A robo-Black Hawk helicopter flew with no pilots for the first time - Breaking Defense

A Black Hawk helicopter has completed its first unmanned flight as part of a US military advanced autonomous flight program, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced today.

Over the weekend a UH-60A Black Hawk outfitted with the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System, or ALIAS, flew over Fort Campbell, Ky., for 30 minutes with no humans on board. The helicopter, running through a preprogrammed mission, flew autonomously through a simulated “obstacle run” designed to look like New York City, DARPA and Sikorsky officials told reporters today.