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Airbus Defence and Space has trialled the autonomous air-to-air refuelling (AAR) of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), flying two test sorties earlier in March. Airbus demonstrated its Auto'Mate autonomous aerial refuelling of drones using an ...
The guidance and control test milestone represents a significant step toward the longer-term goal, scheduled to be achieved by mid-2024, of an "end-to-end demonstration” that will see the A310 autonomously refuel a DT-25.
The first flight test lasted about six hours, with four launched receivers sequentially controlled and commanded via artificial intelligence.