Real-World Autonomy

What actually happens when autonomy meets an operation.

Written from the programs, not from the press releases. No vendor talking points, no future-of-mobility futurism, and no pretending the hard parts are solved.

• Edition 02

  The seven things we score before telling you where to start

  Fourteen questions across seven categories, producing one readiness score. What the Airfield Autonomy Framework measures, why an early score is not a verdict, and why the sequence matters more than the number.

  August 5, 2026 · 7 min
• Edition 01

  The airfield business case, and everything in between

  Everyone agrees airside fleets will go autonomous. Almost nobody will say when it pays. We modeled it at the scale of a major hub: 1,000 manual tugs becomes a shared pool of about 400, and $149 million in annual savings. The catch is timing.

  June 29, 2026 · 4 min