Reliable Robotics has announced it will provide automated aircraft to the United States Air Force. The contract includes the purchase, integration, and test of the Reliable Autonomy System (RAS) onboard a Cessna 208B aircraft.
This contract is the latest collaboration between Reliable and the Air Force to advance autonomous aviation at the speed of need, said the company in a press release. “The company has worked with the Air Force through a variety of contracts and exercises designed to research, collaborate, develop, and implement autonomy onto the Cessna 208B Caravan and KC-135 Stratotanker. The company also recently announced its work to support the development of the Autonomy Government Reference Architecture (A-GRA), the Air Force’s extensible multi-platform and multi-mission autonomy architecture, to ensure it benefits from Reliable’s recent advancements in commercially certifiable autonomy.”
The Reliable Autonomy System is a complete solution for the integration of large uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) into both civil and military airspaces, said the company. “The system fully automates aircraft through all phases of operation including taxi, takeoff, enroute and landing. Reliable’s system is aircraft agnostic and utilizes multiple layers of redundancy and advanced navigation technology to improve safety and achieve the levels of integrity and reliability necessary for uncrewed flight.”
“Autonomous aircraft are a true force multiplier, enabling every service’s agility concepts—especially Agile Combat Employment (ACE), where success depends on rapid, unpredictable logistics across dispersed hubs,” said General Mike Minihan (Ret.), former Commander of Air Mobility Command. “Reliable’s automation shows how the Air Force is leveraging autonomy not just to reduce risk, but to expand the number and diversity of locations where sustainment can go—directly, securely, and at the tempo required to win.”
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