The U.S. Air Force has signed off on a plan to put AI in the left seat of its KC-135 tanker fleet. Autonomous flight ...
The USAF has approved Merlin’s AI-driven pilot for testing on the KC-135 Stratotanker with flight trials slated for 2025.
A legacy of 60+ years in the French Air Force The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling aircraft developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, which also served as the ...
In an extreme demonstration of US Air Force interoperability, a US aerial refueler refuels Russian-built fighter planes.
This will further allow Merlin to progress towards aircraft integration, design completion, and testing operations. Merlin ...
Flight testing of an autonomous KC-135 Stratotanker may begin next year. Boston’s Merlin Labs, Inc. and the U.S. Air Force’s ...
This marks the first publicly acknowledged instance of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker refueling a Russian-made Su-30MKM ...
the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet. The Air Force inventory of 732 aircraft are more than 50 years old and have been retrofitted several ...
The US Air Force often finds military applications for civilian aircraft, from business jets to interplanetary spaceships.
On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...
58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft. It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some of ...