The British Royal Navy announced the first flight of the Leonardo-made Proteus autonomous full-scale helicopter, to be part ...

The UK’s first full-size autonomous helicopter, produced by Leonardo, has taken flight for the first time from the National Drone Hub facility at Predannack Airfield. The Proteus, developed by ...

The helicopter has been designed to conduct a range of missions, including anti-submarine warfare and patrolling the seas.

82 years ago today, a U.S. Coast Guard pilot flew history’s first helicopter rescue mission. On January 3, 1944, Coast Guard Pilot Frank Erickson flew straight into the teeth of a raging storm to ...

British aviation history has been made with the UK’s first truly autonomous helicopter completing its maiden flight, ...