Sikorsky S-70UAS U-Hawk

Service And Conflict Use

1. Oct 13, 2025

   U-Hawk is unveiled

   Lockheed Martin announced that Sikorsky had transformed a UH-60L Black Hawk into the S-70UAS U-Hawk, a fully autonomous cargo-focused UAS with 25% more cargo space and clamshell doors with a loading ramp.

   Sources: Sikorsky Converts BLACK HAWK into U-Hawk, A Battle-Ready Autonomous UAS

2. Jan 1, 2026

   First flight expected

   Sikorsky said the redesign and structural modification work was expected to lead to the first U-Hawk flight in 2026.

   Sources: Sikorsky Converts BLACK HAWK into U-Hawk, A Battle-Ready Autonomous UAS

Sikorsky S-70UAS U-Hawk Images

Related Weapon Systems

Aircraft & UAVsBlack Hawk helicopterMedium-lift military utility helicopter familyThe Black Hawk is Sikorsky's twin-engine medium-lift military utility helicopter family, developed from the U.S. Army's 1972 UTTAS requirement and fielded from 1978-79. The family includes the U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search-and-rescue variant, which added rescue-focused mission equipment, aerial refueling, and night and all-weather systems for personnel recovery and medevac work.

Aircraft & UAVsNomadTwin-proprotor VTOL UAS familyThe Sikorsky Nomad is a U.S. family of twin-proprotor vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for runway-independent operations. Lockheed Martin says the design uses MATRIX autonomy, scales from a Group 3 UAS toward Group 4/5 sizes, and is intended for reconnaissance, light attack, contested logistics, and sea- or land-based missions.

Aircraft & UAVsLUCASOne-way attack UAV / loitering munitionLUCAS, the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, is a U.S. one-way attack UAV associated with SpektreWorks' FLM 136 airframe and fielded through CENTCOM's Task Force Scorpion Strike. The system emphasizes affordable mass, autonomous operation, multiple launch methods, and long-range strike utility, and CENTCOM said it was used in combat during Operation Epic Fury against Iran.

Aircraft & UAVsMi-2Light twin-turbine utility and training helicopterThe Mi-2, NATO reporting name Hoplite, is a Soviet-designed light utility helicopter produced in Poland by PZL-Swidnik. In the Nagorno-Karabakh military-balance context it appears as a small light utility and training helicopter in Azerbaijani and Armenian inventories, not as a documented strike platform.

Aircraft & UAVsMi-8/Mi-17Medium twin-turbine utility transport helicopterThe Mi-8/Mi-17 is a Soviet-designed medium utility helicopter family used for troop lift, cargo transport, evacuation, search-and-rescue, and armed support roles. Its large production run, 4,000 kg payload class, and widespread operator base make it one of the defining rotary-wing platforms in the Russia-Ukraine War, where Ukraine operates legacy and donor-supplied Mi-17 aircraft.

Aircraft & UAVsAH-60L ArpiaArmed utility / attack helicopterThe AH-60L Arpia is Colombia's locally developed armed Black Hawk family, converting UH-60L and related Black Hawk airframes into attack and escort helicopters with stub wings, machine-gun pods, rocket launchers, and later Spike missiles. Colombian Air Force reporting places the first Arpia mission in January 1996 and describes the program as evolving through Arpia I-IV to give the service a fast, highly maneuverable fire-support platform.

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