MilitaryDARPA's Remote-Controlled Black Hawk The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a drop-in kit to enable the automation or remote-control of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. Called Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), the U.S.…
MilitaryDMT Will Enable Up to 12 F-35 Pilots to Virtually Fly Together Pilots training to fly the F-35 Lightning II will soon have the ability to virtually fly with up to 12 flight simulators networked together across different bases and training facilities as if…
RegulationKenya Places Emphasis On Improving Air Safety Kenya today boasts one of the most developed air-travel systems on the African continent. The country has some of the best developed aviation infrastructure and operates one of the largest airlines on…
MilitaryUS Air Force Exploring Changes to Contract Structures Military contract structures are changing; They need to to keep up with the pace of technology. Both government and industry are trying to figure out what the future of those contracts needs…
CommercialChinese Spies Conspired to Steal Aerospace Companies' Intellectual Property The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging 10 Chinese intelligence officers and co-conspirators with conspiracy to steal data and intellectual property from aerospace companies based in the United States and Europe…
CommercialThe Unmanned Future at Rockwell Collins' Advanced Technology Center Brian Wolford would sit awake as a child and listen to the planes fly into and out of the nearby Pewaukee Municipal Airport — since renamed Chicago Executive Airport. The noise might have…
MilitaryHow Data Bus Testing is Meeting Fiber Optics Avionics Challenges The U.S. military’s gradual move from copper- to fiber-optic-based avionics communications in areas such as radar and electronic warfare poses challenges. One problem is that components such as optical transceivers, which convert…
MilitaryNew Three-in-One Tool Helps Engineers Conquer 1553 Testing Abaco Systems has unveiled a new hardware and software bundle capable of performing the type of MIL-STD-1553 data bus visualization, analysis and recording that normally requires three different data bus-testing technologies. The…