Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Sikorsky on Track for U-Hawk First Flight Next Year
Worldwide interest in autonomous S-70UAS a month after concept first revealed
Sikorsky U-Hawk
Sikorsky is hoping to start test flights of its autonomous UH-60L Black Hawk, the S-70UAS U-Hawk, in 2026.

Sikorsky Aircraft’s upcoming fully autonomous UH-60L Black Hawk variant, the S-70UAS U-Hawk, is on track to perform its first test flight next year. Speaking to reporters during the Dubai Airshow on Monday, Sikorsky confirmed that the program has already registered worldwide interest in a capability that could include “reusing airframes that are already in the system.”

Revealed in October at a U.S. Army conference in Washington, the U-Hawk went from “concept to what we call concrete in 10 months,” Ramsey Bentley, Sikorsky’s director of strategy and business development for advanced programs, told reporters during the briefing.