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EASA Launches Research on Safe Use of Artificial Intelligence in Aviation
Further study will lead to new guidelines, to be published in early 2021, on how to certify AI-based technology.
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Daedalean is a Swiss-based company developing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to support autonomous aircraft operations. [Image: Daedalean]

Artificial intelligence specialist Daedalean and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have begun the second stage of a joint research project to support plans for the regulator to certify the use of AI technology in autonomous aircraft. The work, which is covered by an Innovation Partnership Contract, will implement and refine the concepts developed in the first phase of the research with a view to publishing guidelines in early 2021.

In January 2020, experts from Switzerland-based Daedalean and EASA completed a 10-month study into the challenges posed by using neural networks for aviation applications. This covered the use of machine learning in aircraft and creating standards for employing this aspect of AI in safety-critical avionics.