Autonomous Black Hawk Redefines Army Aviation

The U.S. Army is pushing rotorcraft tech into the future — and this Black

Hawk is insane! 🇺🇸 Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company,

has transformed a UH‑60L Black Hawk into a fully autonomous unmanned helicopter called the S‑70UAS

U‑Hawk, removing the cockpit and replacing it with clamshell cargo doors and advanced

autonomy tech. This new self‑flying helicopter uses MATRIX autonomy and fly‑by‑wire

systems, letting operators command missions from a tablet — no pilot onboard.

It has 25 % more cargo space, can carry heavy loads, and launch swarms

of drones or deployed ground vehicles right from its bay. With a potential 1,600+ nautical‑mile