A U.S. soldier was put in charge of planning and executing missions with the Optionally Piloted Black Hawk helicopter instead of a trained aviator.

He became the first to independently plan, command and execute one of the missions using the system’s handheld tablet.

The OPV Black Hawk showed off new abilities to drop cargo by parachute, move sling-loads, and carry out medical evacuation ...

In a training first, an Army National Guardsman used a tablet to control Sikorsky's optionally piloted Black Hawk and plan its task during an exercise.

A US Army soldier has become the first non-aviator to independently plan and execute missions using Sikorsky's optionally piloted UH-60 Black Hawk demonstrator in training exercises.

Army officials in the United States were left shellshocked that the man was able to effectively operate the helicopter in ...

A US soldier was the first warfighter to execute real-world military mission exercises, using Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s ...