Merlin appointed Rick Wilson as its Vice President of Engineering, where he will lead the technical implementation and commercialization of the Merlin Pilot in addition to hiring across the ...

Integrating the Merlin Pilot on the KC-135 kickstarts Merlin’s Part 25 airworthiness programs and is material to continued advancements on this class of aircraft.

The FAA’s TSO authorization confirms that Merlin’s RDC meets rigorous safety and performance standards for both civil and military aircraft platforms Designed to support the Merlin Pilot’s ...

The Merlin Pilot will be the first automated flight control system to secure NAS integration, and aims to reduce workloads amid the ongoing pilot shortage. Jack Daleo · Wednesday, April 12, 2023 ...

BOSTON, May 08, 2025--Merlin, the leading developer of assured autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced it’s rapidly progressing the flight test campaign of its ...

The Air Force and Merlin Labs will work together to bring an AI copilot to C-130J cargo planes. Here's how the system works.

Merlin engineers Josie Cater, Nick Lepore, and Carl Pankok stand in front of a modified U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker. [Courtesy: Merlin Labs] This month, engineers from Boston-based Merlin ...

Autonomous flight technology start-up Merlin says it has launched flight testing on its proprietary pilot system, using a Boeing KC-135 tanker. The Boston-based company on 16 August said it has ...

The first-of-its-kind study will observe a large pool of Quikjet’s commercial cargo pilots to assess and correlate pilot fatigue levels with in-flight performance Merlin, the leading developer ...

Merlin Labs is retrofitting aircraft to be able to fly autonomously. ... Merlin has been testing their system in the Mojave Desert since 2019, albeit with a safety pilot on the plane.

"The Merlin Pilot is capable of navigating and recommending trajectory adjustments as needed" and can communicate directly with air traffic control, Merlin Labs’ website states.