An employee works at the Survey Copter factory, an Airbus subsidiary, in Pierrelatte, southern France on March 31, 2026. At Survey Copter, a French SME integrated into Airbus, the European aerospace corporation is leaning on its know-how in helicopters to develop drones which have become the sinews of modern warfare and to make them cooperate with manned aircraft. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP via Getty Images)