US aviation body planning to test Czech system for control of pilot-less planes

The US Federal Aviation Administration is planning to test a new Czech air traffic control system developed for pilot-less planes, the Czech News Agency reported. The FAA is expected to reach a deal in the near future with the system’s creators, the cybernetics department at Prague’s ČVUT technical university. The AGENTFLY system does away with the need for a control tower and was first developed for pilot-less helicopters. The new air traffic control system could be included in a US scheme to employ Czech technology in exchange for the positioning of an anti-missile radar base in central Bohemia.