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Autonomous helicopters exist -- mostly. They are currently solely in the realm of experimental military hardware, but they're ...
To combat wildfires, the Texas Legislature recently appropriated $59.8 million for the Texas A&M University System’s George H ...
Igor Cherepinsky leads Sikorsky’s efforts to incorporate autonomous flight technology in its helicopters. Igor Cherepinsky learned to fly when he was 16 years old. “It’s really cool up there ...
The initial tests were focused on a Black Hawk helicopter, utilizing Sikorsky's existing Matrix technology. By 2022, the first autonomous Black Hawk took off without a pilot, completing a 30 ...
Sikorsky and firefighting technology startup Rain have demonstrated autonomous wildfire suppression using a UH-60 Black Hawk equipped with the helicopter manufacturer’s Matrix flight autonomy ...
With concerns over a destructive wildfire season growing in California, researchers in the San Francisco Bay Area are testing out a better way to fight back. Although nobody moves at the speed of a ...
Way back in the 1950s, two helicopters made history by becoming the first to cross the Atlantic. Two Sikorsky H-19A helicopters departed Massachusetts' Westover Air Force Base on July 15, 1952.
The 2025 recipient is the joint Israeli Air Force and Sikorsky Support Team, honored for outstanding collaboration in sustaining UH-60 and CH-53D helicopter operations.