News archive: Aircraft Operations

ReleaseUnited States Air Force signs purchase agreement with Reliable Robotics

ReleaseMerlin to go public via business combination with Inflection Point-led SPAC as leading defense prime contractor for AI in aviation

Six partners aboard for Beacon autonomy testbed trials

Flight trials on the Scaled Composites Model 437 aircraft and Northrop Grumman hardware will begin this year using autonomy software from partners including Applied Intuition and Shield AI.

Merlin and Red 6 join forces with Northrop Grumman on Beacon

Two companies will support autonomy testing on the Vanguard using software and augmented reality tools in Mojave, California.

ReleaseReliable Robotics and U.S. Air Force collaborate on autonomy architecture

ReleaseEmbention, the first company specializing in drone autopilots to receive APDOA approval

ReleaseEmbention becomes the first POA-certified manufacturer specializing in autopilots for drones and eVTOLs, approved by AESA

ReleaseRelease Veronte Autopilot 1x 4.12: a new standard in safety and precision

ReleaseParry Labs and Airbus partner on U.S. Marine Corps' unmanned Aerial Logistics Connector

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman unveils Beacon autonomous testbed ecosystem

ReleaseHoneywell and Near Earth Autonomy complete first autonomous flight of Leonardo AW139 helicopter

Centaur AI guides Gripen E through autonomous Baltic combat

Saab and Helsing have completed three supervised test flights under Project Beyond, backed by Sweden’s Future Fighter Systems programme.

ReleaseLIG Nex1 and Shield AI sign MOU for cooperation in developing manned and unmanned complex solutions

ReleaseMerlin secures Experimental Certificate of Airworthiness in New Zealand, accelerating certification flight testing

ReleaseMerlin progresses flight test campaign of certification-ready aircraft

ReleaseAirbus U.S. Space & Defense, Shield AI Partner to integrate autonomy on unmanned Aerial Logistics Connector

ReleaseKongsberg celebrates Canadian office expansion with ribbon-cutting ceremony in Kanata

ReleaseEmbention achieves ISO 27001 certification and strengthens its commitment to data security

ReleaseLeonardo selects Wind River VxWorks to deliver software-defined advancements for Aerospace and Defense safety system

ReleaseL3Harris’ Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) business, now known as Acron Aviation

ReleaseShield AI partners with Korea Aerospace Industries to advance AI-powered autonomy with Hivemind Enterprise 

ReleaseGA-ASI flies government reference autonomy stack at Orange Flag 25-1

ReleaseXRange expands operations with new runway, advanced facilities, and enhanced services

L3Harris tests large-scale autonomous control

The open-architecture software allows military operators to manage thousands of uncrewed systems from different manufacturers through a single interface.

ReleaseMerlin’s airworthiness plan achieves acceptance by United States Air Force to bring reduced crew capabilities to the KC-135 Stratotanker

ReleaseReliable Robotics receives contract to advance Detect and Avoid technology

ReleaseCAE Prodigy officially launched to the civil aviation market

ReleaseHoneywell partners with Near Earth Autonomy and Leonardo to enable autonomous flight

Merlin begins flight testing of certification-ready aircraft

The company says that it is validating takeoff to touchdown advanced automation, which for pilots, represents a system that is truly 'set it and forget it.'

ReleaseTRU Simulation delivers Cessna Citation Longitude Full-Flight Simulator to FlightSafety International

ReleaseMerlin kicks off KC-135 test flight campaign with SNC to progress autonomous capabilities for the United States Air Force