AgustaWestland completes unmanned helicopter trials

Posted on 28 Sep 2015 by Cobey Bartels
The original PZL SW-4 AgustaWestland helicopter on which the unmanned variant is based - image courtesy of AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland has completed the capability concept demonstration (CCD) of its unmanned PZL-Swidnik SW-4 helicopter for the UK Ministry of Defence.

The CCD program has been underway since 2013, with AgustaWestland testing their Rotary Wing Unmanned Air Systems (RWUAS) at Llanbedr Airfield in Wales. The £2.3m programme saw the unmanned PZL-Swidnik SW-4 helicopter undergo a total of 27 hours of flight trials. This included 22 landings on the back of a moving truck used to simulate…

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