Unmanned Little Bird demonstrator has first unmanned flight

Boeing's Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) helicopter, which can fly with or without a pilot in the cockpit, had its first unmanned flight June 30 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the company announced. The modified MD 530F single-turbine helicopter lifted off autonomously from a helipad...

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