Integrated into the Black Hawk Genesys Avionics SuiteTM, the GRC 4000 successfully performed a demonstration of fully automated liftoff, hover, enroute flight, and landing on a UH-60 in October 2025 — delivering capabilities that dramatically reduce pilot workload and expands mission capability.
Nick Bogner, Director of Business Development, Moog Avionics, said “The future of aviation is increased safety and aircraft performance through automation. The GRC 4000 performs constant, high complexity, control tasks allowing pilots to focus on mission-critical roles — while improving safety and ensuring mission success.”
Why this matters:
A. True automation: One-button engagement moves the UH-60 into automated liftoff, hover, cruise, and landing modes, enabling pilots to focus on other mission-critical tasks.
B. Reduced workload and enhanced safety: The autopilot’s stability augmentation and envelope protection help recover the aircraft to a near-level attitude and protect against over-speed and under-speed conditions.
C. IFR capability: The GRC 4000 provides stability and autopilot engagement from startup through shutdown, improving performance across all flight phases and environmental conditions.
GRC 4000
The GRC 4000 expands Moog’s Genesys GRCTM Autopilot family with a lightweight, affordable, attitude-based 4-axis solution that combines stability augmentation with advanced autopilot modes. Key features include:
• Automatic recovery to near-level attitude across airspeeds
• Stability augmentation that remains active throughout all flight phases
• Autopilot pitch control: Altitude Hold, IAS Hold, VS Hold, and Glide Slope
• Autopilot roll control: Heading Hold, NAV, LOC, and VOR guidance
• Optional yaw control
• Over-speed and under-speed envelope protection
• 4th-axis automatic takeoff, hover/hold, and landing capability
Autopilot GRC 4000 parts
Moog’s Genesys GRCTM 4000 4-Axis Autopilot Receives FAA TSOA
March 9, 2026 - Moog Inc., a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems announced its Genesys GRC 4000 4-axis rotorcraft autopilot has received FAA Technical Standard Order Authorization (TSOA).
Moog is actively integrating the new capability into UH-60A/L Black Hawk variants, EC-145, and Enstrom 480B aircraft. In addition, Moog is planning to integrate GRC 4000 into other additional platforms.
The new GRC 4000 introduces Hover Hold and Collective Control functions on top of the 3-axis capabilities of Yaw, Pitch, and Roll control. The new product delivers greater automation, reduces pilot workload, and enhances mission effectiveness across diverse operational scenarios.
Nick Bogner, Director of Business Development, Moog Avionics, said “This certification marks a significant step forward for rotorcraft operators. The GRC 4000 takes on high-complexity control tasks to reduce pilot workload enabling pilots to focus on mission-critical objectives — improving safety and ensuring success.”
Meet Us At Verticon 2026 ! The Moog team will be exhibiting at Verticon, Booth B8240, and displaying the Moog Avionics equipped Black
Hawk in our static display BC8145. Come meet with us and discuss your avionics needs.
About Moog Inc. : Moog (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems. Moog’s high-performance systems control military and commercial aircraft, satellites, and space vehicles, launch vehicles, defense systems, missiles, automated industrial machinery, marine and medical equipment.
About Moog Inc. : Moog (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems. Moog’s high-performance systems control military and commercial aircraft, satellites, and space vehicles, launch vehicles, defense systems, missiles, automated industrial machinery, marine and medical equipment.
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