'Autonomously commanded from up to 70 miles away': The US military is testing self-flying cargo helicopters that navigate around sudden no-fly zones on their own
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Autonomous cargo helicopters rerouting around no-fly zones with Hivemind and Starlink show that contested, dynamic airspace is now a solvable software problem. Logistics operators should assume similar autonomy stacks will trickle into commercial cargo and emergency response — and start mapping where human pilots are actually adding differentiated value.
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