Autonomous Black Hawk completes first flight with nobody aboard
A UH-60A Black Hawk equipped with Sikorsky MATRIX autonomy completed the first uninhabited flight under DARPA's ALIAS program, handling preflight, takeoff, mission flight, simulated failures, and landing autonomously.
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Why it moved the index
A full-size military helicopter completed a real flight with nobody aboard while autonomously managing the flight sequence and simulated contingencies. Later transition of the technology to the US Army verifies practical downstream impact beyond the demonstration.
Assessment history
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R1
Toward 59 · confidence 97
New February 2022 consequential physical-autonomy milestone with later operational transition evidence.
12 Aug 2026
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DoomBench assesses “Autonomous Black Hawk completes first flight with nobody aboard” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 59 and confidence 97 out of 100 in the autonomy and agency category.
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DoomBench summarizes “Autonomous Black Hawk completes first flight with nobody aboard” as follows: A UH-60A Black Hawk equipped with Sikorsky MATRIX autonomy completed the first uninhabited flight under DARPA's ALIAS program, handling...
https://www.doombench.com/news/autonomous-black-hawk-completes-first-flight-with-nobody-aboard-2022-02-08