Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in Denver as well as flight test facilities in Mojave, California, and Kerikeri, New Zealand, Merlin is building a platform-agnostic advanced automation system to perpetuate a resilient air network.
Merlin engineers recently observed pilots flying the KC-135 Stratotanker. Data collected during the flights is critical to Merlin's phased approach to autonomy.
Merlin successfully completed 25 test flights in Alaska following a $1 million contract with the FAA to demonstrate a highly-automated flight control system in conjunction with...