Heavier-than-air flight control systems evolved from simple weight shifting to complex fly-by-wire, driven by the need to manage increasing aircraft speed, weight, and pilot workload. Aircraft ...

Lockheed Martin's famous-yet-secret Skunk Works is conducting live flight tests of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment (SAFE) autonomous AI system on the X-62A. The system can be ...

The Boeing 737 MAX is one of the most popular aircraft ever built, but it has significant differences from other aircraft currently on sale. It's extremely analog in comparison to contemporary ...

Heart Aerospace has selected Honeywell to provide its compact fly-by-wire flight control system for the 30-passenger ES-30 electric regional aircraft. The ES-30, designed for conventional runway ...

The first unmanned aircraft control station has been fitted in a US Navy (USN) aircraft carrier – a major milestone in the service’s journey to integrate uncrewed jets into the carrier air wing. The ...

Autonomy is no longer science fiction. Advanced flight control systems that augment pilot decisions with artificial intelligence and machine learning are moving into mainstream avionics. These systems ...

Quieter flights, reduced energy costs, and no carbon footprint. These are the goals of the Aircraft Electrification group at BAE Systems, a leading aerospace technology company that is hard at work ...

Tucked into BAE Systems’ growing campus in Endicott, New York, a newly opened 150,000 square foot facility is helping shape what comes next in aircraft electrification. Designed to support emerging ...

ESSINGTON, Pa., September 10, 2024 (Newswire.com) – In an aviation milestone, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) successfully conducted the first flight of its innovative proof of concept tilt-duct ...