FLYING reports that a converted Cessna 208 Grand Caravan equipped with Joby Aviation’s autonomy technology completed what the company says was the first fully autonomous coast-to-coast flight across the United States. The aircraft traveled nearly 3,200 miles from California to North Carolina during the multi-leg journey, with its onboard human safety pilot making “zero control inputs.” The aircraft autonomously handled all phases of flight, including taxi, takeoff, cruise, navigation, and landing, and rerouted around severe weather along the way.
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Joby Conducts Successful Demonstration of its Superpilot Autonomous Flight Technology
Military Aerospace reports Joby Aviation Inc. “announced a first-of-its-kind demonstration of its autonomous flight technology. As part of the Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC), a Department-Level Exercise led by Pacific Air Forces, Joby conducted a successful demonstration and validation of its Superpilot autonomous flight technology over the Pacific Ocean and Hawaii, logging more than 7,000 miles of autonomous operations across more than 40 flight hours.”
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