Once a great add-on, wing levelers have been relegated to museums. The current automated flight control systems (AFCS or autopilots) have all the lateral and vertical modes needed to remain engaged ...
Full-regime automatic flight control systems (AFCS) consist of at least a flight director (FD) and an autopilot (AP). “Full regime” means the AFCS has enough modes to control the aircraft from after ...
A US aerospace and defense technology company has successfully tested its new Genesys GRC 4000 autopilot on a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as part of a demo including automated liftoff, hover, ...
Skylar will parse air traffic control communications and suggest a response that the pilot can send with a finger swipe. Credit: Skyryse Simplified flight control specialist Skyryse has launched an ...
If the idea of a car that drives itself amazes you, then the degree of automation in modern aircraft should outright astound you. While we're still in the early ages of automobile automation, ...
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 ...
A US Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter has recently performed its first “fully automated approach and landing” using Boeing’s Approach-to-X (A2X) technology. During the flight test, the helicopter ...
The streamlined SkyOS “dramatically” improves visibility from the cockpit of the Black Hawk, Skyryse says. Credit: Skyryse Skyryse has completed the first flight of a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk ...