The flight control computer includes new capabilities enabling UAS manufacturers to extend their platform’s capabilities to new scenarios. As UAV operations become more and more advanced and precise, ...

For the first time, an automatic landing system called Autoland was used to land a plane in Colorado after pilots reported ...

Huge props to these two helicopter test pilots, who have white-knuckled it through one of the most harrowing experiences in rotorcraft flight – an unpowered autorotation emergency landing – allowing ...

Embraer has emphasised the safety aspects of its automatic take-off system, as it prepares for European and US certification measures. The system – known as E2TS – has already been fitted to an ...

Pilots frequently confuse the "activation" of a GPS approach with the use of the autopilot's APR (approach) key, considering them linked when they are separate functions. The APR key is part of the ...

BOSTON & MOJAVE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merlin, the leading developer of safe, autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced it successfully began the flight test campaign of ...

Emerging electromechanical actuation technologies for flight control systems will support more electric architecture. Credit: Collins Aerospace With a new age of electrically driven advanced air ...

Russia’s Yakovlev and electronic systems specialist KRET have completed development of the autopilot and autothrust algorithms for the SJ-100 twinjet. The SJ-100 is the latest version of the Superjet ...

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Skyryse has introduced the Skyryse One, the first production fly-by-wire helicopter, designed to drastically simplify piloting by replacing complex traditional controls with a single control stick and ...