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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