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Merlin Launches Business Unit To Expand Focus On End-To-End Autonomy Solutions

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 19th, 2024

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Merlin Launches Business Unit To Expand Focus On End-To-End Autonomy Solutions

Soldier in glasses of virtual reality. The concept of the future.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Merlin, a small company developing autonomous capabilities for military aviation, this week said it has launched a new business unit that expands its focus beyond the routine functions of autonomous flight to meet customer demands for operational missions. The Tactical Autonomy Business unit will focus on the warfighting component of autonomy, such as dogfighting and other mission capabilities, which build on Merlin’s foundational work in this space, which the company’s founder and CEO, Matt George, describes as “aviate,…

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