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News archive: Leonardo Helicopters UK

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23 October 2025 Recovered carbon fibre from an end-of-life helicopter rotor blade, repurposed into a structural drone arm using Uplift360’s ChemR technology.

Leonardo and Uplift360 repurpose rotor blade into drone component

A collaborative project between the aerospace manufacturer and clean tech start-up has turned an end-of-life EH101 rotor blade into a prototype drone arm.

27 July 2022 AWHERO Rotary Uncrewed Air System (RUAS)

UK contracts Leonardo to build Proteus VTOL prototype

Further involvement in RWUAS will see Yeovil expand and become the UK's hub for uncrewed military VTOL aircraft, Leonardo hopes. This latest contract will see 100 staff employed on the Proteus prototype.