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Blade runners for 2040+ On 20-21 January, 2021 the RAeS held a landmark virtual conference exploring the future of military rotorcraft – and provided an insight into the evolution and revolution in programmes on both sides of the Atlantic. TIM ROBINSON FRAeS reports.  Speed and range? Or maintainability and interoperability? These were some of the requirements and drivers being discussed for new military rotorcraft that, once in service, may serve out the rest of the 21st Century. Talking...

Airbus pitches H175 as potential Puma replacement for UK by Gareth Jennings Airbus is pitching its H175 as a potential replacement for the United Kingdom’s fleet of Royal Air Force (RAF) Westland-Aerospatiale SA 330E Puma HC2 medium-lift helicopters in the 2025 timeframe. Airbus is pitching its H175 as a potential Puma HC2 replacement for the UK in the 2025 timeframe, noting industrial benefits for the country in developing a military variant of the helicopter. (Airbus Helicopters) Speaking a...

By Dominic Perry2021-01-21T21:12:00+00:00 Airbus Helicopters could offer the H175 super-medium-twin to the UK as a replacement for the Royal Air Force’s fleet of Puma utility helicopters in 2025 – despite the fact that no military variant of the 8t rotorcraft exists. In fact, Airbus Helicopters has consistently said that it was prevented from developing a military version due its partnership agreement with China on the programme. Source: Airbus Helicopters Hong Kong’s Government Flying ...

Airbus touts European alignment on NATO Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability 22 January 2021 by Gareth Jennings Airbus has touted a European alignment of effort in the development of a next-generation military medium-lift helicopter as a means of ensuring continued continental leadership in the global helicopter export market. European NATO nations will have several medium-lift helicopter types that will be due for replacement from the mid-2030s, including the Leonardo Merlin pictured. Five na...

By Dominic Perry2021-01-21T18:36:00+00:00 Europe’s two rotorcraft manufacturers must come together to develop a next-generation military helicopter or run the risk of losing out to their rivals, an Airbus Helicopters executive has warned. Jerome Combe, head of product policy and strategy at the airframer, told the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Next-Generation Rotorcraft Conference that it would be undesirable to have two major European helicopter manufacturers “competing in a shrinking m...