Army's Pilotless Black Hawk Highlights Emerging Technology in Demo Flight
31 Mar 2021
Military.com | By Matthew Cox
Sikorsky pilots working with Army scientists have demonstrated optionally piloted flight technology on an S-70 Black Hawk, highlighting a future in which the service's next-generation helicopters may fly autonomously in combat.
A contender in the Army Future Vertical Lift, or FVL, program, Sikorsky demonstrated the supervised autonomy capabilities of the Black Hawk -- which was equipped with the company's Matrix autonomous flight software and hardware -- under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System, or ALIAS, effort.
Sikorsky's test pilot used a special control tablet to oversee the demo as the aircraft conducted an autonomous takeoff, avoided two simulated obstacles and landed by itself, according to a March 29 Sikorsky news release.
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