Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Merlin, USAF Team on Autonomous Contingency Management
Research will support next-generation uncrewed and collaborative air systems
Merlin Pilot KC-135
The Merlin Pilot autonomous flight control system will enable reduced-crew operations of the KC-135 aerial refueling platform.

Autonomous flight systems developer Merlin has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Air Force to advance contingency management capabilities in next-generation uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), the company announced on October 22.

According to Merlin, the collaboration will focus on “new approaches to autonomous fault detection, recovery, and dynamic mission adaptation, enabling aircraft to respond more effectively to unexpected events, system degradations, or operational changes.” 

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