sensor, and AIS receiver - alongside the mission system.

2021

13 April