The U.S. Air Force has signed off on a plan to put AI in the left seat of its KC-135 tanker fleet. Autonomous flight ...
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US Air Force’s monster refueling aircraft to get AI pilot buddy for more autonomyThis joint USAF and Merlin project will evaluate the viability of scaling the AI copilot to large transport aircraft, ...
Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights of up to 322,500 pounds. A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of ...
Flight testing of an autonomous KC-135 Stratotanker may begin next year. Boston’s Merlin Labs, Inc. and the U.S. Air Force’s ...
This marks the first publicly acknowledged instance of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker refueling a Russian-made Su-30MKM ...
As a space buff, I knew the KC-135 was used to train astronauts for weightlessness. But its main mission is USAF aircraft ...
The USAF has approved Merlin’s AI-driven pilot for testing on the KC-135 Stratotanker with flight trials slated for 2025.
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When Did The KC-135 Retire?The iconic US military fleet, including the KC-135, has stood the test of time despite technological advances. Retirement signals show a shift from the KC-135 to newer aircraft, like the KC-46 ...
An operational U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker equipped with an artificial intelligence (AI) driven ‘copilot’ from autonomous ...
The KC-135 heritage jet will remain in service with its WWII-inspired paint scheme until 2025. The Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) unveiled a historic KC-135R ...
Merlin, the leading developer of safe, autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced that its ...
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