ALIAS can fly a military helicopter and then move into another aircraft and fly that too— and ALIAS is not human. Driverless cars may have been making headlines of late, but DARPA’s ALIAS program has ...

Aurora Flight Sciences’ work on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program has further demonstrated its automated flight ...

The Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System is expected to complete its first fly-by-wire experiment as early as May. The Defense Department's investment in artificial intelligence and battlefield ...

The recent 30-minute flight is the result of Sikorsky’s and DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. Sikorsky and DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) announced ...

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — From the outside, the single-engine Cessna Caravan that took off from a small airport on Monday looked unremarkable. But inside the cockpit, in the right seat, a robot with ...

The ALIAS system, developed by DARPA, could cut down on crew requirements in military and civilian small aircraft by taking control with a robotic arm. Although it's still a ways off production, the ...

Pilots are expensive to train and employ, and the long-forecast pilot shortage is actually materialising in many parts of the world including the USA. Logic suggests, therefore, that if robotic ...

MANASSAS, Va. From the outside, the single-engine Cessna Caravan that took off from a small airport here on Monday looked unremarkable. But inside the cockpit, in the right seat, a robot with spindly ...