The U.S. Air Force has contracted Merlin Labs to develop self-flying tanker technology for various missions, including aerial refueling, to reduce human intervention and enhance operational efficiency ...

Merlin Labs collaborated with the U.S. Air Force on KC-135 Stratotanker flights to gather data for its Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system. The Merlin Pilot system aims to reduce pilot workload, ...

Boston-based Merlin, a startup that makes software to automate aircraft, has been awarded $105 million by the US Special Operations Command, part of the Department of Defense. Merlin is to develop a ...

Robot vacuum cleaners are one thing. Robot cars, too. But robot airplanes? A Boston startup called Merlin says it’s just a matter of time before planes will fly themselves. Merlin has teamed up with ...