![](https://img-cdn.tnwcdn.com/image?fit=796%2C417&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F02%2FUntitled-design-51-1.jpg&signature=e35e9b1b15383df9c8ef01747c4349e1)
This past Saturday and Monday, a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter took flight for the first time without anyone on board. Each time, the helicopter successfully completed 30 minutes of autonomous flight, according to a press release from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). You know, the US Department of Defense’s research arm. Behold the next-level Black Hawk. Image: DARPA These test flights are part of DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, which aims to put “removable kits” into existing military aircrafts to “promote the addition of high-level automation.” Impressive, but hella ominous. Let me explain. According to…
This story continues at The Next Web
from The Next Web https://ift.tt/EL5gcvD
Comments
Post a Comment