Boston-based Merlin, a startup that makes software to automate aircraft, has been awarded $105 million by the US Special Operations Command, part of the Department of Defense. Merlin is to develop a ...

Robot vacuum cleaners are one thing. Robot cars, too. But robot airplanes? A Boston startup called Merlin says it’s just a matter of time before planes will fly themselves. Merlin has teamed up with ...

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