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17 November 2022 Thursday
A Pilotless Rescue Mission
With the technological progress, we have started to see that many vehicles and machines used by humans can be used unmanned. The distinctions between manned and unmanned aerial vehicles are now in the process of decreasing.
The American army started test flights in a region in the state of Arizona with the PC22 project. In this project, a BLACK HAWK helicopter operating in a completely autonomously controlled manner was tested. An attempt was made to carry out cargo delivery and rescue operations with the fully autonomous BLACK HAWK helicopter.
One of the main objectives of the test processes is to show the feasibility of unmanned flights instead of manned flights in very dangerous environments for the crew such as a war environment or for very routine and simple tasks, and to try to show that less manpower can be needed while not endangering human life.
The UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter was used for test flights. MATRIX technology developed by DARPA forms the basis of ALIAS, an in-cockpit automation system. In this developed system, an ordinary military helicopter has been transformed into an autonomous aircraft with autonomous features. During the test flights, the helicopter flew for approximately 136 km at a speed of 185 km/h and at an altitude of 60 meters in fully autonomous mode.
With an external payload of approximately 1200 kg attached to a 12-meter sling, the unmanned helicopter, which performs a half-hour flight, delivered its payload and performed the rescue operation of a dummy simulating the injured soldier.
