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Airbus Launches IFR-capable H125 Helicopter

With a cockpit upgrade including a three-axis autopilot from Genesys Aerosystems, the IFR-certified H125 will operate more flexibly.

Airbus H125 helicopter — Airbus and Genesys Aerosystems are making the H125 helicopter capable of operating in instrument flight rule conditions. (Photo: Airbus Helicopters)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

March 7, 2023

Airbus Helicopters is introducing instrument flight rules (IFR) capability for its H125 single-engine aircraft. Developed in partnership with Genesys Aerosystems, the upgrade could significantly improve the operational flexibility for missions such as law enforcement and emergency medical services. The partners expect to make it available in the second half of 2024.

The changes needed to free the H125 from the constraints of operating only under visual flight rules (VFR) will include an upgraded cockpit, a three-axis autopilot, and redundant hydraulic and electrical systems. Genesys (Booth B4113) has already installed the same autopilot under a supplemental type certificate on the larger Airbus H145 and also on Sikorsky’s UH-60A Blackhawk.

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