Merlin Labs, Inc. (Merlin), an aerospace and defense technology company building the operating system of record for ...

After the PDR, Merlin’s integration design and airworthiness plan were approved, moving the project towards certification-level autonomy.

Merlin Labs announced the completion of a preliminary design review (PDR) for an autonomy software package for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules on March 5. The approval keeps the two-year-old ...

Merlin Labs has completed a preliminary design review to enable C-130J Super Hercules with the firm’s autonomous pilot for U.S. Special Operations Command, the company announced today. “This approval ...

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / February 23, 2026 / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is giving its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft a new name: YFQ-42A Dark Merlin.

BOSTON & MOJAVE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merlin, the leading developer of safe, autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced it successfully began the flight test campaign of ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft will carry the designation YFQ-42A Dark Merlin.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merlin, the leading developer of assured autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced it’s rapidly progressing the flight test campaign of its ...