Aircraft performance and flight control systems together determine an aeroplane’s ability to fly safely, efficiently and accurately along a desired trajectory. Performance considerations encompass ...

Autonomous flight control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) combine sensor suites, onboard computation and control algorithms to enable stable, precise and safe operation without direct ...

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 ...

Most modern aircraft are flown by two pilots, but a select few legacy machines in the United States still rely on a third, highly specialized crew member: the flight engineer. This critical role, once ...

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin are evaluating a newly discovered flight-control problem with the agency’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet, and have moved the aircraft back inside for evaluation.

Skyryse Inc., the developer of a flight control system with artificial intelligence features, today announced that it has closed a funding round worth more than $300 million. The Series C deal was led ...