The new UH 60 Blackhawk replacement - a difficult choice

[Engineman1960]

Saw this article tonight — A Black Hawk Helicopter flew for the first time without pilots !!!!!!!!!

A Black Hawk helicopter flew for the first time without pilots

The experimental helicopter is part of a DARPA program called ALIAS, and features a Sikorsky-made autonomy system. It's flown three times.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[Engineman1960]

Pre Covid I made a trip To Pima Air Museum in Tucson AZ, it’s next door to Davis Monthan Air Force Base, “ The Boneyard” saw more than a few SH-60B U S Navy Seahawk. Excellent trip, about 40 miles south is a decommissioned Titan Missle Site you can tour.

I saw this story in Smithsonian about flying 2 Seahawks to “The Boneyard”.

Saying Goodbye to My Seahawk

The day I had to leave my SH-60B helicopter at the boneyard.

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[SoonerP226]

Saw this article tonight — A Black Hawk Helicopter flew for the first time without pilots !!!!!!!!!

A Black Hawk helicopter flew for the first time without pilots

The experimental helicopter is part of a DARPA program called ALIAS, and features a Sikorsky-made autonomy system. It's flown three times.

taskandpurpose.com

Well, that should eliminate the possibility of human error. HAL approves.

 

[RickN]

What will the Coasties get, all the hand me downs?

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Probably. When I was in that is how we got our C-130s.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I think I heard on the radio that a blackhawk crashed this morning.

 

[TerryMiller]

I think I heard on the radio that a blackhawk crashed this morning.

I don't know about a crash, but FOX News has this story about a soldier being killed. The article says nothing about a crash, but states that the incident involved two Blackhawks.

Soldier at Fort Stewart Killed in Incident with 2 Helicopters

According to the article, it happened around 2:00 am.