In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over Long Island Sound, Connecticut taking care to avoid other aircraft in the area around them. Except the ordinary-looking helicopters were flying autonomously – guided by NASA-designed software – and those other aircraft were virtual, part […]
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Armstrong Flight Research Center, Advanced Air Mobility, Aeronautics, Air Mobility Pathfinders project, Airspace Operations and Safety Program, Ames Research Center, Langley Research Center
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January 25, 2024
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