- The line between crewed and uncrewed aircraft has blurred even more after a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter carried out a demonstration cargo mission as well as a medical “emergency rescue” entirely on its own without anyone aboard or human guidance.
- During the demonstrations, the Black Hawk was loaded with a cargo of 400 units of real and simulated human blood weighing 500 lb (228 kg).
- After taking to the air again, the Black Hawk flew to a medical station while a BATDOK health monitoring device integrated with the helicopter’s communications system monitored the simulated casualty’s condition and relayed the vital readings in real time to the medical team.
Black Hawk helicopter flies autonomous “rescue” mission without crew
