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Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.
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2026
14 August

ReleaseAirbus awarded $115 million U.S. Army contract to modernise the UH-72 Lakota fleet

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.

2025
21 August The MQ-72C’s autonomy will be gradually scaled through more flight demonstrations.

Airbus U.S. and Shield AI achieve milestone autonomous helicopter test

Working with Shield AI’s Hivemind software, Airbus U.S. tested mission autonomy on an H145 in preparation for Marine Corps logistics operations.

26 June

ReleaseParry Labs and Airbus partner on U.S. Marine Corps' unmanned Aerial Logistics Connector

14 May

ReleaseL3Harris and Airbus US partner on systems integration for unmanned Aerial Logistics Connector

30 April

ReleaseAirbus U.S. Space & Defense, Shield AI Partner to integrate autonomy on unmanned Aerial Logistics Connector

2023
27 April The new offerings complement the extensive line of military helicopters already produced by Airbus, including the H125M.

Airbus builds military variant H125 in Columbus

Completed by MAG Aerospace, the AH-125 Ares will be the armed variant of the helicopter, while the MH-125 Ares will be configured as a multi-role helicopter capable of a wide range of operations.