The UH-60 Black Hawk has previously flown without a human pilot, but now it’s fully reconfigured to be an unmanned aircraft capable of flying a variety of missions, according to Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky.

The company is unveiling the unmanned aircraft system version of the Black Hawk at the Association of the U.S. Army’s conference, marking Sikorsky’s latest leap in autonomous helicopter development.

The aircraft, designated the S-70 UAS and nicknamed the “U-HAWK,” was developed in less than a year, Ramsey Bentley, Sikorsky’s director of strategy and business development for advanced programs, told Defense News.

“We purchased a Black Hawk from the Army, a UH-60 Lima model,” Bentley said. “And we basically, within 10 months, have taken that aircraft from concept to putting it on the flo

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