N-gated Hacker NewsMar 15
🚀🤖 So #Airbus plans to unleash pilotless planes by 2029? That's only if they can navigate their Byzantine website menus first. Who needs combat aircraft when you've got governance documents to battle through? 🙄✈️
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-03-airbus-is-preparing-two-uncrewed-combat-aircraft-from-kratos-for-first-flight-with-a-european #PilotlessPlanes #AviationTechnology #GovernanceChallenges #FutureTravel #HackerNews #ngated
Airbus is preparing two uncrewed combat aircraft from Kratos for first flight with a European mission system

Airbus is working at full throttle to offer the German Air Force an operational Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA) system by 2029.

Airbus
Brian HarrodOct 10, 2025

READY TAKEOFF?.... Can These Self-Flying Planes Transform the Skies?

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Reliable Robotics is among startups hoping to revolutionize air travel by doing away with the need for human pilots on cargo, military and even passenger aircraft....

https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/reliable-robotics-autonomous-autopilot-planes-834ac224

#AutonomousFlight, #SelfFlyingPlanes, #ReliableRobotics, #AviationInnovation, #PilotlessPlanes, #AirTravelFuture, #AerospaceTechnology, #CargoFlights, #MilitaryAviation, #PassengerAircraft, #CollisionAvoidance

Mark DunkJan 31, 2023

UPS, FedEx partner airline agrees to buy 20 pilotless cargo planes in $134M deal

Cargo airline Ameriflight says it is purchasing Natilus Kona planes

By Greg Norman

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/ups-fedex-partner-ameriflight-buying-20-pilotless-cargo-planes

#flight #airlines #pilotlessplanes #ups #fedex #dhl #ameriflight #nautiluskona

UPS, FedEx partner airline agrees to buy 20 pilotless cargo planes in $134M deal

Ameriflight, a cargo airline that has partnered with shippers such as UPS and FedEx, says it is buying new carbon fiber Natilus planes that will cut the cost of operations.

Fox Business