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US Army to test SNC degraded-visual-environment sensor on autonomous Black Hawk

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The Army will test Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System on an “MX” autonomous Black Hawk. Designed to see through dust, fog and smoke, the system is already flying with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, extending its evaluation to an autonomous aircraft.

Discovered 2026-10-13T14:05:07.480461-07:00 | 2026-10-13T14:05:07.480461-07:00

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  • Testing the sensor on an autonomous Black Hawk brings degraded-visibility capability into an autonomous aircraft evaluation; the system is designed to see through dust, fog and smoke.
  • The system is already flying with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, giving the Army an operational setting in which to assess the technology.

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