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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: Listen: Black Hawk Helicopter Flies Itself
Description: The phrase “pilot optional” likely strikes fear into the hearts of any autonomous vehicle skeptics but some recent tests showed how a Black Hawk helicopter can successfully fly itself.Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and DARPA last month demonstrated an unmanned flight with a Black Hawk outfitted with an autonomy system. During the test on the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the helicopter delivered a large quantity of blood product without any human crew members on board.Sikorsky said the Black Hawk was able to fly low and fast above ground level using the terrain to m...