{"id":17080,"date":"2018-09-11T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T16:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/11\/pilots-test-new-digital-displays-in-black-hawk-helicopters-to-replace-decades-old-analog-controls\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:27:37","slug":"pilots-test-new-digital-displays-in-black-hawk-helicopters-to-replace-decades-old-analog-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/sensors\/2018\/09\/11\/pilots-test-new-digital-displays-in-black-hawk-helicopters-to-replace-decades-old-analog-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilots test new digital displays in Black Hawk helicopters to replace decades-old analog controls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nearly 40-year-old helicopter that is the centerpiece of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/06\/04\/arizona-national-guard-assault-helicopter-has-hard-landing\/\" target=_blank>Army aviation<\/a> is getting a control panel that rivals a brand-new Lamborghini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers with the 82nd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/08\/02\/this-black-hawk-down-special-operator-is-still-fighting-but-on-a-different-front\/\" target=\"_blank\">Combat Aviation Brigade<\/a> out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, recently conducted tests alongside experimental test pilots from Redstone Test Center, Alabama, of the new digital systems on the UH-60V <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/06\/01\/new-device-could-make-riding-on-a-blackhawk-more-comfortable-and-save-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Hawk helicopters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system will upgrade the existing navigation suite, install a digital integrated glass cockpit and replace the decades-old analog controls, according to an Army release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/08\/28\/army-depot-bosses-arrested-for-uh-60-rotor-blade-parts-scam\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4446963.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army depot bosses arrested for Black Hawk rotor blade parts scam<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The supervisors allegedly ordered staff to falsify data entries for the UH-60 parts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prototype testing is informing an initial operational test and evaluation of the upgraded Black Hawk, scheduled for late 2019, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Derek Muller, a Black Hawk test officer with the Army\u2019s Operational Test Command Center, said that the testing helped evaluators observe how pilots interacted with the new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe evaluation will also inform a low-rate initial production decision later this year, allowing the Utility Helicopter Program Office to move forward with limited production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"435\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackHawk-display2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackHawk-display2.jpg.jpg 609w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackHawk-display2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade climbs in altitude. 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Steven Galimore\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pilots ran through a range of scenarios during the testing, including air movement, air assault, and external load missions under day, night, night-vision goggle, and simulated instrument meteorological modes of flight, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test also included threat simulations to simulate the helicopter\u2019s survivability equipment and induce pilot actions using the updated capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ground crews from the 82nd CAB hooked up sling loads during some of the missions, testing the new cockpit displays while carrying an external load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"435\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackHawk-display.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackHawk-display.jpg.jpg 609w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BlackHawk-display.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade climbs in altitude. 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