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DARPA ‘Very Confident’ Autonomous Black Hawk Technology Will Transition To Army

DARPA ‘Very Confident’ Autonomous Black Hawk Technology Will Transition To Army
An unmanned UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter conducts a demonstration during the Army's Project Convergence experiment at Yuma Proving Ground in October 2022. Photo: Sikorsky.

After conducting another series of unmanned Black Hawk flights using Sikorsky’s [LMT] autonomy software, DARPA’s lead official for the program said he’s “very confident” the technology will transition to the Army. Stuart Young, DARPA’s program manager for the Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System or ALIAS project, said last month’s demonstrations at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona during the Army’s Project Convergence (PC) experiment were likely the last under the ALIAS effort as it looks to transfer to the military services…

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