Due to their hover and vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities, helicopters possess distinct advantages over fixed-wing aircraft. Able to operate in tight spaces, isolated areas, and places, ...

Piasecki’s Adapt damage-tolerant flight controls will be flight tested in a CoAx 2D ultralight helicopter. Credit: EDM Aerotec Piasecki Aircraft has selected Germany’s Volz Servos to supply redundant ...

LONDON—BAE Systems and the University of Manchester have test flown a subscale UAV demonstrator that uses wing circulation control and fluidic thrust vectoring for flight control. Details of the Magma ...

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, as a subcontractor to SATNUS, provided the advanced Flight Control Computer for autonomous operations. For the first time in the program, multiple MCSD were flown ...

Autonomy is no longer science fiction. Advanced flight control systems that augment pilot decisions with artificial intelligence and machine learning are moving into mainstream avionics. These systems ...