Debrief: Industry’s Ideas For NATO Next-Gen Battlefield Helos Emerge | Aviation Week Network

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Tony Osborne
November 21, 2025

Credit: Airbus Helicopters via NATO Support and Procurement Agency

Credit: Airbus Helicopters via NATO Support and Procurement Agency

LONDON—Concepts for a 17-metric-ton tiltrotor as well as advanced compound and conventional rotorcraft that are set to shape the next steps in NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) finally have come to light. Fifteen months have passed since NATO—through its NGRC Study 5 project…

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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