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Joby Aviation Acquires Autonomous Flight Pioneer Xwing

Joby’s eVTOL air taxis could fly without pilots someday
Two of Joby’s prototype electric air taxi aircraft at the company’s flight test and manufacturing facilities in Marina, California.
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Autonomous Flight Pioneers Xwing and Daedalean Partner on Artificial Intelligence

Xwing and Daedalean have agreed to share data, knowledge, and processes pertaining to AI and machine learning, which both companies are using to develop fully autonomous flight control systems.
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U.S. Air Force Contracts Xwing To Study Defense Applications for Self-flying Aircraft

Autonomous flight pioneer Xwing will work with the U.S. Air Force to study the use of autonomous flight technology for defense applications.
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Xwing Begins FAA Certification Process for ‘Superpilot’ Autonomous Flight System

Autonomous aviation pioneer Xwing says it has formally begun the FAA approval process for its 'Superpilot' autonomous flight control system, which the company plans to use for pilotless cargo delivery flights in the U.S.
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FAA Contracts Xwing to Conduct Autonomous Flight Trials Over Wildfires

Autonomous flight pioneer Xwing will conduct flight trials over California wildfires and other areas with flight restrictions to study how autonomous aircraft can safely integrate into the National Airspace System.
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What It’s Like to Fly on Xwing’s Experimental Self-flying Cessna Airplane

What It’s Like to Fly on Xwing’s Experimental Self-flying Cessna Airplane
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NASA Contracts Xwing To Study Safety of Autonomous Flight Operations

Autonomous flight pioneer Xwing is working with NASA to develop a safety management system for increasingly autonomous flight operations. 
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Human in the Loop: My Ride on Xwing's Self-flying Aircraft

Autonomous flight pioneer Xwing brought FutureFlight reporter Hanneke Weitering along for a demonstration flight on the company's modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.
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Xwing Says Cargo Operations Are the Fast-track to Autonomous Commercial Flights, But Passenger Acceptance Is a Long Way Off

The company has acquired three cargo delivery operators as it seeks to demonstrate that its technology can support flights without a pilot on board that could make services far more cost-efficient.
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Autonomous Flight Pioneer Xwing Expands Air Cargo Operations in Preparation for Pilotless Services

The California-based start-up's workforce has tripled over the past 12 months.
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