UnmannedGrid Aero Raises $20 Million As It Preps To Begin Flying Long-Range Cargo UAS Grid Aero on Jan. 26 said it has raised $20 million in a funding round to move the Lifter Lite long-range, autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) into flight testing and use in…
AI & AutonomyMerlin Labs Says $105 Million C-130J Advanced Automation Contract Stepping Stone for Other SOF Aircraft Boston’s Merlin Labs, Inc. said on June 12 that it has received a $105 million contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to provide advanced automation for the Air Force C-130J airlifter by…
Advanced TechnologyReliable Robotics Advances Autonomy Solution for U.S. Air Force Reliable Robotics, a frontrunner in aircraft automation systems, is making headway towards a revolutionary autonomy solution tailored for the U.S. Air Force. With this advancement, the prospect of enabling autopilot throughout all…
AI & AutonomyEmbraer Wins Brazilian Government Subsidies For Fiscally High-Risk Technology Research Embraer and Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (Finep), a government organization within Brazil’s Ministry of Science and Technology, will partner to develop and demonstrate new aviation technologies, including those related to electric…
AI & AutonomyMerlin's New Chief Policy Officer Shares Thoughts on the Future of Autonomous Flight As the aviation industry continues to evolve, the rules governing flight operations must adapt to accommodate the emergence of cutting-edge technologies and innovative business models. In an interview with Merlin's new Chief…
AI & AutonomyWisk Unveils Its 6th-Generation Autonomous eVTOL Aircraft Wisk Aero just revealed its 6th-generation air taxi, an autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The company claims that this vehicle, which is its go-to-market aircraft, is the first autonomous…
AI & AutonomyBoeing and Wisk Release Concept of Operations for Urban Air Mobility in the U.S. Boeing and electric air taxi developer Wisk unveiled a concept of operations this week that includes recommendations for deploying and integrating urban air mobility (UAM) in the United States. Wisk, which is…
AI & AutonomyResearchers Develop AI Pilot for Navigating Crowded Airspace Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have designed an AI (artificial intelligence) pilot that can navigate an aircraft through crowded airspace using visual flight rules (VFR). The AI pilot has been tested on…
AI & AutonomyWisk Aero and Skyports Release Concept of Operations for eVTOL and Vertiport Integration The first partnership between an autonomous eVTOL developer and a vertiport developer-operator in the United States was announced this week. Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Wisk Aero is collaborating…
AI & AutonomyIntuVue RDR-84K Radar System Demonstrates Autonomous Detect-and-Avoid Capability Honeywell Aerospace recently put its RDR-84K radar system to the test to demonstrate its autonomous detect-and-avoid capabilities. A drone piloted by the IntuVue RDR-84K radar was able to avoid an unforeseen “intruder”…