https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/ec902a31-9f20-474e-b4d7-f5d09183d00c This 53-second video taken April 1, 2003 shows the Proteus high-altitude aircraft during flight demonstrations of "detect, see, and avoid" equipment that have potential collision-avoidance applications to remotely or autonomously operated unmanned aircraft. It 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 Dryden supported Proteus envelope-expansion flights by providing full pressure suits for the pilots and assisted Scaled Composites in development of a sophisticated station-keeping autopilot system through the Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project. 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/d41Il_FyKAE Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:53:17 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/ec902a31-9f20-474e-b4d7-f5d09183d00c 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.