For example, a Boeing engineer said during a 2010 aerospace meeting that project was intended to evaluate the spacecraft's autonomous navigation systems, according to Air & Space Magazine. (fortune.com)
The company is also being sued by Waymo, a self - driving tech firm owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, for allegedly stealing a key component of its proprietary autonomous navigation technology. (thenextweb.com)
The streamlining seems to be in line with recent reports of a shift in the project's emphasis, with more effort now being devoted to developing autonomous navigation software than to building a vehicle. (fortune.com)