Autonomous Aviation System Aims For Pilot-Free Cargo Aircraft

A new frontier for autonomous flight appears to have been breached as Merlin, Inc. introduces its Merlin Pilot for Commercial Cargo AI-powered flight system that aims to eventually bring pilot-free flight to large cargo aircraft. In recent years we’ve seen autonomous flight make impressive strides to the point where the problem has shifted away from just making an aircraft that can fly without human supervision toward making them capable of operating safely in real-world airspaces alongside other aircraft and traffic control systems.

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