Test & Evaluation

Talon IQ

Flight-Validated Collaborative Autonomy for Next-Generation Combat Aircraft
Flight-Proven
Prism GRA Integration
A-GRA Aligned
Next-Gen Autonomous Aircraft
Open Architecture
Flight 8
Live Demonstration
Mid-Flight
Dynamic Software Swap
6
Inaugural Partner Cohort
30 yrs
Fielded Autonomy Research

Autonomy that flies, not just simulates.

The Challenge

Most autonomy software has never left the lab. Vendors demo in simulation, publish papers, and wait for a program office to take the integration risk. Getting mission autonomy onto a jet-class aircraft, integrated with a prime's flight stack, under real conditions, is a different problem entirely. The gap between TRL 4 and trusted in the air has kept credible autonomy grounded for years.

The Reality

On April 15, 2026, Northrop Grumman's Talon IQ testbed executed a mid-flight dynamic software swap from Applied Intuition to Lyntris mission autonomy software while maintaining continuous operational performance. The aircraft began under Prism control, transitioned to Applied Intuition, then swapped to Lyntris's collaborative autonomy module for Combat Air Patrol, and returned to Prism. No interruption. No degradation. Lyntris's autonomy was loaded, executed, and unloaded in real time on a jet-class platform at Mojave.

Collaborative Autonomy
Combat Air Patrol
Multi-Aircraft Coordination
Sensor Orientation Logic
Station Keeping

The Architecture

Proven airborne.
Northrop Grumman's Talon IQ testbed swapped between three mission autonomy systems on a single flight without interrupting aircraft performance. Lyntris's module took control mid-flight and executed a full Combat Air Patrol profile: station keeping, sector patrol, multi-aircraft coordination, and sensor orientation.
April 2026
Platform
Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard, Talon IQ testbed
Flight Software
NGC Prism Mission Autonomy. GRA-aligned. Safety-of-flight baseline.
Lyntris Module
CAP: station keeping, sector patrol, multi-aircraft coordination, sensor orientation
Integration
Plug-and-play via Prism. Load, execute, unload in flight. No re-integration required.
Demonstration
Flight 8. April 15, 2026. Mojave Air and Space Port, CA.
Autonomy Heritage
30 years of fielded DoD autonomy research. 200+ active defense programs.

"We've spent 30 years delving into artificial intelligence with the Department of Defense. This fight doesn't change what we've built. It proves that what we've built works where it matters."

Jack Zaintz
VP of Autonomy, Lyntris
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