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Sikorsky begins Black Hawk ground runs with improved T901 engine

January 31, 2025
Gregor Ferguson
News

Stratford, Connecticut-based Sikorsky has begun ground runs of a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter powered by two GE Aerospace 3,000shp T901 Improved Turbine Engines (ITE). The initial light off and ground runs were executed by a combined US Army and industry…

ALIAS equipped Black Hawk completes first uninhabited flight

February 14, 2022
Gregor Ferguson
News

US defence research agency DARPA has completed a first-ever flight of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter without anyone onboard. Under DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky completed 30-minutes of uninhabited flight with the optionally…