NASA Autonomous Flight Software Successfully Used in Air Taxi Stand-Ins

Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2024

In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over Long Island Sound, Connecticut taking care to avoid other aircraft in the area around them. Except the ordinary-looking helicopters were flying autonomously - guided by NASA-designed software - and those other aircraft were virtual, part of a simulation to test pilo