Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
NASA and partners Reliable Robotics and Collins Aerospace conducted test flights in November 2024 to collect data that will help introduce the use of remote pilots in the future. A specially equipped Cessna 208 Caravan was flown above Hollister, California, by a remote pilot while carrying a safety pilot on board. The data will be analyzed to develop systems and procedures that the Federal Aviation Administration could utilize to integrate remotely piloted flights into the national airspace.
Learn more: nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/nasa-kicks-off-testing-campaign-for-remotely-piloted-cargo-flights
NASA and partners Reliable Robotics and Collins Aerospace conducted test flights in November 2024 to collect data that will help introduce the use of remote pilots in the future. A specially equipped Cessna 208 Caravan was flown above Hollister, California, by a remote pilot while carrying a safety pilot on board. The data will be analyzed to develop systems and procedures that the Federal Aviation Administration could utilize to integrate remotely piloted flights into the national airspace.
Learn more: nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/nasa-kicks-off-testing-campaign-for-remotely-piloted-cargo-flights
