Airbus Launches 'Optimate' Project To Test Automated Taxiing

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Airbus has launched a three-year technology research program targeted at enabling more automation during aircraft taxiing at airports. The “Optimate” project, pursued inside Airbus’ UpNext subsidiary, will initially use an electrically powered truck simulating the ground operations of an actual...
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