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The view from the helicopter’s cockpit isn’t much better ... replicate the behavior of loads like boxes, concrete buckets, Bambi Buckets, and tree trunks with different rope lengths.

Sikorsky, a leader in wingless aircraft, demonstrated how an autonomous Black Hawk helicopter could be used ... then drop water from a Bambi Bucket slung 60 feet beneath the aircraft.

John Mixson, a retired U.S. Coast Guard helicopter search and rescue aircraft commander, told Fox News Digital the buckets, known as bambi buckets, can drop water accurately. "They can get to any ...