NATO Studies Are Shaping Future Medium Rotorcraft

Airbus Super Puma

The NGRC is designed to replace NATO’s diverse fleets of battlefield transport and naval helicopters, such as the Airbus Super Puma pictured here, in the mid-to-late 2030s.

Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
By the end of this summer, industry should finally gain a glimpse of the next-generation rotorcraft platforms OEMs are proposing for NATO allies. Three consortia are drawing up concepts that will shape the Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project, which aims to produce a new medium...
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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