Autonomous flight

Autonomous flight

Towards a world of more autonomous air travel

Autonomous flight has the potential to deliver increased fuel savings, reduce the operating costs of airlines, and support pilots in their strategic decision-making and mission management. At Airbus, we are building certifiable, safe and secure autonomy systems and programmes to power the next generation of commercial aircraft applications.

Our autonomous flight projects

A computer rendering of Airbus’ Autonomous Taxi, Take-off and Landing (ATTOL) project.

ATTOL

The Autonomous Taxi, Take-off and Landing (ATTOL) project leveraged computer-vision technologies and techniques to successfully complete fully autonomous tests (taxi, take off, approach and landing) using a commercial aircraft.

This flight demonstrator project aims to prove the technical, operational and economic viability of wake-energy retrieval for commercial aircraft. This collaborative activity could make a significant impact on aircraft’s environmental performance, including potential fuel savings of 5-10% per trip.

fello’fly

This flight demonstrator project aims to prove the technical, operational and economic viability of wake-energy retrieval for commercial aircraft. This collaborative activity could make a significant impact on an aircraft’s environmental performance, including potential fuel savings of 5-10% per trip.

CONNECT

CONNECT

This enhanced, multi-crew operation enables the crew to better organise their presence in the cockpit during cruise phase. Pilots can thus achieve a better balance between working and resting time, optimise fatigue management on long-range flights, and concentrate on the most strategic tasks to enhance safety.

DISCO cockpit interior

Disruptive Cockpit (DISCO)

This enhanced cockpit is designed to enable single-pilot operations for new aircraft.

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Wayfinder

This Acubed project builds scalable, certifiable autonomy systems that power self-piloted aircraft applications throughout Airbus, from small urban aerial vehicles to large commercial aircraft.

Latest news

Innovation 09 September 2020

How a fello'fly flight will actually work

Innovation 29 June 2020

Airbus concludes ATTOL with fully autonomous flight tests

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Innovation 06 March 2020

Connectivity in the era of flying taxis

Innovation 16 January 2020

Is autonomy the future of aerial mobility?

Innovation 16 January 2020

Airbus demonstrates first fully automatic vision-based take-off

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Innovation 19 December 2019

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