CommercialAPiJet to Make Waze-Like Flying a Reality for Alaska Pilots A new partnership will see real-time aircraft data analytics provider APiJET bring the type of route optimization available to drivers via the popular Waze smartphone application to Alaska Airline pilots. The new…
Business & GASupersonic Flight Unlocked by Real-Time Boom Predictions Crucial to the industry's ability to bring supersonic civil aviation back in a palatable fashion is the fact that modern technology allows the real-time prediction of how sound waves will reach the ground,…
CommercialCollins Begins Development of X-59's Supersonic Avionics Systems Collins Aerospace engineers are developing a modified version of Pro Line Fusion, new software applications and an enhanced vision system for NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft. QueSST is being developed…
ATM ModernizationNextNav Tech to Help NASA Track Drones and Air Taxis NASA has selected a new third-party service to aid it in tracking everything from air taxis to package-delivery drones in urban areas. The government organization will integrate NextNav's 3D geolocation services into…
Embedded AvionicsNASA Selects CoreAVI to Support X-59 Vision System Development NASA has selected Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (CoreAVI) to support development of the external vision system (XVS) on their X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft. Under the contract, CoreAVI will…
CommercialWhat is Beyond Next-Gen in Aviation? A panel of aviation industry experts discussed cutting-edge technologies and where the industry needs to evolve at the Air Traffic Control Association's annual Blue Skies event on Thursday. On the menu were…
CommercialAeroVironment to Build Mars Helicopter for NASA Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufacturer AeroVironment will collaborate with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to build the agency's Mars Helicopter planned to fly on Mars. The helicopter will fly on NASA’s next…
UnmannedGA-ASI Detect and Avoid Tech Enables FAA-Approved Flight A detect-and-avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) helped enable an unmanned flight through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from Southern California today. The DAA…
CommercialCrop Cameras: Using Drones to Autonomously Monitor Agriculture Engineering firm Black Swift Technologies is engaged in a pathfinder mission with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to develop enhanced multi-angular remote-sensing techniques using small drones. These autonomous platforms can more effectively…
CommercialBoeing, NASA to Test NextGen Synthetic Vision in 787 Sims Between 2001 and 2010, loss of control in flight was the leading cause of aviation fatalities, according to industry research. Of the 18 fatal commercial plane crashes in that decade, 17 involved…