[fallingmeat]

Off airport flight implies a lot of tech maturity, including command/control radio, rudimentary flight planning, flight termination, etc

[efitz]

In the US it just means an experimental type designation from the FAA.

[timthorn]

This was piloted, not autonomous. But yes, the maturity is the big thing here - the CAA was happy for Vertical to fly in open airspace meaning that they were satisfied with the reliability of the craft.

[fallingmeat]

ah missed that