MilitaryUS Air Force to Use New Neuromorphic Supercomputer for AI Research In a joint effort with IBM, the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) unveiled the world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer, Blue Raven, with the processing power of 64 million neurons. By 2019, AFRL expects to…
CommercialMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 Final Report Inconclusive A final investigative report issued by Malaysian civil aviation authorities provides no conclusive communications, navigation or surveillance-based evidence as to what caused the March 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Investigators…
CommercialBoeing to Research Autonomous Vehicles at New MIT Location Boeing will lease approximately 100,000 square feet at MIT's upcoming building in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The agreement makes Boeing the first major tenant to commit to MIT’s Kendall Square Initiative, which includes six…
Business & GASwiss Air-Rescue Rega's Challenger 650 Mobile Ambulance Fleet Grows Bombardier has delivered a second specialized Challenger 650 to air ambulance service Swiss Air-Rescue Rega. Later this year, the Swiss nonprofit will complete the replacement of its older Challenger 604 with its…
UnmannedIs this Electric VTOL Drone the Future of Aerial Infrastructure Inspection? An electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing (EVTOL) drone is on the verge of disrupting traditional methods of collecting surveillance data about critical infrastructure. Ontario, Canada startup SkyX uses its EVTOL SkyOne…
MilitaryBAE to Provide 250 Touchscreens for US Army Blackhawk Upgrades Under an ongoing $226 million contract, BAE Systems will install 250 touchscreen displays on U.S. Army UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopters. The recently awarded task order is for touch screen computer display units…
Business & GAEBAA: Euro Business Aviation to Soar Under New PBN Rule The European Business Aviation Association publically welcomed the European Commission's new performance-based navigation implementing rule (PBN-IR), which specifies requirements for PBN usage by airspace. The organization claims that the PBN mandate will increase…
CommercialThe Future of Data: An APiJet Engineer's Perspective BJ Arun joined APiJet as a junior systems engineer when Aviation Partners and iJet technologies created the joint venture in January of this year to provide data services and analytics solutions to…