Sikorsky’s autonomous helicopter tech is ready for takeoff

In a few hours, I’ll be in the cockpit of a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter outfitted with the company’s six-year-old Matrix autonomous flight technology, which was born out of a DARPA program, letting a computer take me on a guided tour of the Housatonic River from about 3,000 feet in the air. The Sikorsky Innovations team has taken an RV and turned it into a “mobile ground station” for the autonomous helicopter, which is called SARA (Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft). If you wish to fly Sikorsky’s autonomous helicopter, you must first start in a Winnebago

In the back of the Winnebago is the flight simulator.

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