军闻网站「The War Zone」12日报导，美国空军研拟在1架KC-135加油机上，加装配备人工智慧（AI）科技的「副驾驶」（copilot）辅助飞行控制系统，藉此降低机组员执勤负担，最快明年展开飞行测试。 这项代号「Merlin ...

Autonomy company Merlin can begin the process of introducing certain software-controlled cockpit actions in Boeing KC-135 ...

This marks the first publicly acknowledged instance of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker refueling a Russian-made Su-30MKM ...

This joint USAF and Merlin project will evaluate the viability of scaling the AI copilot to large transport aircraft, ...

US Air Force pilots take off in a KC-135 Stratotanker from a base in Central Asia to support aircraft conducing airstrikes in Syria, Sept. 23, 2014. US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces on Tuesday ...

McConnell may not be the biggest Air Force refueling base, but it is the only one that houses both KC-135 and KC-46 tankers.

An operational U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker equipped with an artificial intelligence (AI) driven ‘copilot’ from autonomous ...

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Merlin, the leading developer of safe, autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced that its ...

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has revealed concept imagery for the KC-Z, a next-generation stealth aerial refueling tanker ...

Enlisting in September 2002, Veres' first duty station was Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, where he ...

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 ...