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Sikorsky Working to Resolve Flight Test Data Link Issues for OPV

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, October 10th, 2019

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Sikorsky Working to Resolve Flight Test Data Link Issues for OPV

A Black Hawk equipped with optionally-piloted vehicle (OPV) technology made its first flight at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, FL facility. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

As Sikorsky [LMT] continues flight testing of its S-70 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) Black Hawk in West Palm Beach, Fla., the company said this week that Sikorsky and L3Harris [LHX] are resolving data link issues disclosed after the first, nearly hour-long flight of the OPV on May 29. Mark Ward, the company's chief pilot, who revealed the data link issues after the OPV first flight, told reporters in a conference call this week that L3Harris "got a hold of that…

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