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https://defensescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/01/Aircraft-Crash.jpg19201280The Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter that fatally collided with an American Airlines passenger plane Wednesday night over the Potomac River was not equipped with experimental autonomous flight capabilities, defense officials familiar with the ongoing federal investigation told DefenseScoop.