Autonomy is no longer science fiction. Advanced flight control systems that augment pilot decisions with artificial ...

Why can't aircraft controls be wholly automated so as to reduce, or completely do away with the hundreds of buttons in the cockpit? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, ...

Simplifying flight—to make it as easy as getting into a car with automatic transmission—has long eluded the aerospace engineers creating new aircraft. While we’ve relied on flight controls such as ...

The Philippine air force (PAF) has demonstrated air-to-air operation of indigenous aircraft from a US Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. The ...

Aircraft systems control manufacturing firm Moog (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) has acquired Mineral Wells, Texas-based electronic flight instrument and autopilot technology provider Genesys Aerosystems for ...

A NASA flight research project, designed to test a derivative of the Wright Brothers’ concept of wing-warping to control aircraft turns, indicates the concept works, even at supersonic speeds. This ...

FADEC International and GE Aviation are forming a new joint venture to develop, produce, and support “full-authority digital electronic control” (FADEC) for aircraft engines and related specialized ...

A research team has demonstrated the use of a novel control method in an aircraft with no tail. The technology allows an aircraft to be as smooth and sleek as possible, making it safer to fly in ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teledyne Controls, the aircraft data management business and subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY), has obtained FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) ...