DARPA Funds Sikorsky to Convert Black Hawk Into Drone Written 16 October 2024
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UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters take off after delivering supplies. | Credit: US Army photo by PHC (AW/NAC) Edward G. Martens; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Aerotime reports, “American aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, will convert a United States Army UH-60M Black Hawk into a drone. The company 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 helicopter, essentially converting it into a drone.”
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