Autonomous

General Aviation News June 6, 2022

Boeing-NATO PROJECT X Challenge Spurs Innovative Ideas for Future Autonomous Capabilities

The joint Boeing – NATO PROJECT X innovation challenge has generated new ideas for autonomous systems to reach inaccessible locations and improve situation awareness. This…

General Aviation News March 24, 2022

VSR700 autonomous take-off and landing capabilities tested at sea

Marignane, Airbus Helicopters has begun trialing autonomous take-off and landing capabilities at sea for the VSR700, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) being developed in the…

General Aviation News March 18, 2022

Embraer Expands Technological Partnerships in Autonomous Flight Technologies

In an intensive process to accelerate the future of autonomous aviation, Embraer announced today a broad set of new technological partnerships with forefront global companies…

General Aviation News July 31, 2020

VSR700 prototype performs first autonomous free flight

The prototype of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 unmanned aerial system (UAS) has performed its first free flight. The VSR700 performed a ten minute flight at a…

General Aviation News June 29, 2020

Airbus concludes ATTOL with fully autonomous flight tests

Following an extensive two-year flight test programme, Airbus has successfully concluded its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project. In completing this project, Airbus has…

General Aviation News August 27, 2019

Bell Autonomous Pod Transport 70 Achieves First Autonomous Flight

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today the successful first autonomous flight of the Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) 70 at their…