It’s the stuff of science fiction: walk out to your airplane, strap in, and, instead of a control wheel and assortment of dials and levers, you are presented with a slender device resembling an iPad.
The autopilot system of the airliner then disconnected, and the co-pilot who was flying at the time pushed his control stick forward after the aircraft's systems are believed to have generated stall w ...
While a largely grounded and cash-strapped airline industry was weighing up its future during the dark days of the pandemic, CAE was busy quietly laying the foundations for an ambitious post-Covid ...
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 ...
As much as we would all like to have an aviation safety crystal ball and the ability to predict every possible flight operation safety scenario, the reality is that it still boils down to getting ...
HOUSTON, When four astronauts strap into NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years, their safety will depend not just on the vehicle but on a layered network of ...