Photos: Army's Black Hawk now flies digital skies

And back to the present. McNeill, the warrant officer and UH-60M test pilot, describes the helicopter's capabilities. Under the hood, the new Black Hawk has two General Electric 701D engines, each of which provides 2,000 horsepower (compared with 1,900 for the L version).

For a look at the development of rotorcraft through the 20th century, see "Photos: A century of helicopters."

Photo by J.D. Leipold/Army News Service

Caption by Jonathan Skillings