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Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland Completes Optionally Piloted Helicopter Demo For Italy

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, July 18th, 2014

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Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland said July 15 it successfully completed the demonstration of its Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System / Optionally Piloted Helicopter (RUAS/OPH) to the Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD). The trials evaluated modern remote controlled rotorcraft technology and its potential to provide enhanced capabilities for the Italian armed forces in the future. Under the Research and Development contract that is included in the National Military Research Plan signed with the Italian MoD Directorate for Air Armaments, the company successfully demonstrated ground…

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