Former Intel Engineer to Lead Daedalean Launch of US Operations for Autonomous Avionics

前英特尔工程师将领导代达尔安公司推出美国自主航空电子业务

Daedalean, a Switzerland-based developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning software for avionics systems, has launched its first operations outside of Europe with a new office in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Yemaya Bordain will serve as president of Daedalean's Americas business after spending the last seven years as an aerospace engineer and global sales director at Intel.

达尔安是一家总部位于瑞士的航空电子系统人工智能和机器学习软件开发商，在亚利桑那州凤凰城设立了一个新工作室，首次在欧洲以外开展业务。Yemaya Bordain博士在英特尔担任航空航天工程师和全球销售总监七年后，将担任Daedalean美洲业务总裁。

The launch of Daedalean's first American office joins their existing Zurich and Latvia locations. According to emailed statements provided to Avionics International, the Phoenix office will focus on business development activity for U.S.-based partners and customers while manufacturing and engineering activities will continue at their headquarters in Switzerland.

达尔安公司的第一个美国工作室的成立，加入了他们现有的苏黎世和拉脱维亚办事处。根据提供给《国际航空电子》的电子邮件声明，凤凰城工作室将专注于美国合作伙伴和客户的业务开发活动，而制造和工程活动将继续在瑞士总部进行。

"Daedalean is leading the charge in creating a world where we'll be keeping up with the Jetsons as we skip over traffic jams in autonomous and situationally-aware aircraft," Bordain said in a statement. "I am so thrilled to be joining their pioneering team. It is an exciting challenge to play a key role in achieving this future."

博尔丹在一份声明中说：“达尔安在创造这样一个世界方面起到了带头作用，我们将与喷气式飞机保持同步，驾驶自动和情境感知的飞机跳过交通堵塞。”。“我很高兴能加入他们的创业团队。在实现这一未来的过程中发挥关键作用是一项激动人心的挑战。”

Bordain's previous experience includes co-architecting the "first Intel-based commercially-available offering in safety-critical avionics," according to her personal website. She also managed partnerships between Intel and some of the aerospace industry’s largest electronics suppliers including Lockheed-Martin Corporation, Collins Aerospace, Indra Sistemas, and Mercury Systems.

根据她的个人网站，博尔丹之前的经验包括共同设计“第一个基于英特尔的安全关键航空电子设备商用产品”。她还管理英特尔与一些航空航天行业最大的电子产品供应商之间的合作关系，包括洛克希德-马丁公司、柯林斯航空航天公司、英德拉西斯玛斯公司和水星系统公司。

Her experience at Intel adds to the list of engineers running Daedalean that have worked at some of the largest Silicon Valley-based companies. Dr. Luuk van Dijk, one of the company's two co-founders, previously worked on senior software engineering projects at Google Zürich and SpaceX. Anna Chernova, the other co-founder and a pilot, also previously worked as a qualitative analyst for Google.

她在英特尔的工作经验使达尔安的工程师名单上又多了一位，这些工程师曾在一些硅谷最大的公司工作过。Luuk van Dijk博士是该公司的两位联合创始人之一，此前曾在谷歌Zürich和SpaceX从事高级软件工程项目。另一位联合创始人兼飞行员安娜·切尔诺娃（Anna Chernova）此前也曾担任谷歌的定性分析师。

Over the last year, Daedalean has been focused on its ongoing collaboration with Florida-based avionics manufacturer Avidyne to develop the PilotEye cockpit vision system. PilotEye is being developed by the two companies to leverage the use of Daedalean’s neural network to replicate the decision-making, hazard avoidance, and situational awareness skills of a human pilot.

在过去的一年里，达尔安一直致力于与佛罗里达州航空电子制造商Avidyne正在进行的合作，以开发PilotEye驾驶舱视觉系统。这两家公司正在开发PilotEye，以利用达尔安的神经网络来复制人类飞行员的决策、避免危险和情景感知技能。

"As far as we know, this will be the world’s first certified system for civil aviation with a non-trivial safety case that has a machine-learned component for AI assistance to a human pilot," Chernova said, commenting on the opening of their first U.S. office. "It’s more than yet another instrument: it can see and interpret the visual scene beyond human vision and capability."

切尔诺娃（ Chernova ）说：“据我们所知，这将是世界上第一个经过认证的民用航空系统，具有一个非常重要的安全案例，其中有一个机器学习组件，用于人工智能帮助人类飞行员。”切尔诺娃在评论他们在美国的第一个工作室时说。“它不仅仅是另一种仪器：它可以看到和解释超出人类视觉和能力的视觉场景。”

Avidyne submitted a supplemental type certification/technical standard order (STC/TSO) application to the Federal Aviation Administration and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for PilotEye in December last year. So far, while still working on obtaining certification for the system, they have received an Issue Paper for the system from the FAA and a Certification Review Item from EASA.

去年12月，Avidyne向联邦航空管理局和欧盟航空安全局（EASA）提交了一份补充型号认证/技术标准订单（STC/TSO）申请，以获得PilotEye。到目前为止，虽然他们仍在努力获得该系统的认证，但他们已经收到了美国联邦航空局关于该系统的问题文件和欧洲航空航天局的认证审查项目。

In May, the FAA's Aviation Research division jointly with Daedalean published a 137-page technical report "Neural Network Based Runway Landing Guidance for General Aviation Autoland," outlining how the W-shaped Learning Assurance process can meet FAA intent for certification and development processes, as well as inform future policy.

5月，美国联邦航空局航空研究部与达尔安联合发布了一份137页的技术报告“基于神经网络的通用航空自动着陆跑道着陆指南”，概述了W形学习保证过程如何满足美国联邦航空总局认证和开发过程的意图，并为未来的政策提供信息。

Outside of their work with Avidyne, Daedalean completed a series of flight tests with Eve earlier this year to evaluate the use of their autonomous flight control software on future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Since its founding in 2016, Daedalean has disclosed $72 million in financing and currently has a team of more than 90 people with expertise in "machine learning and computer vision, aviation-grade software engineering, flight testing, safety assessment, and certification," according to their website.

除了与Avidyne合作外，达尔安今年早些时候还与Eve完成了一系列飞行测试，以评估其自主飞行控制软件在未来电动垂直起降（eVTOL）飞机上的使用情况。自2016年成立以来，达尔安已披露了7200万美元的融资，目前拥有一支由90多人组成的团队，拥有“机器学习和计算机视觉、航空级软件工程、飞行测试、安全评估和认证”方面的专业知识。