Pete Muntean

AI is learning to fly airplanes and aviation is starting to embrace it An AI pilot flies a Cessna Caravan over Rhode Island during a test flight for Merlin Labs. (Photo Credit: CNN via CNN Newsource) Quonset State Airport, Rhode Island (CNN) — The small C... See more

AI is learning to fly airplanes — and aviation is starting to embrace it CNN Follow Pete Muntean, CNN Sun, May 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM UTC Add us on Google Sun, May 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM UTC An AI pilot flies a Cessna Caravan over Rhode Island during a test fli... See more

The small Cessna Caravan accelerates down the runway and climbs into the air, all while the pilot beside me keeps his hands off the controls. ���Let���s see those jazz hands,��� jokes Tim Burns, chief technology officer at startup Merlin Labs, over the ai... See more

Cincinnati — A worldwide shortage of aircraft mechanics is causing delays, cancellations and leading to a push to teach more people how to fix planes. At Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in Ohio, enrollment is surging as airlines and cargo... See more

Washington CNN — Las Fuerzas Armadas de Estados Unidos utilizaron un controvertido sistema láser antidrones para derribar una aeronave no tripulada operada por la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) en Texas, según r... See more