Sikorsky and firefighting technology startup Rain have demonstrated autonomous wildfire suppression using a UH-60 Black Hawk equipped with the helicopter manufacturer’s Matrix flight autonomy ...

Two years later, Sikorsky Aviation won the bid to supply utility helicopters for the U.S. Army, and the first production Black Hawk variant, the UH-60A, entered service in 1979.

The tiltrotor is part of the Army's plan to modernize its aging fleet of military helicopters. The Army plans to replace the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk with the MV-75 by the 2030s.