Connected Aerospace

Engine mechanics will be able to log diagnosis observations just by speaking.

Systems Technology demos a machine-learning approach to maneuvering UAVs on carrier decks by recognizing the same gestures used to direct human pilots.

A deal could let Boeing improve vertical integration and tap Embraer’s engineering talent and manufacturing capacity.

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Fifteen years after it first tried to market solar-powered high-altitude UAVs, AeroVironment signs development deal for “pseudo-satellites.”

The U.S. Air Force is looking at leveraging virtual reality and artificial intelligence to transform pilot training.

Private industry teams up with the military to launch more than 700 high-resolution imaging satellites by 2022.

Two years out from its mandate for aircraft to equip for ADS-B Out position reporting, the FAA is grappling with a significant level of misinstalled avionics.

Jan. 1, 2020, seems like a long way off, but if you remember previous FAA mandates, the industry experienced huge backlogs because there simply was not enough hangar space.

The FAA will craft a proposed regulation from the recommendations of a broad-based advisory group that met this summer to consider ways to remotely identify and track drones. However, the group ultimately could not agree on a weight or capability threshold that would trigger the tracking requirement.

Inmarsat, Iridium and Cobham developing systems for improved broadband flight deck connectivity and advanced data link capabilities.

With 2,100 new commercial aircraft entering the world market, MROs will be looking for technologies that increase their efficiency.

Understanding how Industry 4.0—including simulation, sensors and virtual reality—will transform aviation manufacturing and product life cycles.

FAA describes the ‘numerous’ ways an ADS-B Out equipment installation can fall short of performance requirements.

Two key providers of ACARS are at the forefront of rendering it capable of taking advantage of greater internet capacity.

Interactive options take another step on the ever evolving road to keeping airline passengers entertained during flights.

The aerospace industry lacks adequate policy to manage risks. Efforts show that strides are being made, however.

Action on the air-to-ground connectivity front continues unabated.

The entire information industrial complex is seeing enormous genuine potential in artificial intelligence, big data and machine-learning.

Aircraft systems monitoring and reporting is on the cutting edge of the digital age, recording and reporting everything from oil pressure at takeoff compared with the previous 49 takeoffs, to detecting faults in a sensor itself.

Astronautics has completed the preliminary design review for its new connectivity platform for the Astronautics Air-Ground Communications System for Airbus Helicopters.

With digital threats to air traffic on the rise, the aviation-connectivity specialist Satcom Direct has unveiled a series of linked cybersecurity offerings for aviation customers.

Approval of the UAE’s request to buy the F-35 hinges on the Gulf nation’s agreeing to take steps to protect the fighter’s sensitive technology and vast data bank of critical information.

At the Dubai Airshow yesterday, a French company and a Swiss airline captain showed how pilots can tap the lessons of the past through their aircraft's flight data monitoring system.

A happy convergence between need and available capability seems to be taking place in the UAE.