https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/bc0b151d-cd2e-4dbf-9692-4ae75ca0bf27 This 47-second video taken in March of 2002 shows the Proteus aircraft during flight demonstrations of "detect, see, and avoid" equipment that have potential collision-avoidance applications to remotely or autonomously operated unmanned aircraft. Proteus was designed by Burt Rutan, president of Scaled Composites, and built at the firm's development facility in Mojave, CA. Normally flown by two pilots in a pressurized cabin, the Proteus also has potential to perform its missions semi-autonomously. NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, under the Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project, assisted Scaled Composites in development of a sophisticated station-keeping autopilot system; Dryden also supported Proteus envelope-expansion flights by providing full pressure suits for the pilots. For more information on Proteus visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-069-DFRC.html For more information on the ERAST program visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-020-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/BdW8_jxhH94 Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:33:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/bc0b151d-cd2e-4dbf-9692-4ae75ca0bf27 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.