Artificial Intelligence

It’s difficult to talk about the aerospace industry today without artificial intelligence (AI) coming up in conversation.

Fixed-base operator (FBO) Jet Aviation is now offering its U.S.-based customers automated drone inspections of aircraft exteriors.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping airlines process network planning decisions faster, but route strategy still depends heavily on human instinct

Are the trillions of investment pouring into artificial intelligence a speculative bubble? Are orbiting data centers the frothy peak of that financial hubris?

Merlin is expanding its autonomous flight platform into the commercial cargo market with the launch of a new product line called Condor.

The leasing and asset management arm of MTU Maintenance has invested in startup TRecs, which has developed an AI-driven engine lifecycle management platform.

Cowboy Space says it plans to build launch vehicles and orbiting data centers for artificial intelligence.

The startup’s software-defined instrumentation offers flexible, reconfigurable testing.

Government intel agencies must move faster than ever to satisfy operators’ growing appetite for remote-sensing data.

While AR/VR has undoubtedly matured from earlier rollouts, its growing adoption in aerospace and defense is more about the yawning gap in the workforce.

The U.S. military is bolstering its investments in autonomous systems and needs to test those platforms before they are used on signal-cluttered battlefields.

Silicon Valley startup Scout AI said April 29 it raised $100 million in Series A venture capital.

A drone hunting for missing rivets over a hulking C-17 transport is among the initiatives Boeing Global Services is pursuing to enhance productivity.

Japan Airlines is exploring the use of humanoid robots for ramp operations to address labor shortages and improve productivity.

AAR's has launched its new Airvoyant unit which is designed to streamline parts purchase by 20-30% through utilizing agentic AI.

A Swedish developer of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven pilot aid claims its technology could transform the effectiveness of combat aircraft and their crews.

Thai Airways is maintaining investment in digital capabilities despite tightening spending amid rising costs, CEO Chai Eamsiri says.

Demonstrating quantum CFD; improved hydrogen-electric propulsion; counter-UAS on an eVTOL; and fuel-cell/turbine combination.

Scarcity—not demand—is now the defining challenge for the Asia-Pacific region’s engine aftermarket sector.

As Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman prepares for the end of his time leading the U.S. Space Force, he is looking 15 years into the future and 232 years into the past.

New repair technologies and processes are driving GE’s push to reduce engine turnaround time and expand capacity without adding to its footprint in Singapore.

Aviation maintenance training products and courses are getting upgrades to meet the industry’s latest requirements.

Navi AI emerges from stealth with generative-AI automated debriefing system for flight schools.

Applications of AI to disruption management are among the areas targeted as IAG opens applications for the 10th year of its IAGi innovation accelerator program.

Prior to the Iran war, the leading fear among investors had been how disruptive AI could be to many business sectors. But not in aerospace and defense.