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Airbus Helicopters to supply Garuda Technologies up to 18 Flexrotor UAS for global leasing

Airbus Helicopters and Garuda Technologies signed a contract for delivery of up to 18 Flexrotor uncrewed aerial systems, with Garuda offering dry and wet-lease services to customers worldwide. The Flexrotor will support a broad spectrum of civil and parapublic missions, including infrastructure inspection.

Discovered 2026-03-10T09:48:45.020936-07:00 | 2026-03-10T09:48:45.020936-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • Contract covers up to 18 Flexrotor UAS and establishes both dry‑ and wet‑lease options, lowering barriers for operators to access rotary‑wing UAS capabilities without large capital purchases.

  • The move commercializes Airbus’s Flexrotor offering and follows its recent UAS showcase, marking a shift from demonstrators to fielded service models (Airbus's UAS portfolio showcase at the Singapore Airshow).

  • The agreement aligns with broader Airbus unmanned development efforts, complementing work on autonomous rotary platforms such as the MQ‑72C and indicating tech maturation that could enable cross‑program mission commonality (MQ-72C unmanned variant development).

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2026-03-10T09:48:45.020936-07:00
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