CommercialAirlines are Increasingly Connecting Artificial Intelligence to Their MRO Strategies Airlines based in the U.S., Europe and Asia have been quietly adopting AI tools in the form of intelligent agents for data modeling and simulation to the use of cognitive computing. The…
ConnectivityHow Lockheed is Using Intermittent Detection to Diagnose Fighter Jet Faults It’s called an intermittent fault, and mounting frustration with equipment that “fails in a working environment” but shows nothing wrong when pulled for testing led the DoD to start a joint service
ConnectivityDisruptive Approaches to Automated Test Equipment In 2019, automated test and airborne data loading technology is being disrupted by the introduction of never seen before technological concepts, including the world’s first cockpit control panel robot
Editor's NoteHow Will Europe Fix the Flight Delay Problem? Between March and April, I attended two events in Europe. The first being the Aerospace Technology Week in Munich, Germany and a month later I attended the 2019 annual Airlines annual Airlines…
ConnectivityHow DO-326 and ED-202 Are Becoming Mandatory for Airworthiness The recent European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) “proposal” of cybersecurity amendments to aircraft and systems electronic networks and systems certification — combined with lower profile, but very real
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol: SESAR Outline 2035 Vision of Air Traffic Management Speaking at the Aviation Day conference on April 12, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania, Attar Husain Khan, secretary general for EBAA, called for improvement upon Europe’s poor performance on air traffic delays
ATM ModernizationAUVSI 2019: Unmanned Air Taxis and Commerical UAS Airspace Integration The FAA wasn’t ready for drones, according to its executive director for unmanned aircraft, Jay Merkle. But the Administration learned over the last several years, and it is determined not to make…
CommercialElectric Taxiing Systems: Past, Present and the Possible Future On average, a single-aisle jet burns more than 65 gallons of fuel while taxiing, which translates to almost $130 per flight (considering the price of jet fuel at $2 per gallon) and…