""We were completely controlling the drone from the helicopter. For us, it's of course unique. Today, what we performed is a world first," Gerin-Roze told reporters on Thursday at the Singapore Airshow. The software is part of Airbus' contribution to the surging industry for drone wingmen, which the world's biggest aircraft manufacturers are betting will be the future of air warfare."
""The latest HTeaming trials were held in January and involved a simulated mission, tasking a Singaporean H225M crew with finding and rescuing a stranded pilot in the rainforest. Airbus said it first deployed one of its uncrewed aerial systems, the 7-foot-long surveillance drone Flexrotor, to locate and identify the pilot. The drone, which can fly at speeds of up to 85 miles per hour, then fed real-time data to a handheld tablet on board the H225M helicopter. The crew used that information to find and rendezvous with their rescuee, Airbus said.""
""One of the big challenges was to keep the data link stable," Gerin-Roze said."
Airbus developed HTeaming software to allow helicopter crews to control and receive real-time data from uncrewed aerial systems while the helicopter remains in flight. Trials in January used an H225M helicopter operated by Singaporean agencies during a simulated rainforest rescue mission. Airbus deployed a 7-foot Flexrotor surveillance drone that flew at speeds up to 85 miles per hour and relayed data to a handheld tablet aboard the helicopter. The drone and helicopter operated several kilometers apart and can remain connected up to 20 kilometers. Maintaining a stable data link was a primary technical challenge, addressed with a modem and four antennae.
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