Elroy Air and NASA partner on autonomous cargo-aircraft integration
Elroy Air joined NASA's Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign to work on safe integration of autonomous cargo aircraft into U.S. airspace.
Evidence notes
- The work covered collision avoidance, flight-path management and two-way network flight-plan communications.
- NASA planned to supply simulation scenarios and interface details.
- The partners intended to demonstrate integrated scenarios with Chaparral flights.
Company context
Elroy Air builds Chaparral, an autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft for middle-mile logistics, military resupply, humanitarian aid and rapid-response missions.