Lockheed Martin Executive Remotely Controls UH-60 Black Hawk from 300 Miles Away During Demo at AUSA Symposium
Published on: October 22, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Parth Satam Parth Satam
The UH-60 Black Hawk during the flight demonstrating Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomous flight technology as part of the AUSA Symposium, with the safety pilots in the cockpit. (All images credited to Lockheed Martin)
The flight simulated ‘contested logistics operations’ where a ground crew hooked up a sling load to the helicopter remotely controlled through the MATRIX system. Tactical flights ferrying supplies from logistics nodes to landing zones in forward areas are routine operations which, if rendered autonomous, can significantly reduce man-hours and fatigue.
A week after DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) contracted Sikorsky to equip the U.S. Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with its MATRIX autonomous flight system, the company demonstrated the technology at the AUSA (Association of the United States Army) symposium in Washington D.C. on Oct. 17, 2024.
https://theaviationist.com/2024/10/22/uh-60-black-hawk-matrix-demo-ausa-symposium/
