Black Hawk Flies Unoccupied Using Matrix Autonomy System

Sikorsky’s S-70A optionally piloted vehicle has flown with no one on board using the Matrix autonomy system.
Credit: Sikorsky
DARPA and Sikorsky have conducted the first fully autonomous flights of a UH-60 Black Hawk with no one on board the helicopter. The flights involved a modified S-70A optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) testbed fitted with Sikorsky’s Matrix autonomy system under DARPA’s Alias program. The test flights...

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