The start-up of two former SpaceX aircraft, which automates existing aircraft from taxiing to landing, is waiting for a first FAA certification in 18 to 24 months.
Mountain View-based Reliable Robotics has extended its $115 million Series D round: $90 million in capital led by Nimble Partners and $25 million in debt from Silicon Valley Bank. The round reaches $275 million, bringing the valuation to more than $1 billion and the total raised to $380 million. The company is led by Robert Rose, former flight software manager at SpaceX, with Juerg Frefel, who also worked at SpaceX.
The company is carrying out four certification projects. The first system, which manages starting, taxiing, take-off and landing with a pilot still on board, should be certified in 18 to 24 months; the second, which transfers the pilot to a ground station, will take at least three years. In addition, a solid-state anti-collision radar, with no moving parts, is expected at the end of 2027, and the certification of its own cargo company, Reliable Airlines, which operates six Cessna Caravans from Albuquerque.
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