ATM ModernizationThales is Using AI to Augment Air Traffic Management EUROCONTROL projects a 53 percent increase in European flights by 2040 and an 84 percent in global flights. To help deal with the increased air traffic — despite an ongoing staffing shortage and…
CommercialNew Boeing Business to Tackle AI, Advanced Computing Boeing has launched a new business tasked with researching and development of solutions in artificial intelligence (AI), secure communications and complex systems optimization for commercial and government applications. Called Disruptive Computing and…
CommercialIBM Wants AI to Close the Decision-Making Loop The way IBM sees it, artificial intelligence (AI) can help expedite the OODA loop — the decision-making cycle of observe, orient, decide and act theorized by U.S. Air Force Col. John Boyd.…
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…
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…
MilitaryUS Air Force To Let AI Handle Software Certification The U.S. Air Force is readying an announcement it has completed a new initiative to automate the process of approving commercial software, as officials look to speed up the deployment of new…
ConnectivityDo Neural Networks Know the Way to Efficient Agriculture? Agronow is spearheading a new revolution it calls Agriculture 5.0, through which it aims to monitor crops by using artificial intelligence, making it possible for all sectors involved in agribusiness — banks, tradings,…
MilitaryDOD Considering Joint Office on Artificial Intelligence The U.S. Defense Department (DOD), which is trying to improve the military's artificial intelligence capabilities, is considering setting up a joint office focused on just that. “We would we concentrate all of DOD’s…
Business & GAMicrosoft, Boeing Talk Artificial Intelligence at NBAA A Microsoft global industry solutions manager spoke during an educational session during the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) convention in Las Vegas and alerted the audience to the fact that artificial intelligence…
ConnectivityAre Drones the Next Frontier for Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have a bright future within the aviation industry. While standard use of that technology seems like it is decades away, it could be closer…