Merlin, a Boston-based company developing “drop-in” autonomy kits for legacy fixed-wing aircraft, has received a $1 million contract from the FAA to demonstrate its autonomous flight control technology in the National Airspace System. Flight trials will take place over Alaska starting in the second quarter of 2023.
“The tests will be flown autonomously from takeoff to touchdown by the Merlin Pilot, with a human safety pilot on board to monitor the system,” Merlin co-founder and CEO Matthew George told FutureFlight. “Our safety pilots are all professional test pilots who are helping guide the transfer of the technology to [air]line pilots as our certification program matures.”
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