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    Test Blackhawk is a "Flying Laboratory"

    FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    05.01.2025

    Photo by Crista Mary Mack 

    Joint Base Langley-Eustis

    JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia – A different kind of Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, the aircraft in this picture also flies autonomously and is used by U.S. Army test pilots for the U.S. Army's Development Command Aviation Missile Center Technology Development Directorate at Fort Eustis. The autonomous flight capabilities, called Mission Adaptive Autonomy, are tested with other capabilities. “We have a flying laboratory, which is only flown by test pilots, specific for experimental tests for research type systems, used as a learning system, where we try in a flight environment different capabilities with the autonomy,” said Highley. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Crista Mary Mack)

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    Date Taken: 05.01.2025
    Date Posted: 05.21.2025 15:29
    Photo ID: 9048617
    VIRIN: 250502-A-KX398-1032
    Resolution: 6048x4024
    Size: 3.25 MB
    Location: FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, US

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