In October 2025 Genesys' GRC 4000 completed a demonstration aboard a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk that executed fully automated liftoff, hover, enroute flight and landing. The sortie validated end-to-end autonomous flight control from takeoff through touchdown on a crewed military rotorcraft.
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The demonstration achieved full liftoff‑to‑landing autonomy on a front‑line UH‑60 in October 2025, proving end‑to‑end control (liftoff, hover, enroute, landing) rather than isolated automated maneuvers; it builds on earlier Black Hawk automation work [source:9a735b02-4d89-4d01-98ce-655a10feefed].
A validated full‑mission autonomous capability increases relevance for avionics suppliers, integrators and defense planners considering modernization or autonomous upgrade paths; it sits alongside recent inertial-navigation and remotely piloted helicopter demonstrations that illustrate a broader push toward autonomous rotorcraft capabilities [source:ce1c62c2-7319-4764-9111-fcb1ff5bd3c6] [source:c2d66eba-ee74-4956-8047-adc6c6e260ed].
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UH-60 Black Hawk completes one‑button automated liftoff-to-landing using Moog Genesys GRC 4000 autopilot • interestingengineering.com
