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Merlin Labs Raises $105 Million To Solve The Pilot Shortage By Robotizing Airplanes

The Boston-based startup has impressed investors like Baillie Gifford with its work to bring autonomy to U.S. Air Force C-130J transport planes and a canny strategy that could make it the first company to win safety approval for a semi-autonomous flight control system in a civil aircraft.

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Jul 11, 2022

Scratch One Super Hornet - It Fell Off a Navy Aircraft Carrier

Last Friday, the Navy lost one of its 530-strong fleet of Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets. It was not lost in combat, training, or in a carrier landing. According to the Navy, it blew off the deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea.