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Upcoming ALIAS Test To Demonstrate Autonomous Flight

Upcoming ALIAS Test To Demonstrate Autonomous Flight
The upcoming final flight test of the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), funded through the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will feature uninhabited or autonomous flight of a modified Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter. Photo: Sikorsky

The upcoming final flight test of the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), funded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will feature remote or autonomous flight of a modified Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter–a test that may have significant implications for military service combat missions and the urban air mobility (UAM) market. DARPA said that the final ALIAS flight test may come in late summer next year. "As the biggest fleet of aircraft in the U.S. Army and…

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