MilitaryMercury Unveils New Board for AI and Machine-Learning Applications Mercury Systems' new computer processing blade has enough processing power and memory storage to support future machine-learning and artificial-intelligence (AI) applications on military avionics. Unveiled at the Air Force Association's 2018 Air, Space…
MilitaryRockwell Collins to Upgrade KC-135R with Link 16, Real-Time Data Rockwell Collins will integrate Link 16 communication capabilities on U.S. Air Force KC-135Rs as part of its real-time information in the cockpit (RTIC) system. “Pilots and boom operators will now be able…
MilitaryWhat Will Electronic Warfare Look Like in 10 Years? Understanding and managing, and if necessary, controlling and denying the electromagnetic spectrum are as critical for national defense as an army, navy, air, or space force. After decades of inattention, that fact…
Embedded AvionicsA CoreAVI Engineer Bringing the Vulkan to Avionics Software In 2005, tired of working as an electrician, Daniel Herring went back to school at the University of Texas at Arlington to obtain a software engineering degree. Thirteen years later, he is…
MilitarySoftware Upgrades Lead to Delay in F-35 Operational Testing Last month the Defense Department independent weapon tester delayed the start of F-35 operational testing by two months while it waits for the newest versions of software to be delivered. Robert…
ConnectivityFlyht, Spectralux Combine AFIRS and FANS Under New Partnership Flyht Aerospace Solutions has partnered with Spectralux to create a streamlined, Iridium satellite-powered air navigation system upgrade option for airlines flying over over the world’s oceanic regions. To create the solution, Flyht integrated its Automated Flight Information Reporting…
CommercialBoeing CEO Talks 'Digital Twin' Era of Aviation Boeing has been able to achieve up to a 40% improvement in first-time quality of the parts and systems it uses to manufacture commercial and military airplanes by using the digital twin…
MilitaryMQ-4C Triton Crashes During California Flight Test One of two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) crashed yesterday on a Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Calif., base runway following an inflight mechanical issue and landing gear failure. the Triton experienced…