How will drones develop in the future? Black Hawk helicopter tests black technology, giving new possibilities

How will drones develop in the future? Similar to rainbow5, Winged Dragon2This type of integrated detection and attack drones is the current mainstream direction, but it is relatively recent that the US military has given another possibility.

2moon5On the day, an experimental base in Kentucky, USA,6.3TonsSH-60The Black Hawk helicopter made an appointment30In minutes, no matter whether it is self-test, takeoff, automatic flight, automatic landing and other actions before takeoff, there is no human intervention, and no accidents or failures occur throughout the entire process.

"Black Hawk" was originally a manned helicopter, but now it is tested for unmanned driving functions, with the Rainbow5and Winged Dragon2What is the difference between these drones?

The most important thing is"Plug and Play", theoretically speaking, any helicopter, as long as it is installed with this "plug and Play" autonomous driving system, can be turned into an unmanned helicopter or removed, and will return to the mastery of human pilots. Of course, when installed on different aircraft models, fine-tuning needs to be made according to the operating characteristics of each helicopter.

And the key isDARPA, Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin1.6$100 million, jointly developed by the US Department of DefenseALIASsystem.ALIASThe unmanned operation of the system and the Black Hawk helicopter points out a new development direction for the future unmanned systems, namely, the general design of the manned and unmanned mode. When performing general tasks, the manned mode is adopted, and when performing more risky tasks, the unmanned mode is adopted, and the two can be flexibly switched.

Actually, this is not a new concept, the British sixth generation machine"Storm" is2020When the full-size model was launched in 2018, it was claimed that it could be driven by humans or unmanned. The United States is about to be releasedB21The "Ragger" stealth bomber can also choose from manned and unmanned modes to pursue maximum versatility and flexibility of the two models.

besides,ALIASThe unmanned driving system is also quite intelligent, and can automatically perform auxiliary operations that do not interfere with the human main pilot in dangerous and complex flight missions. Even if an emergency situation such as driver disability, two engines encounter malfunctions, and unexpected power interruption, the system will find a suitable landing point.

Second,ALIASThe system can also control the Black Hawk helicopter to perform extremely complex flights and maneuvers,2moon5Weather7On the day's test flight,ALIASThe system simulates the complex and crowded low-altitude airspace of New York City, and controls the Black Hawk helicopter to shuttle between the narrow slits of the virtual Manhattan Island skyscrapers, which is very amazing. Simply put, the passenger plane flight assistance system is equivalent to that of a carL2grade autonomous driving, and the "Black Hawk"ALIASThe system is closeL5class.

Later, it is worth mentioning thatALIASThe system plug-and-play for the Black Hawk helicopter,Not only has it opened the prelude to intelligence, but the power system of the Black Hawk helicopter meets the needs of unmanned a business just like Haery's power system.Whether it is mid-termT700-GE-701C/D, or laterYT706-GE-700, both realize full permission dual channelFadecsystem.Only when the power system is fully electronically controlled and intelligent can it support the seamless connection between aircraft manned and unmanned driving, and carry out unmanned driving to the end.