Korean Air unveils AI pilot technology at South Korea expo
Korean Air unveils AI pilot technology at South Korea expo
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Publish Date: 2026-07-15 18:40:00
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An urban air mobility aircraft, developed by a domestic private company, is unveiled during the K-UAM Flight Showcase at Incheon National University’s INU Innovation Center in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, 15 July 2026. The vehicle could not perform a planned short flight demonstration due to unidentified radio interference. Photo by YONHAP / EPA
July 15 (Asia Today) — Korean Air unveiled an artificial intelligence system designed to pilot future combat aircraft Wednesday at South Korea’s largest exhibition for drones and urban air mobility.
The airline is displaying the technology, called AI Pilot, at the 2026 Korea Drone & UAM Expo, which runs through Friday at Songdo Convensia in Incheon.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Incheon metropolitan government are jointly hosting the three-day event, which features technologies involving drones and urban air mobility, or air taxi services.
Korean Air organized its exhibition around artificial intelligence, uncrewed aircraft platforms, digital aircraft maintenance and integrated air taxi operating systems. Videos and robotic equipment demonstrate the company’s next-generation technologies.
The airline is displaying ACROSS, its integrated traffic management system for advanced air mobility aircraft. The system is designed to monitor multiple aircraft in real time and provide optimal flight routes.
Korean Air said ACROSS completed the first two demonstration phases of the government’s Korean Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge, a program intended to test technologies and operating procedures for commercial air taxi services.
The company’s autonomous flight display includes AI Pilot and several uncrewed aircraft platforms under development.
The exhibition also features a low-observable collaborative combat aircraft designed to operate in formation and a flight-test aircraft connected to a development project with U.S. defense technology company Anduril Industries.
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