autonomy

Self-flying Cessna Caravan goes more than 40 hours during demonstrations over Hawaii and Pacific.

Electric air taxi manufacturer teams with the defense contractor to build a new class of defense craft for low-altitude missions.

Partners will collaborate on design standards to put commercial autonomy systems in the hands of the military.

Electric vertical takeoff and landing manufacturer’s Generation 6 will be uncrewed when it enters service toward the end of the decade.

Flight testing of the electric propulsion developer’s contested logistics concepts is expected to begin in 2027.

Near Earth Autonomy is enlisted by prime contractor Survice Engineering to supply miniaturized autonomous flight systems for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Paying customers can now take EHang’s EH216-S for a spin, marking a new phase in China’s low-altitude economy.

Florida Institute of Technology, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will lead efforts to study autonomous systems.

Autonomous system sends drones, rather than humans, to capture images in hard-to-reach places, allowing personnel to analyze them remotely.

Under a new contract, the company will develop an automated flight plan system that can be integrated across current and future tankers.