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Unmanned helis coming soon

02/04/2010

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From ZIOvisioN!

Next in military tech: Unmanned Black Hawk?
Sikorsky Aircraft plans to have a demonstrator model available this year

By Stephen Singer
updated 2:41 p.m. PT, Mon., Feb. 1, 2010

HARTFORD, Conn. - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced a billion-dollar venture Monday that it hopes will respond to military demand for technology to fight two wars, including Black Hawk helicopters that can see and fly on their own.

The Stratford-based helicopter maker and military contractor said Sikorsky Innovations is intended to speed the transformation of the mechanical helicopter into a computerized aircraft.

The Black Hawk is a military workhorse, used in conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Grenada and Panama. It's also part of military packages sold to other nations and has been used in civilian missions such as rescuing snowbound mountain climbers.

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