Airbus Trialing New Architecture For H135 Light Helicopter

The new configuration bears strong similarities to the H135 Bluecopter testbed seen here flying at Donauworth in 2015.

Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week
Airbus Helicopters says it is testing a new architecture for its H135 twin-engine light helicopter after images emerged of one of the company’s aircraft in a new configuration. Pictures taken from outside the company’s facility in Donauworth, Germany, and first published by the helicopter website...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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