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Boeing’s Approach-to-X autonomy completes first fully automated supervised landing test on U.S. Army CH-47F

Boeing says it completed the first fully automated approach and landing test of U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopters using Approach-to-X (A2X) autonomous flight software. The trial adds to ongoing Army-focused autonomy work toward greater rotorcraft automation, transitioning from supervised autonomy to fully automated landing capability.

Discovered 2026-04-26T21:20:39.458177-07:00 | 2026-04-26T21:20:39.458177-07:00

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The CH-47F test is another datapoint in the Army’s shift toward higher levels of rotorcraft autonomy, complementing parallel programs such as the delivered optionally piloted H-60Mx autonomy testing under ALIAS (see source:a9ee36fc-50c9-4d9a-a7ab-5c40278647ec).
Boeing’s result targets a safety- and mission-critical phase—approach and landing—highlighting where autonomy integration often becomes hardest, following earlier fully automated liftoff-to-landing demonstrations on military rotorcraft (see source:f690a073-f569-4398-aca1-d40af8682c79).
For defense procurement and industrial strategy, the milestone shows OEM-led autonomy software maturation on a widely fielded heavy-lift platform, informing expectations for future test campaigns and integration timelines.

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