The US Defense Advanced Research projects Agency’s (DARPA) Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program envisions flight operations with reduced onboard aircrew while improving mission performance and flight safety—all through a tailorable, drop-in, removable kit that would provide advanced automation to existing aircraft.
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| DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program demonstrates its developmental technology system on a Cessna 208 Caravan fixed-wing aircraft (top) and a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter (bottom) during Phase 2 flight tests (Credit: DARPA) |