U.S. Air Force Conducts First Flights At New Autonomy Proving Ground

Tests of the Osprey Mk III at Eglin AFB demonstrated a watchdog system to safeguard the aircraft during autonomous flights.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has conducted the first test flights at its Autonomy Prime proving ground at Eglin AFB in Florida, demonstrating an uncrewed aircraft testbed that allows software developers to conduct rapid testing of their algorithms. The Autonomy Prime Environment for Experimentation (APEX) is...

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