Black Hawk

Soldier flies drone Black Hawk from tablet in training first for optionally piloted helicopter

It a first, Sikorsky's OPV Black Hawk conducted a mission entirely planned and controlled by soldiers outside the platform.

|ByCOREY DICKSTEIN, STARS & STRIPES/TNS
U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. uses a tablet to command the Sikorsky OPV Black Hawk to autonomously transport a 2,900-pound water buffalo sling load for the first time during Northern Strike in Michigan.
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out near Moshav Mesilat Zion, April 30, 2025.

Ben-Gvir says Black Hawk firefighting helicopter purchase approved, but no talks underway

Even if the helicopters were ordered now, they would not arrive in Israel before 2028.

|ByUDI EZION
Hunderte von toten Schwarzfalken wurden Anfang Februar im westlichen Negev gefunden.

Mutmaßliche Massenvergiftung im Süden Israels hinterlässt 335 tote Vögel

Hunderte von Vögeln aus der gleichen Familie wie der Falke wurden Anfang Februar in der westlichen Negev-Wüste tot aufgefunden; Ermittler gehen davon aus, dass sie vergiftetes Wasser getrunken haben.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hundreds of dead black hawks were found in the western Negev on Saturday.

Suspected mass poisoning in southern Israel leaves 335 birds dead

Hundreds of birds in the same family as the falcon were found dead on Sunday in the western Negev, leading investigators to believe they drank from poisoned water.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Unmanned CH-53K could take Israeli troops deep behind enemy lines

The CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters purchased by the IAF can potentially have the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System installed.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Unmanned Blackhawk