Sikorsky’s newest helicopter is an unmanned version of its UH-60L Black Hawk, stripped of its cockpit to carry more cargo and keep aircrew out of harm’s way. Company officials hope the U.S. and other militaries see the remotely piloted U-HAWK as a useful new variant of the venerable airframe.

The cockpit is replaced by clamshell doors and a ramp, and the pilots with the company’s MATRIX autonomous technology, enabling a ground operator to fly the aircraft with a tablet.

“We can take those highly trained crews and very valuable crews and focus them on those critical missions that are in direct support of soldiers, seamen, airmen, and then kind of the mundane or really dangerous or dull task we can assign to the autonomous capabilities,” said

Erskine “Ramsey” Bentley, director of strate

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