The planemaker is developing a “conceptual design” of a potential Group 4 or 5 size tiltrotor drone that could team with aircraft like the AH-64 Apache or CH-47 Chinook, according to a company engineer.

Aerospace giant Boeing is in the “conceptual stages” of a new tiltrotor drone wingman, according to a company executive, who said the unmanned system could join platforms like US Army Apache attack helicopters or Chinook transport aircraft in battle.

“It’ll be a tiltrotor with two proprotors” and a gas turbine engine, Chris Speights, chief engineer of Boeing’s vertical lift portfolio for its defense division, said in a briefing with reporters on Oct. 7 ahead of the AUSA conference in Washington. “We believe that that’s going to provide the most mature, rapid ability to field.”

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