AFRL’s ROBOpilot Testbed Damaged In Accident

Credit: DZYNE Technologies Inc.
Barely 13 days after its first flight, a Cessna 206 converted to unmanned operation using a removable robotic pilot was damaged in a mishap during an experimental mission on Aug. 22, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) says. The ROBOpilot system, developed by Dzyne Technologies, completed...

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