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Som vanlig trykker du på hver enkelt artikkel og den fremstår i normal formatering. Når det gjelder saken under er ikke dette noe nytt; langt i fra, US Marines opererte ubemannede helikoptre, Kaman K-Max,  i Afghanistan gjennom flere år fra 2011, omtalt på bloggen her.  (Red.) October 14, 2025

Sikorsky has unveiled a new, fully uncrewed version of the Black Hawk helicopter with a completely transformed front end that swaps out the cockpit for clamshell doors. Depending on how it is configured, what has been dubbed the U-Hawk can move thousands of pounds of outsized cargo internally and slung underneath, deploy uncrewed ground vehicles, and fire dozens of “launched effects” like surveillance and reconnaissance drones and loitering munitions.

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