
Sikorsky [LMT] said this week it recently demonstrated an autonomous test flight of a UH-60 Black Hawk with an onboard pilot supervising using co-piloting technology on a tablet. Igor Cherepinsky, director of Sikorsky Innovations, told Defense Daily the test in late 2020 with the S-70 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) Black Hawk will be followed by a demonstration on a UH-60M and test to fly Black Hawks in formation using the technology in 2022. “This was the first time the OPV…