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Putting the ‘Unmanned’ in Unmanned Little Bird

Autopilot is a common feature on most major civilian and military fixed-wing airplanes, but it’s very rare to find on vertical lift aircraft. Thanks to a kit Boeing is developing for the Unmanned Little Bird, hundreds of rotorcraft could eventually be capable of flying unmanned.  

Watch the video to see the Unmanned Little Bird in action:  

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