Airbus MQ-72C uncrewed cargo helicopter demoed for U.S. Army

Airbus demonstrated the MQ-72C cargo helicopter drone to the U.S. Army, highlighting autonomous flight behaviors including complex hover patterns and dynamic rerouting around pop-up no-fly zones. The program also showed beyond-line-of-sight command and control via Starlink out to ~70 miles and use of Shield AI's HiveMind autonomy stack, pointing to emerging uncrewed aerial logistics for distributed operations.