Leonardo Helicopters has finally revealed the design of the unmanned Proteus technology demonstrator it is developing through a £60 million ($75 million) contract for the UK Royal Navy, confirming the ...

In the development of this fast-moving program, Leonardo is using a digital twin for synthetic development, more than 40 composite components and the use of AI in its control software.

A form of these would likely be a necessary buy for the Royal Navy should Proteus evolve into an operational platform. At Leonardo’s UK helicopter plant in Yeovil, work on Proteus is ...

A submarine-hunting robot helicopter designed to help the Royal Navy is to be trialled this summer. The autonomous Proteus drone, which has been developed by defence company Leonardo, is meant to be a ...

The Proteus drone designed by defence company Leonardo is fully autonomous with ... Weighing three tonnes and with a one-tonne payload, the robot helicopter developed for the Ministry of Defence ...

Helicopter group Leonardo is facing a $2.7 billion claim over the death of Thai tycoon Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s death in ...

Reporting from FlightGlobal indicates that the Proteus airframe will be derived from that of the Leonardo AW09 helicopter. The AW09 is a light, civilian helicopter design originating from Swiss ...

The design of the Proteus technology demonstrator, images of which were published today, reveals that it has drawn on components from throughout Leonardo’s helicopter portfolio in order to reduce ...

Project Proteus is the RN and Leonardo’s collaborative effort to develop an uncrewed helicopter demonstrator that could serve as an alternative to crewed aircraft like the AW101 Merlin, particularly ...