The Seattle startup has raised $1.15 million in pre-seed funding so far, and last weekend it sent a small-scale prototype into the skies over Oregon for its first-ever flight test.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merlin, the leading developer of assured autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced it’s rapidly progressing the flight test campaign of its ...

Test pilots ensure aircraft safety through rigorous flight testing, identifying and reporting any irregularities. Becoming a test pilot typically requires extensive flight experience (often 1000 ...

XB-1 testing In 2024, XB-1 completed 10 test flights at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave. XB-1 kicked off the new year with a successful Flight 11 on Jan. 10, 2025, the company stated.

Ott successfully flew this scenario together with co-test pilot U.S. Army Lt. Col. Greg Sievers, rotorcraft in-flight lab branch chief, James Carr, flight test engineer, and a team monitoring the ...