Black Hawk helicopters are expected to soon become autonomous and pilotless, replaced by a robotic brain called the Matrix that will fully control the craft. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, works with the US military for the above reason and even received a $6 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the system it developed. According to a publication in Interesting Engineering, Sikorsky built an experimental Black Hawk with the robotic brain installed, so that relevant tests can be done that are said to be effective. “Soldiers will rely on Black Hawk helicopters until 2070, and modernizing the aircraft today will pay off for decades,” said a related press release. It is noted that Lockheed Martin in recent years has been working intensively on the creation of autonomous weapon systems, in order to reduce human intervention. At the same time, it has in the works major upgrades to the Black Hawk, which are being bought en masse by countries such as Greece. […]
Source: News Beast

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