Sylvain Alarie, Vice President of Engineering, Daedalean
From The Aerospace Testing International Podcast by aerospacetesting
August 8, 2025 · 20 min · Season 4 · Episode 2
About this episode
The episode features an interview with Sylvain Alarie discussing Daedalean's advancements in autonomous aircraft systems and their recent acquisition by Destinus.
Swiss company Daedalean has been developing autonomous systems for aircraft for several years. It has recently made headlines by being bought by Netherlands-based autonomous drone and hypersonic aircraft company Destinus. Daedalean aims to one day make a completely autonomous aircraft. Before then the plan is to release autonomous safety systems for aviation, with the first expected to reach the market at the end of this year. I spoke to Sylvain at the Paris Air Show earlier this year ...
People in this episode
Guest: Sylvain Alarie
Topics covered
- autonomous systems
- aviation safety
- aircraft technology
- business acquisition
- drone technology
Keywords
- autonomous aircraft
- aviation safety systems
- Daedalean
- Destinus
- Paris Air Show
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Daedalean, Destinus
Places: Switzerland, Netherlands
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