Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
NASA Taps Reliable’s Pilotless Caravan for UAS Trials at Airports
Flight data will inform performance standards for uncrewed aircraft systems
Reliable Robotics Cessna Caravan
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As part of its ongoing efforts to advance the integration of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System, NASA has contracted Reliable Robotics to conduct flight demonstrations with its highly automated Cessna 208B Grand Caravan at and around airports and gather data that will inform future UAS performance standards. 

During the data-collection campaign, Reliable will also demonstrate contingency management procedures for scenarios such as lost datalinks and degraded or denied GPS environments.