The U.S. Air Force has signed off on a plan to put AI in the left seat of its KC-135 tanker fleet to evaluate viability.

During midair refueling, the Thunderbirds F-16 pilots are so close to the KC-135 tanker that their helmets are easily visible, November 4, 2024. When the first Thunderbird arrived, its pilot ...

The airworthiness plan acceptance comes on the heels of Merlin’s recently announced collaboration with Air Mobility Command ...

Capt. Thomas Dolan, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, inspects the multi-point refueling system on a KC-135 Stratotanker prior to take off from an undisclosed location bound for an ...

Merlin Pilot on US Air Force’s KC-135 refueling aircraft The acceptance comes shortly after Merlin announced a collaboration with Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC ...

The kamikaze pilots of WWII met their end in one-way missions, and this simulation puts you in the cockpit of one such final ...

The United States Air Force (USAF) has approved Merlin’s airworthiness plan for testing the Merlin Pilot on the KC-135 Stratotanker. Announced on November 12, 2024, this milestone marks a significant ...

Merlin, the leading developer of safe, autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced that its airworthiness plan for the Merlin Pilot KC-135 testing has been accepted by the ...

This joint USAF and Merlin project will evaluate the viability of scaling the AI copilot to large transport aircraft, ...