{"id":20441,"date":"2026-06-09T13:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/20441\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:23:06","slug":"airbus-unveils-ai-powered-autonomous-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/20441\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus unveils AI-powered autonomous helicopter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is noted that the U145 complements Airbus&#8217; portfolio of helicopters and unmanned aerial systems. The first flight with a test pilot on board is scheduled for the end of 2026, while entry into service is planned for the beginning of the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the U145, we are offering our customers an autonomous, uncrewed version of our H145 helicopter &#8211; combining the proven airframe, power and useful load of the H145 with the autonomy of a UAS,&#8221; said Matthieu Louvot, CEO of Airbus Helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the H145 is the second helicopter that Airbus has converted into an unmanned version after the VSR700, which is derived from the Cabri G2. The U145 will be equipped with a specialized sensor suite and artificial intelligence for full autonomy. Compared to the piloted H145 helicopter, the U145 will not have a physical pilot cockpit and will therefore feature integrated nose doors and a dedicated cargo floor.<\/p>\n<p>Its modular design allows the helicopter to be used for firefighting, reconnaissance, monitoring of unmanned vessels, and other missions.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, a <a href=\"https:\/\/newsukraine.rbc.ua\/news\/us-loses-first-apache-helicopter-in-iran-1780998788.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>. This was the first loss of this type of aircraft since the start of the conflict with Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is noted that the U145 complements Airbus&#8217; portfolio of helicopters and unmanned aerial systems. The first flight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[1456,90,3577,670],"class_list":["post-20441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-airbus","tag-ai","tag-airbus","tag-plane","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}