Aurora demonstrates autonomous co-pilot technology

Posted on 23 Oct 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
A rendering of Aurora's ALIAS autonomous co-pilot. Image courtesy of Aurora.

US-based aerospace company Aurora Flight Sciences has demonstrated a new autonomous co-pilot system.

Last week Aurora showed off their technology autonomously flying two separate two-pilot light aircraft. The system itself was developed as part of DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. Already the ALIAS system has been demonstrated to be able to fly a Cessna Caravan and a Diamond DA-42, with the supervision of a human…

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