Boeing Air Taxi Unit Wisk Partners With NASA to Integrate Self-Flying Aircraft

Five-year collaboration will explore the integration of autonomous aircraft under IFR.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 01:26 PM ET

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Wisk and NASA are studying the integration of autonomous aircraft—such as Wisk’s Gen 6 air taxi—under IFR in U.S. national airspace. [Courtesy: Wisk Aero]

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NASA and Wisk Aero have extended their partnership with a five-year agreement to research and prepare for the integration of autonomous eVTOL air taxis into the U.S. National Airspace System.
The collaboration, led by NASA's ATM-X project, will develop critical procedures, safety requirements, and air traffic control communication protocols specifically for uncrewed advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft.
This research aims to facilitate Wisk's commercial launch of its self-flying Gen 6 air taxi by the decade's end and establish foundational regulations for the broader autonomous air taxi industry.

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As America’s air traffic control (ATC) system faces scrutiny for staffing shortages and antiquated equipment, NASA is working to prepare controllers for a new generation of self-flying aircraft.

Wisk Aero, the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) subsidiary of Boeing, on Tuesday announced that NASA awarded it a non-reimbursable Space Act agreement (NRSAA) to explore the integration of autonomous aircraft—like its Generation 6 air taxi—in the National Airspace System (NAS) under IFR.