{"id":260759,"date":"2021-05-27T22:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T19:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/merlin-labs-develops-autonomous-55-craft-king-air-fleet\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T22:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T19:13:31","slug":"merlin-labs-develops-autonomous-55-craft-king-air-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/merlin-labs-develops-autonomous-55-craft-king-air-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"#Merlin Labs develops autonomous 55-craft King Air fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Merlin Labs develops autonomous 55-craft King Air fleet<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Inspired by a close encounter with a fellow aircraft during his years as a novice pilot, Merlin Labs founder Matt George found himself drawn to the idea of app<\/a>lying ground transportation safety methods to air traffic. Now, two-and-a-half years later, his company has announced a collaborative effort with Dynamic Aviation to develop a 55-aricraft fleet capable of autonomous flight.<\/p>\n

Already, this initiative has raised $3.5 million in seed funding and $21.5 million is Series<\/a> A, headed by First Round Capital and former Google Ventures, GV. So far, Merlin Labs reports performing a couple hundred test flight missions using the three generations of its first experiment system. Merlin Labs explains that while a human pilot monitors the aircraft from the ground in case of emergency, the aircraft are otherwise equipped of autonomous flight from takeoff to touchdown.<\/p>\n

All of that said, before these 55 King Air planes can fly for commercial purposes, Merlin Labs must still obtain a supplemental type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). At this time, Matt George has not yet stated a timeline for when his team expects to have this certification. <\/p>\n

In the meantime, however, Merlin Labs is preparing a method using natural language processing through which air traffic controllers can directly communicate with the aircraft. George states confidence in a high degree of cognition, once the aircraft translate human commands into action. Indeed, Merlin Labs aim for this conversation to be a two-way street, wherein the aircraft performs actions based on human instructions from the ground and then confirms those actions with a reply of acknowledgement.<\/p>\n


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