Move Over, Driverless Cars; Pilotless Planes Are Coming

Move Over, Driverless Cars; Pilotless Planes Are Coming

It's quite well known that driverless cars and trucks are in the fast lane en route to commercialization. However, it's probably flying under many investors' radars that several companies, notably aerospace giants Airbus (NASDAQOTH: EADSY) and Boeing (NYSE: BA), are working on developing pilotless planes.

As with autonomous autos and trucks, advances in sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) are making the development of self-flying aircraft possible. Notably, graphics-chip maker NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is one company to watch on the AI end.

Here's what you should know.

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