Boeing is designing a tiltrotor drone wingman concept to support the Army’s helicopter fleet, similar to the Air Force’s push for collaborative combat aircraft, as the Army rushes to field unmanned drones.

Renderings for the CxR aircraft revealed by Boeing on Monday at the Association of the U.S. Army’s conference in Washington. The company’s pitch would place unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft alongside Army helicopters in combat and cargo operations.

“We see a lot of demand in that RSTA mission: reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and attack,” Chris Speights, chief engineer for Boeing’s vertical lift division, told Defense One on the sidelines of AUSA. “How the Army is using the Apache is evolving. We expect it to continue to evolve, and this gives them optio

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