Flying

Cirrus Unveils TRAC10 as New Benchmark for Flight Training

Cirrus has introduced the TRAC10, a new clean-sheet aircraft specifically designed for the professional flight training market. The TRAC10 prioritizes safety with features like the Cirrus Airframe ...

Here's what pilots actually touch in the cockpit when the autopilot is 'flying the plane'

Modern airliner autopilots still require constant pilot inputs, monitoring, and oversight.
Interesting Engineering

US firm to upgrade aircraft tracking network, offer real-time, satellite-based flight positioning

The modernization of the network will enable air traffic controllers to safely manage evolving airspace demands for decades.
Defense DailyOpinion

The Solution for Fixing a Command and Control Failure

By Robbin Laird, Defense Opinion Writer. Operation Epic Fury highlighted a structural command and control failure. Namely, ...
IEEE

Safety Assessment and Fault Tolerance in eVTOL Aircraft Flight Control System: Current Status and Challenges

Abstract: With the integration and development of technologies in the fields of electric aviation, unmanned driving, artificial intelligence(AI), and information communication, electric vertical ...
People

Tiny Flight School Plane Comes Within 500 Feet of Jet Blue Flight as Controller Declares, 'That Guy's Insane'

Federal Aviation Administration audio revealed the JetBlue pilots took evasive action after receiving a collision alert from their onboard system Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty A JetBlue flight had a ...
SUAS News

Platform Aerospace Has Successfully Flown Vanilla UAS Using the Quattro Flight Management System (FMS)

Platform Aerospace announces the Vanilla UAS has successfully flown using the Quattro Flight Management System (FMS) from Applied Navigation and is on track to transition to the Quattro FMS in early ...
New Atlas

Autonomous aviation system aims for pilot-free cargo aircraft

A new frontier for autonomous flight appears to have been breached as Merlin, Inc. introduces its Merlin Pilot for Commercial Cargo AI-powered flight system that aims to eventually bring pilot-free ...
USNI

Navy Pushes MQ-25A Stingray IOC Back to 2029 while Production Aircraft Takes First Flight

The first unmanned tankers for the U.S. Navy won’t be ready to deploy on aircraft carriers until 2029, according to Navy budget documents. The Boeing MQ-25A Stingray, the unmanned carrier tanker ...
Stars and Stripes

Navy’s 1st unmanned aircraft for use on carriers makes initial flight

The Navy’s unmanned MQ-25A Stingray made its first flight Saturday, an early step toward a future mix of manned and unmanned aircraft operating from carriers at sea. The two-hour flight originated ...
Interesting Engineering

Pentagon-backed X-65 jet with 537 mph top speed moves closer to first flight

Aurora Flight Sciences moves X-65 aircraft into final integration phase.Aurora Flight Sciences/Facebook Aurora Flight Sciences has taken a major step forward in its experimental aircraft program, ...
Aviation Week

Skyryse Advances SkyOS Toward FAA Certification

Skyryse installed its SkyOS digital flight-control system on a Sikorsky Black Hawk in 91 days from receipt of aircraft to first flight. Credit: Skyryse Skyryse is pushing its SkyOS digital flight ...