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Skylar AI Assistant Will Help Simplify Pilots’ Tasks

Artificial intelligence assistant monitors systems and traffic automatically

Skyryse — A finger swipe allows the pilot to instruct Skylar to insert an ATC instruction into the flight plan. © Skyryse

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

October 2, 2025

Skyryse, which is developing simplified flight controls for helicopters and airplanes, has launched an AI assistant that will help pilots flying aircraft equipped with its system manage communications, navigation, and operations more efficiently. Skyryse projects that are being equipped with the SkyOS operating system and fly-by-wire controls include the Robinson R66, Sikorsky Black Hawk, and Airbus H130 helicopters, in addition to the Cirrus SR22 piston airplane.

Skylar is integrated with SkyOS and will not be available in non-Skyryse-equipped aircraft. “SkyOS is the foundational system for Skylar,” according to Skyryse founder and CEO Mark Groden, “because Skylar is accessing data from SkyOS systems, which includes a complete sensor suite, triply redundant flight control computers, and actuators; it would be impossible to deliver this functionality without the SkyOS backbone. It’s the same way you need an iPhone to access your apps.”

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