NASA, Boeing’s Wisk Aero Make Self-Flying Aircraft Breakthrough

Space agency and electric air taxi developer simulate simultaneous management of multiple uncrewed aircraft by a single person.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET

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Zach Vasile

Wisk Aero’s four-seat Generation 6 is one of the few electric air taxi models that is expected to be autonomous at launch. [Credit: Wisk Aero]

Key Takeaways:

Wisk Aero, in collaboration with NASA, successfully simulated a single ground-based supervisor remotely managing three autonomous eVTOL air taxis simultaneously with regular air traffic.
This achievement is considered a critical breakthrough for scaling future commercial autonomous air taxi operations, making them more affordable and efficient.
Data from these simulations will help develop new standards for airspace integration, communication protocols, and potentially lead to new Automated Flight Rules (AFR) to inform future FAA regulations.

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Boeing’s eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) air taxi unit Wisk Aero believes it has made a breakthrough in testing that it is conducting with NASA under a five-year Space Act agreement.

Wisk said Wednesday that it simulated the simultaneous orchestration of three uncrewed aircraft, alongside regular air traffic, by a single ground-based supervisor. For autonomous models like Wisk’s Generation 6 air taxi, the ability for one person to remotely oversee multiple aircraft is considered the unlock for operations at scale.