US Army Deploys Unmanned Black Hawk with MATRIX in Exercise
A US Army soldier used the control panel to command a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter fitted with the MATRIX kit during the Northern Strike 25-2 military exercise.
UH-60 Black Hawk News
Air
Unmanned Systems
Navy / Maritime
Logistics
Unmanned Systems
USMC’s MQ-72C Cargo UAV Demonstrator Flies Autonomously
MQ-72C Aerial Logistics Connector’s demonstrator for USMC, developed in a cooperation between Airbus and Shield AI, performed its first autonomous flight.
Air
Logistics
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
AW139 Helicopter Completes First Autonomous Flight
In May, Honeywell and Near Earth Autonomy flew a Leonardo AW139 without a pilot for the first time in Arizona. This was part of the USMC’s logistics program.
Air
Defence Politics
Poland Halts Black Hawk Deal Amid Strategic Reshuffle
Poland calls off its plan to buy 32 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters due to the changes in military objectives caused by new threats and the situation in Ukraine.
Land
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Lockheed Martin Drive-Tests Autonomous HIMARS
An M142 HIMARS MLRS vehicle fitted with an autonomy kit performed its first drive test without human intervention.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
China's BF500 Tandem-Rotor UAV Breaks Cover
A promotional video for the Zhuhai Airshow 2024 displayed China's new rotor UAV BF500 with a tandem rotor configuration.
Air
Sale of 36 UH-60M Black Hawk for $ 2 Billion 855 Million
The U.S. approved 36 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter sales to Sweden, Brazil, and Austria with various configurations valued at $ 2 billion 855 million.
Engine and Transmission
GE Aerospace T901 Engine to Fly with Black Hawk Helicopters
GE Aerospace’s new turboshaft engine, which will succeed T701 turboshaft engines, is planned to make its first flight on the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.
Air
Army’s Future Assault is Selected
The US Army selected the V-280 as the winner of the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft programme to replace the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk on 5 December 2022.
Engine and Transmission
ITEP Engine for UH-60 and AH-64 Passed the First Tests
The US Army has announced that the first tests of the new engine program for the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk have been completed.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
