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FAA Confirms Skyryse Automated Flight Control System Meets Means-of-compliance Requirements
A successful system review of the company's FlightOS technology gives the company a clear path to securing supplemental type certificates to convert existing aircraft, starting with the Robinson R66 light helicopter.
Skyryse will install its FlightOS automated flight control system in the Robinson R66 helicopter.
Skyryse and the FAA have completed a system review of its FlightOS automated flight control technology that it intends to install under supplemental type certificates in general aviation aircraft. (Image: Skyryse)

The FAA has confirmed that Skyryse’s automated flight control system has met all of its means-of-compliance requirements, clearing the way for it to complete applications for supplemental type certificates (STCs) to convert existing aircraft, starting with the Robinson R66 light helicopter. According to the company, the outcome of a recently completed system review means that the U.S. air safety agency will not require additional rulemaking to cover any aspect of the system’s hardware, software, or human factor components.

FlightOS is intended to improve safety by reducing pilot workload and training needs rather than displacing crew from aircraft flight decks. According to Skyryse, the technology will bring commercial aviation safety standards to general aviation, which it says suffers from risks associated with pilot errors and delays in poor weather.