Sikorsky, Collins Aerospace Test Retrofit FBW Kit
The kit is designed to provide fly-by-wire capabilities and enable autonomy on legacy fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
Collins Aerospace’s FBW kit replaces the traditional mechanical control system aboard this Sikorsky S-70, shown here on its first test flight.
Collins Aerospace’s FBW kit replaces the traditional mechanical control system aboard this Sikorsky S-70, shown here on its first test flight.

Sikorsky’s recent flight test of its Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) aboard an S-70 marked the first demonstration of a retrofit fly-by-wire (FBW) kit that is designed to enable autonomy in legacy fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. The OPV Black Hawk flew on May 29 under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program.


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