NASA Tests Architecture To Integrate End-To-End Autonomy

Sikorsky’s S-76 SARA (left) flew encounters with its UH-60 OPV (right) to test NASA-developed autonomy algorithms.

Credit: NASA
As part of a program to develop technologies for automated air transportation, NASA has flight tested software to enable autonomous flight in busy airspace using a pair of Sikorsky experimental helicopters. Conducted under NASA’s Air Traffic Management - Exploration (ATM-X) project, the flight-test...
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