Northrop Grumman Set To Fly Autonomy Testbed

Beacon

Northrop Grumman's Beacon testbed.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman’s new testbed with its company-developed autonomy software is set to fly imminently, as the company looks to use the aircraft to help partner companies develop their own software. The company will fly the Scaled Composites Model 437 as part of the Beacon autonomy program, which will...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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