Sikorsky Prepares Fly-By-Wire Black Hawk For Autonomous Flights

Credit: Optionally Piloted Black Hawk: Lockheed Martin
Sikorsky is advancing tests of a UH-60A modified with fly-by-wire (FBW) flight controls, paving the way for introducing increasing levels of autonomy to its Black Hawk optionally piloted vehicle (OPV). The OPV Black Hawk is being tested under Phase 3 of DARPA’s Alias program, under which Sikorsky is...

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