Autonomous Aircraft

The partners are modifying Pyka’s flagship Pelican Cargo aircraft, an uncrewed, fully electric drone, for use by DOD customers.

The company is building two of the autonomous aircraft for crop-dusting customers.

The Chinese firm wrapped up flight-testing for China’s Civil Aviation Administration and had its cloud software approved for trials.

The companies seek to deploy autonomous eVTOL aircraft into Japanese airspace.

The project is studying how commercial unmanned aerial systems interact with GA traffic and in complex operating environments.

Xwing will share flight and ground operations data, algorithms, and pertinent autonomous subject matter expertise with NASA. In turn, NASA researchers will use the information to develop a safety management system (SMS) where regular pilot-less flights can be integrated into the national airspace system.

This autonomous airplane manufacturer is making progress with FAA toward a commercial exemption to operate in the U.S.

DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program conducted the unmanned autonomous demonstration flight.

California-based startup Xwing has announced the addition of Fred Cromer to its executive team as chief financial officer.  Cromer brings more than two decades of executive experience to the fast-growing disruptor, serving previously in president roles at Bombardier and International Lease Finance Corp. and CFO at ExpressJet Holdings and Continental Express.  The company hopes to […]

After operating in stealth mode for the last four years, San Francisco-based Xwing said in a news release last week it has carried out a number of passenger-carrying flights from takeoff to landing using a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. Xwing’s Autoflight System retrofits existing aircraft into optionally piloted vehicles, “by integrating with onboard flight control […]