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Sikorsky Plans To Demonstrate AI Co-Piloting Technology On Black Hawks With Army In 2021

Sikorsky Plans To Demonstrate AI Co-Piloting Technology On Black Hawks With Army In 2021
Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky is planning a flight demonstration with the Army next year that will utilize the company’s autonomous co-piloting technology on UH-60 Black Hawks flying in formation, a company official told reporters on Thursday. The flight tests will likely take place in late 2021 and build on the company’s work developing the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) for DARPA, with a goal for informing how the technology could reduce pilot workload across Army helicopters, including the Future…

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