Company profile
Airbus UpNext
Airbus UpNext develops flight demonstrators for future aerospace technologies. Its work includes autonomous flight, cooperative control and automated air-t...
Facts
- Segment
- AERIAL
- Country
- FR
- Headquarters
- Blagnac, Occitanie
- Founded
- 2017
- Website
- https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/innovation-ecosystem/airbus-upnext
About Airbus UpNext
Airbus UpNext develops flight demonstrators for autonomous flight, cooperative aircraft control and automated aerial operations. Its programmes test emerging technologies and remain separate from standard commercial Airbus products.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Aerospace R&D
Core: Flight demos
Function: Autonomy
Audience: Defense
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Airbus UpNext starts Optimate automatic taxiing and pilot-assistance testing — 2024-05-21
- Airbus UpNext eXtra Performance Wing demonstrator makes first flight — 2023-11-08
- Airbus UpNext achieves autonomous guidance and control of drone from tanker aircraft — 2023-03-28
- Airbus UpNext starts DragonFly autonomous pilot-assistance flight tests — 2023-01-12