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ALIAS: Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System

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Automating Existing Aircraft

A UH‑60MX Black Hawk helicopter uses Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy suite.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment conduct sling load operations training during Northern Strike 25-2 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 10, 2025. | More information on DVIDS  Source: U.S. Army | Sgt. Catherine Brooks
DARPA tests an autonomous UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Grayling Army Airfield during Northern Strike 25-2, Aug. 3, 2025. | More information on DVIDS  Source: Michigan National Guard | Sgt. Brayden Stephan
DARPA tests an autonomous UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Grayling Army Airfield during Northern Strike 25-2, Aug. 3, 2025. | More information on DVIDS  Source: Michigan National Guard | Sgt. Brayden Stephan
U.S. Army’s experimental UH‑60MX Black Hawk helicopter uses Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy suite, which forms the core of the DARPA ALIAS program. Source: Sikorsky
A Sikorsky operator flies an experimental H‑60Mx Black Hawk helicopter using technologies developed under the DARPA ALIAS program. Source: Sikorsky
Alias
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) tests an autonomous UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Grayling Army Airfield during Northern Strike 25-2, Aug. 3, 2025. | More information on DVIDS 
Uncrewed helicopters using ALIAS-developed autonomy drop thousands of gallons of water to help extinguish wildfire.
Artist's concept: Uncrewed helicopters using ALIAS-developed autonomy drop thousands of gallons of water to help extinguish wildfire. | Download Source: DARPA | Colie Wertz
Increasing automation

The Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program envisions a tailorable, drop-in, removable kit that would promote the addition of high levels of automation into existing aircraft, enabling operation with reduced onboard crew. | See ALIAS

UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter
Funded by DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter retrofitted with Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy technologies flew without anyone onboard for the first time in February 2022, over the U.S. Army installation at Fort Campbell, Ky. Source: Sikorsky Aircraft | Ted Carlson
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