U-Hawk - The drone helicopter that changes everything

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Lockheed Martin unveiled the S-70UAS U-Hawk at the AUSA conference in October 2025, and it's pretty wild. Engineers ripped out the cockpit, replaced it with clamshell doors, and put a robot in the pilot seat in what is one of the more significant innovations in helicopters since...well...since the helicopter maybe.

Capable of flying 1,600 nautical miles autonomously while hauling 7,000 pounds of cargo inside or 9,000 pounds outside, the U-Hawk is a significant development in airpower but the most exciting part of all this isn't the converted Black Hawk, but the brain making it possible.

Using MATRIX autonomous flight software, not just the Black Hawk could get the drone treatment. Think Apache, Venon, Viper, Sea Stallion...all potential candidates to be droned-up.

We talk about all that and a lot more in this video.

TWZ WalkAround

Intro - 00:00-01:30

Ad read - 01:30-02:58

What is the U-Hawk? 02:58-06:12

What can it do? 06:12-10:50

Wild Speculation - 10:50-16:04

Channel update - 16:04-End

Written by: Kyle Gunn

Edited by: Savvy

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