![]() Sikorsky did not respond to questions about whether the “large cargo aircraft” was undergoing a certification effort. “This system is going through a civil certification on a project that unfortunately I can’t name, but it’s fairly deep into cert,” says Cherepinsky. It is also being transferred to civilian projects. Matrix, developed inside DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) programme, is being transitioned over to the US Army – operator of the world’s largest Black Hawk fleet – and perhaps other military services such as the US Air Force. Sikorsky declined to comment further on the aircraft type or any other details of the effort. “This is already flying on a large cargo aircraft and I will leave it at that,” he said. Sikorsky is working to add Matrix to a new aircraft, said Igor Cherepinsky, director of Sikorsky Innovations, during a press conference on 8 February. It has been integrated into a Cessna 208 Caravan and a Sikorsky S-76B, the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (known as SARA). Matrix is a general-purpose autonomous flight control system. The company and DARPA demonstrated on 5 February the technology for the first time flying a UH-60A utility helicopter autonomously, without any backup pilots on board. Matrix was developed in partnership with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Sikorsky’s Matrix is one of the most advanced flight automation systems in development. Sikorsky’s Matrix technology can autonomously control fixed-wing or rotary wing aircraftīecause they do not carry passengers, cargo aircraft are seen as likely early adopters of flight automation - potentially reducing the number of humans required in the cockpit from two persons, down to one, and possibly zero one day. Airline Business special: CEOs to watch in 2021.FlightGlobal Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2021.EDGE: A new global force in aerospace and defence.Shell Aviation: What will it take to Decarbonise Aviation?.What does the future of aviation look like in 2022?.Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2022.What will it take to Decarbonise Aviation?. ![]() Airline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker.
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