Future Helicopters

[MilEME09]

Airbus diving into NTac and buulding in ontario

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-26/airbus-eyes-building-helicopters-in-canada-for-global-export?taid=6a161070fff9400001781543&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&embedded-checkout=true

 

[Kirkhill]

Grasshopper Aerial Resupply Vehicle - Aerial Resupply Drone - Logistics UAV Military

Grasshopper Aerial Resupply Vehicle by DZYNE Technologies is an aerial resupply drone built for logistics missions, enabling reliable delivery of supplies in contested and hard-to-reach environments.

dzyne.com

If helicopters will struggle to survive in the Line of Sight battle than they have been looking at Stand-Off missions and Logistical missions as alternate employment.

Some of those logistical missions are now being considered for Optionally Manned and Unmanned aircraft, either conversions of existing aircraft or newbuild UAVs.

Here is another alternative - a jet powered JPADs parachute delivery system that delivers 500 lb payloads from the back of a C295, C130 or C17.

Grasshopper Aerial Resupply Vehicle - Aerial Resupply Drone - Logistics UAV Military

Grasshopper Aerial Resupply Vehicle by DZYNE Technologies is an aerial resupply drone built for logistics missions, enabling reliable delivery of supplies in contested and hard-to-reach environments.

dzyne.com

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How many years of service can we get out of the Griffons in purely domestic service?

The Grasshopper in service.

Green Berets tested glider drones for supply drops during a massive special operations exercise

Special Forces used expendable gliders to move supplies to units on the ground during the Trojan Footprint exercise in Europe this month.

taskandpurpose.com