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Army

First Autonomous Black Hawk Flight With No Safety Pilots Set For January, Potential Role For Tech On Enduring Fleet

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 12th, 2021

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First Autonomous Black Hawk Flight With No Safety Pilots Set For January, Potential Role For Tech On Enduring Fleet

A Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

DARPA is planning its first fully autonomous UH-60 Black Hawk flight with no safety pilots onboard this January, with the Army assessing how it may leverage the technology for its enduring helicopter fleet. A lead program official for DARPA’s ALIAS program, which has been running for about six years, told reporters he anticipates the technology transitioning to the Army in near future as the service anticipates potential use cases from aircrew augmentation to potential completely autonomous operations. “It makes common…

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