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Destinus (Daedalean)

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2026
5 January

ReleaseDestinus completes acquisition of Daedalean, accelerating next-generation AI for defense and civil aviation

2025
5 August

ReleaseDestinus acquires Daedalean to expand artificial intelligence capabilities in flight systems

2024
21 October

ReleaseEclipse Aerospace flight testing Daedalean’s artificial intelligence capabilities to increase safety and reduce pilot workload in business aviation operations

27 April

ReleaseMoog flight tests Daedalean’s Ailumina visual awareness system

29 February Flight tests took place at Leonardo’s PZL-Swidnik facility in Lublin, Poland, with Leonardo’s SW4 and SW4 Solo RUAS/OPH helicopters.

Leonardo and Daedalean complete flight testing of AI for advanced navigation

A year-long project equipped helicopters with cameras, computer and interface display, identifying aerial traffic including birds and drones, determining location in GPS-denied environments, and offering landing guidance.

9 January

ReleaseDaedalean chooses Recogni's Scorpio as main perception processing engine for new flight control unit

2023
7 December Two companies flying towards the same goal.

Xwing and Daedalean join forces to advance AI

No machine learning based safety-critical applications have made their way into the cockpit of civil aviation so far, but aviation regulators have been working on how ML fits into their design assurance processes.

2022
4 August

ReleaseGame-changing autonomous flight company launches US office, New President appointed

24 March Eve's eVTOL will benefit from the new technical partnerships.

Technical partners join Embraer's autonomous research

The US-based Near Earth Autonomy, Iris Automation, and Ansys, as well as Switzerland's Daedalean and Brazilian's Motora.ai, are working with Embraer to accelerate the creation of innovative technologies.

17 January

ReleaseDaedalean completes $58m (CHF 53M) finance round

2021
4 August Daedalean develops artificial intelligence-based systems to support autonomous flight by processing data collected by various camera-based sensors.

Avidyne brings AI onboard for hazard scanning

PilotEye will be GA's first AI-based onboard pilot aid system, serving as an additional set of eyes in the cockpit providing visual detection of airborne hazards - including smaller flying objects like drones and birds.

18 May

ReleaseDaedalean and EASA conclude second project 'Concepts of Design Assurance for Neural Networks'

24 March A Cessna 208 Caravan remotely piloted from a control centre over 50 miles away.

Daedalean brings machine learning to Reliable Robotics avionics

Reliable Robotics has a system for remote piloted operations with immediate applications for cargo operators. Now a new partnership team has developed advanced machine learning that can increase onboard autonomy.

2019
15 November

ReleaseDaedalean and Honeywell collaborate on vision-based flight control for general aviation and eVTOL

12 September

ReleaseDaedalean and UAVenture prepare to launch a new vision-based guidance system to the market

29 August

ReleaseDaedalean chooses UNIGINE 3D engine virtual environment to test and train its neural networks for autonomous flight

12 May

ReleaseDaedalean and Volocopter conduct autonomy-enabling flight tests using artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies.

2018
7 March

ReleaseDufour Aerospace announces the aEro 2 hybrid electric VTOL aircraft