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DARPA selects Sikorsky to add autonomy to UH-60M Black Hawk

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2024 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has received a $6 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to install the company’s ALIAS / MATRIX™ flight autonomy system onto the U.S. Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter. Designated MX, the upgraded aircraft will enable the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Leer másDARPA selects Sikorsky to add autonomy to UH-60M Black Hawk[…]

Sikorsky Long-Range Hybrid-Electric eVTOL Demonstrator (HEX)

ATLANTA, March 2023 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is producing a Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator (HEX), a fully-autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype. With a maximum gross weight of more than 7,000-pounds, the uncrewed aircraft will serve as a flying test-bed to evaluate large aircraft design, novel propulsion systems and control architectures for sustained hover, and ranges greater Leer másSikorsky Long-Range Hybrid-Electric eVTOL Demonstrator (HEX)[…]

Sikorsky and DARPA flies the S-70 Black Hawk without pilots

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz., Nov. 2, 2022 — Sikorsky and DARPA demonstrated how a S-70 Black Hawk helicopter flying autonomously and perform cargo resupply missions and a rescue operation. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Army for the first time how an uninhabited S-70 Leer másSikorsky and DARPA flies the S-70 Black Hawk without pilots[…]

First autonomous flight S-70 Black Hawk equipped with ALIAS

Fort Campbell — DARPA and Sikorsky MATRIX technology perform the first autonomous flight S-70 Black Hawk Equipped with ALIAS (Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System). Sitting on the runway in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, one of Sikorsky’s pilots in an S-70™ Black Hawk® helicopter flips the optionally piloted cockpit switch from two to zero, exits the aircraft Leer másFirst autonomous flight S-70 Black Hawk equipped with ALIAS[…]

Airbus introducirá funciones autónomas en el helicóptero Flightlab

Marignane, 26 de abril de 2021 — Airbus Helicopters está introduciendo funciones autónomas en el helicóptero Flightlab (H130) a través del proyecto denominado Vertex. Estas tecnologías tienen como objetivo simplificar la preparación y gestión de la misión, reducir la carga de trabajo de los pilotos y aumentar aún más la seguridad. Los sistemas de tecnología Leer másAirbus introducirá funciones autónomas en el helicóptero Flightlab[…]

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