The United Kingdom has sent several RAF pilots and their Tornado fighters to Utah’s Hill Air Force Base, where they’ve been flying an average of 12 air-to-ground sorties a day on the Utah Test and Training Range, reports KUTV and Associated Press news service. The UTTR gives the RAF pilots an environment similar to what they might find in Southwest Asia.
Sikorsky is pitching a modified "U-Hawk" version of older UH-60 Black Hawk series helicopters as autonomous resupply aircraft with additional capabilities as missile or drone swarm launchers.