Heading to @AIAA AVIATION Forum? @ReliableRobotics joins @NASA, @CollinsAero, @AmericanAir, @United, & AMD Consulting for a deep dive into the operational realities of autonomous flight. 🗓️ Tue, June 9, 3:30 PM PT 🔗 Details: eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner.… #AIAAAviation #Autonomy

Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @OrqaFPV secured a €12.7M Series A. The Croatian startup develops cutting-edge FPV drones and has deep operational experience in Ukraine. The funding will be used to expand global manufacturing to produce 1M drones per year. Expeditions led the round. - @leonidcapital, the defense tech private credit firm, has invested in T.J. Clark International, LLC, which develops critical contested logistics systems specializing in deployable fuel distribution infrastructure and field-ready water and fuel support systems for military operations in austere environments. - @RioTinto has begun shipping lithium carbonate from its large-scale project in Argentina. - @gru_space, a YC startup targeting the development of a moon hotel, has built and tested its first Moon Factory for lunar manufacturing, with its first payload potentially landing on the Moon next year. - @OndasHoldings has secured an initial $15.8M order as part of a $30M demining program in Israel focused on mine clearance using ground robotics, sensors, and data fusion. - @ScoutVentures has raised a $125M Fund V. The Austin, Texas-based fund invests across national security and commercial markets in areas such as autonomy, space infrastructure, quantum computing, energy, and other critical hard tech sectors. - The United States has announced plans to open a new oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas, the first such project in decades. - femtoAI, a company developing AI inference for the edge, has showcased its event-based vision sensors, which enable high-speed motion detection and object tracking while operating at ultra-low power. The firm is working with Air Force Research Laboratory. - @sandbar has raised $23M Series A. The New York City startup develops a smart ring that enables users to capture thoughts and interact with AI through voice, converting spoken ideas into structured notes and conversations. Adjacent and Kindred Ventures co-led the round. - @KodiakRobotics, the autonomous trucking company, is now capable of towing triple trailers, marking the first time this has been achieved in autonomous trucking. - Lancaster, California has launched a drone as a first responder program enabling rapid aerial response to emergency calls before officers arrive on scene. - @AMD has launched a new chip for robotics and industrial systems designed to run significantly more AI processing directly on device. - The Federal Aviation Administration has launched eight new pilot projects across the U.S. to advance aerial mobility, covering use cases such as air taxis, passenger transport, logistics, medical response, autonomy, and offshore energy. Selected projects include collaborations with industry partners such as @flyarcher, BETA TECHNOLOGIES, Electra, @Joby, Wisk, Ampaire, @elroyair, and @ReliableRobotics Corporation across initiatives in New York, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, and Albuquerque (Map Below).

Our senior editor Ben Goldstein visited @reliable_robot in Mountain View, California, and sat down for an exclusive interview with their co-founder and CEO Robert Rose for an update on their campaign to develop and certify a continuous autopilot system for the Cessna Caravan. 🛩️ Read the full interview: aviationweek.com/aerospace/a… #CessnaCaravan #ReliableRobotics

READY TAKEOFF?.... Can These Self-Flying Planes Transform the Skies?.... WALL STREET JOURNAL: Reliable Robotics is among startups hoping to revolutionize air travel by doing away with the need for human pilots on cargo, military and even passenger aircraft MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—“Aircraft should fly themselves!” is scrawled on a whiteboard at Reliable Robotics’ offices here. Recently two staff members watching on monitors tracked the flight path of a small airplane flying itself above northern California, about 40 miles away. The Cessna Caravan had a pilot aboard on standby, along with a flight-test engineer, but was otherwise on its own. They were testing a new collision-avoidance system and new radar that helps the plane see and avoid other aircraft. If all goes as planned, Reliable Robotics eventually won’t need any pilots on board its planes. It is among startups vying to revolutionize air travel by doing away with the need for human pilots on cargo, military and maybe even passenger aircraft. Autonomous flight is being tested at companies from giant aircraft makers to small startups. For now, cargo and military flights are the focus. Reliable recently signed a $17 million contract with the U.S. Air Force that involves testing autonomous cargo flights. Flying-taxi maker Joby Aviation also recently tested its own pilotless Cessna for the Air Force over the Pacific Ocean. Boeing and Airbus, the world’s leading makers of large commercial jets, have separately worked on introducing more automation in their aircraft, and both say the aim is to improve safety. The two companies have also examined fully autonomous flight, but say they aren’t working on commercial-jet designs that don’t include pilots in cockpits. Truly autonomous flight with human passengers will face a host of technical and regulatory hurdles, and—perhaps the most difficult of all—a tough sell to travelers. Pilots, the faces and voices of safety for the flying public, reassure during startling turbulence or other in-flight scares. Their presence conveys someone is there to save the day. “I don’t think we’re going to go full autonomy passenger operations immediately,” said Robert Rose, Reliable’s chief executive. “And the reason for that has more to do with passenger acceptance than it does the technology.”.... wsj.com/business/airlines/re… #AutonomousFlight, #SelfFlyingPlanes, #ReliableRobotics, #AviationInnovation, #PilotlessPlanes, #AirTravelFuture, #AerospaceTechnology, #CargoFlights, #MilitaryAviation, #PassengerAircraft, #CollisionAvoidance, #RadarSystems, #CessnaCaravan, #FlightTesting, #AirForceContract, #JobyAviation, #BoeingAutomation, #AirbusAutomation, #AviationSafety, #PilotlessTechnology, #AerospaceStartups, #FutureOfFlight, #AutonomousCargo, #FlyingTaxis, #AviationRegulations, #PassengerAcceptance, #TechInAviation, #AutonomousSystems, #AerospaceEngineering, #InnovationInFlight, #PilotlessFuture, #AirTravelSafety, #AutonomousVehicles, #AviationIndustry, #SelfFlyingTech, #AirForceTesting, #CommercialJets, #AviationChallenges, #PassengerConfidence, #FlightAutomation, #AerospaceAdvancements, #PilotRole, #AviationTrends, #TechnologyInFlight, #AutonomousAviation, #FutureSkies, #AerospaceNews, #FlightInnovation, #PilotlessCargo

NASA、遠隔操縦貨物飛行のテスト飛行を開始。遠隔操縦運航の健全なエコシステムを目指す #NASA #ReliableRobotics #DRONE #DRONEjp #自律飛行 drone.jp/news/20250109104939…

米軍、軍用機および民生機の先進航空機自動化に関するReliable Robotics社との複数年契約を締​​結 #ReliableRobotics #DRONE #DRONEjp #無人航空機 #米軍 drone.jp/news/20240923113635…

Reliable Robotics、米空軍向けの自動貨物空輸を実施。オンデマンドで一週間輸送する能力を実証 #ReliableRobotics #無人航空機 #DRONE #DRONEjp drone.jp/news/20240828185627…

#NEWS | Reliable Robotics has completed a practical demonstration of its autonomous flight system for the US Air Force AFWERX Autonomy Prime branch. Read more at AviationSource! aviationsourcenews.com/milit… #ReliableRobotics #USAF #autonomousflight #AvGeek

#NEWS | The FAA has now accepted the requirements for Reliable Robotics advanced aircraft navigation and autonomous flight systems. Read more at AviationSource! aviationsourcenews.com/gener… #FAA #ReliableRobotics #autonomousflight #AvGeek

#NEWS | Reliable Robotics has gained military airworthiness approval to commence flight testing of its remotely piloted Cessna 208 Caravan. Read more at AviationSource! aviationsourcenews.com/gener… #ReliableRobotics #autonomousflight #remotepilot #AvGeek

🛩தானாக இயங்கிய விமானம் 50 மைல் பறந்து சாதனை - விமானப் போக்குவரத்தில் புதிய படி! #autonomousflight #aviationinnovation #Cessna208BCaravan #ReliableRobotics #pilotshortage #futureoflogistics #MrTT #MrTamilTech #TamilTech #TTFamily

Reliable Robotics: Unbemanntes Frachtflugzeug hebt in Kalifornien ab #ReliableRobotics glm.io/180387?s

#NEWS | Reliable Robotics has successfully conducted a remotely controlled flight of an uncrewed Cessna C208B Caravan test aircraft. Read more at AviationSource! aviationsourcenews.com/gener… #ReliableRobotics #CessnaC208 #Caravan #AvGeek

¡Histórico! #ReliableRobotics 🤖🛩 ha realizado el primer vuelo sin piloto del #Cessna208Caravan, ¿qué opinan sobre este hito en la #aviación 🌐? transponder1200.com/video-ce…

The future of autonomous flight is here! Discover how Reliable Robotics is pushing boundaries and reshaping how we view drone capabilities in US airspace | Cargo Facts #DroneInnovation #ReliableRobotics cargofacts.com/allposts/dron…

"Today marked a truly historic day for the Air Force. This is how we win.” - Maj. Wesley Williams, Travis AFB Phoenix Spark Innovation Lab. Awesome milestone for @reliable_robot #ReliableRobotics businesswire.com/news/home/2…

"Today marked a truly historic day for the Air Force. This is how we win.” - Maj. Wesley Williams, Travis AFB Phoenix Spark Innovation Lab. #Automation #AviationMilestone #AviationSafety #AirForceVictory #ReliableRobotics businesswire.com/news/home/2…

Reliable Robotics and #Inmarsat collaborate on satellite communications for remotely piloted aircraft #drones #UAS #reliablerobotics hubs.ly/Q01Gc9tz0 by @keyaero

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Autonomous aircraft firm Reliable Robotics and Kenya-based airline Astral Aviation have launched a new partnership they hope will increase the use of drones in sub-Saharan Africa. #ReliableRobotics #AstralAviation #aircargo #airfreight @astralaviation aircargonews.net/airlines/fr…