```

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 7231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01276]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No.: FAA-2024-2630; Summary Notice No. 2025-04]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Merlin 
Labs, Inc.

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and 
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of 
this notice nor the inclusion nor omission of information in the 
summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its 
final disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before February 10, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2024-2630 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140, 
West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at (202) 493-2251.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140 
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nondie Hemphill at (202) 267-6930, 
Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Dan Ngo,
Manager, Part 11 Petitions Branch, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition For Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2024-2630.
    Petitioner: Merlin Labs, Inc.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  91.9(a) and 91.319(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: Petitioner is requesting an exemption 
from 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.319(c) to allow for the operation of two 
modified Cessna 208B Caravans, which have been issued Special 
Airworthiness Certificates in the Experimental Category, over densely 
populated areas outside of congested airways for the purposes of 
research and development. The petitioner is developing an advanced 
autopilot system which requires flight testing while conducting 
published instrument approaches in-and-out of Laurence G. Hanscom Field 
Airport (KBED). Flights over densely populated areas would be 
restricted to operations which are necessary to conduct published 
instrument approaches in-and-out of KBED. At no point will the aircraft 
be operated as an unmanned system, or an optionally piloted system.

[FR Doc. 2025-01276 Filed 1-17-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
```