Latest phase of Office of Naval Research autonomous resupply program tackles challenges of wire detection, terrain classification and GPS-denied navigation.
Airlines stand to gain operational and schedule efficiency through a mix of computer-based and sensor-based vision once new products and rules become available.
It has taken Honda five years longer than planned to deliver on its surprising entry into the aviation market, but Aviation Week evaluation pilot Fred George says the HondaJet raises the bar for entry-level light jets.
Top U.S. officials seek to balance the use of government-made spy satellites with new commercial developments in imagery and intelligence collection and analysis.
Bitter experience led the U.S. Army to plan a 20-year program to field an advanced high-speed rotorcraft. Industry insists it can move faster—and needs to, to protect the program from budget changes.
Raytheon’s MTS is the sensor ball on a wide range of platforms. Now the company is leveraging that real estate to bring onboard new targeting capabilities.
Once classified, the U-2’s Senior Year Electro-optical Reconnaissance System—UTC Aerospace Systems’ SYERS—has added capabilities while spawning derivatives that equip a range of platforms.
The timing coincides with the 2017 imposition of new Stage 5 noise restrictions. Aerion will have five years to present an actual aircraft for final approval.
Our editors were at this year’s Airbus media briefings in Hamburg, where Airbus executives were vocal about supply chain issues they’ve encountered with both the A320neo and A350. The narrowbody was built as what Airbus COO Tom Williams described as a “glider” due to issues with its Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines. And the A350 is playing catch up as Airbus tries to maintain its ambitious delivery plans despite troubles with cabin component suppliers. A potential stretched version of Boeing’s 737 MAX was dubbed "Mad Max" by Airbus sales chief John Leahy, who is also looking at the case for a stretched A350-1000. Listen as our editors discuss all this and more.
DARPA uses machine learning advances to improve automatic target recognition, helping pilots make decisions in high-speed combat against enemy air defenses.
Despite some automated messages indicating smoke in a lavatory and electronics bay sent just before the crash, investigators are no closer to understanding what brought down EgyptAir Flight 804.
