The US Air Force is advancing its logistics aircraft with Reliable Robotics' autonomous flight system to enhance safety and reduce costs.
The autonomous flight system enables longer-duration operations in contested environments while increasing safety, reducing aircrew demands, and lowering procurement costs.The US Air Force is moving ahead with plans to add autonomy to its logistical aircraft for safer, lower-cost operation.
The contract is also a vehicle for the Air Force Research Laboratory, AFWERX, and Reliable Robotics to explore partnerships with other branches of the military and combatant commands to scale and transition Reliable’s advanced automation technologies for specific use cases.seeks commercial technologies like Reliable’s autonomous flight system to enable longer-duration operations in contested environments while increasing safety, reducing aircrew demands, and lowering procurement costs.
Reliable was also recently awarded competitive funding under the AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase program. “In addition to automating the Cessna 208B Caravan and KC-135 Stratotanker, other aircraft like the Cessna 408 SkyCourier and ISR platforms may also be evaluated under this contract.”Reliable’s safety-enhancing automation system is aircraft-agnostic and incorporates redundancy, high integrity navigation, and an “always on” autopilot that is engaged through all phases of aircraft
Reliable has the most advanced program for full aircraft automation, with FAA acceptance of its certification plan in 2023 and further certification progress in 2024.The company recently completed a series of automated missions across airfields in California and Nevada for the Department of the Air Force.
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