Based on the UH-72A Lakota was the American Eurocopter/Lockheed-Martin proposal for the US Army Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) competition. Main contender was the Sikorsky S-97 Raider. The AAS was terminated with the Army going for AH-64E Apaches to replace the Kiowa
Model News | |
 |
AAS-72X+ demo flights, 26-Sep-12 :  HERNDON, Va. - EADS North America has begun its voluntary flight demonstration (VFD) for the Army’s Armed Aerial Scout helicopter program, flying two aircraft at a high-altitude test site for a series of demonstrations that will showcase the superior performance of the company’s AAS-72X+ offering. |
 American Eurocopter unveiled its Armed Aerial Scout 72X+ (AAS-72X+) at the annual Army Aviation Association of America convention in Nashville |
 |
| AAS-72X first flight, 08-Dec-10 : ARLINGTON, Va. and GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, EADS North America today announced that it has flown the second of three company-funded Armed Aerial Scout 72X Technical Demonstration Aircraft (TDA). |
List of Operators of Eurocopter AAS-72X | |
| From | Organisation with model AAS-72X | |||||
Construction Numbers | Help Us | |
| C/N | Year | History | ||
 | 9377 | 2010 |  N940AE :  ec145  American Eurocopter, PA from Aug10; conv to AAS-72X pr+ N72XA : Airbus Helicopters from Feb14, AAS-72X prototype; 27apr+ N488LF : Airbus Helicopters from Sep17 N488LF : Geisinger Life Flight; St. Lukes Hospital partnership, +  Geisinger Life Flight from 08jun18; pictured (pic3) o+ | |