Lego's brainy brick makes an X-Wing sound like an X-Wing, and no app is needed to fly it

The Smart Brick looks very similar to a normal 2x4 Lego brick, but it contains a custom Application Specific Integrated ...
Flightglobal

Xwing successfully tests autonomous flight systems on a Cessna Grand Caravan

Xwing, a San Francisco Bay Area autonomous systems startup, has conducted numerous fully autonomous passenger flights in a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. Touting itself as the first company to introduce ...
Flightglobal

NASA contracts with Xwing to develop safe autonomous flight systems

NASA has contracted with autonomous aviation company Xwing to support the development of safety systems for pilotless aircraft. Under the three-year agreement, Xwing will share data gathered from its ...
Forbes

Xwing Looks At Autonomy To Lighten Pilot Shortage

When there's a shortage of something, often the easiest workarounds are to either do without it, or find an apt substitute. That's a little tricky when it comes to airplane pilots. But when it refers ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Star Wars’ X-Wing Fighter Model Used in ‘A New Hope’ Fetches an Astonishing $2.3M at Auction

The screen-matched Red Leader X-Wing miniature model created by Industrial Light & Magic was estimated to go for $500,000 to $1 million. By Ryan Parker Former Senior Reporter A Star Wars X-wing ...
nerdist

Poe Dameron’s X-Wing Is on Display at the Smithsonian

Someone alert the Resistance. They have precious few X-wing starfighters in their fleet as is, but now, the Smithsonian has one. Specifically the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The ...
CNET

I Got to Ride in a Self-Flying Cessna

Andy Altman covered all things science and tech. He led production on CNET's award-winning limited documentary series Hacking the Apocalypse. He also created and co-hosted our video series What the ...
Forbes

Xwing Aims To Usher In The Era Of Autonomous Flight Sooner By Robotizing Small, Old Cargo Planes

Adam Shelly (left), an Xwing software engineer, stands with CEO and founder Marc Piette (center) and CTO Maxime Gariel in front of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan the startup has retrofitted to fly ...
Polygon

Lego’s largest and most detailed X-Wing has landed for $239.99

Lego is releasing a brand new X-wing model just in time for May 4, known as “May the Fourth” in Star Wars parlance. The $239.99 model is available to order right now if you’re a Lego VIP member (it’s ...
SiliconANGLE

Autonomous aviation startup Xwing raises $40M, completes first gate-to-gate flight

Autonomous aviation technology startup Xwing has raised $40 million in new funding as it announced today that it has completed its first autonomous gate-to-gate commercial cargo flight. The funding ...
TechCrunch

Autonomous aviation startup Xwing hits $400M valuation after latest funding round

Xwing has scored another win two months after it completed its first gate-to-gate autonomous demonstration flight of a commercial cargo aircraft. The company said Thursday it has raised $40 million at ...