 In 2014, Airbus Helicopters announced that 50 EC145 T2s would be manufactured in 2015; the production is expected to eventually rise to 70 helicopters per year.Since 2011, Eurocopter has been developing an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) variant of the EC145.Test flights of the "EC145 OPV", including unmanned flights, began in 2013.