Boeing to assist Korean Air in turning MD500 into armed UAV

Korean Air has received help from Boeing for its KUS-VH project, which will turn the MD500 helicopter into an armed unmanned aerial vehicle.

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By Stefan Krause, Germany (Own work) [FAL], via Wikimedia Commons

Korean Air believes the KUS-VH could garner interest from the Korean military, which is retiring 200 MD500s in the next 10 years.

The company had previously transformed a MD500 into an unmanned platform. The new initiative will give the drone some firepower.