Aircraft autopilot vs. car cruise control: What's the difference and how do they work?

Cars and airplanes making themselves go both have different systems to make it work. Here are the differences (beyond the ...
New Atlas

Active flow control X-Plane uses virtual control surfaces made from air

DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane that ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

World’s largest cargo aircraft moves ahead with advanced flight control integration

Radia has expanded the engineering team behind its WindRunner cargo aircraft by selecting aerospace ...
Flying

Flight Control Systems

Heavier-than-air flight control systems have evolved from basic weight shifting to complex fly-by-wire, driven by the need to manage faster, heavier aircraft and reduce pilot workload through ...
Flightglobal

US Navy installs first MQ-25 control station on aircraft carrier

The first unmanned aircraft control station has been fitted in a US Navy (USN) aircraft carrier – a major milestone in the service’s journey to integrate uncrewed jets into the carrier air wing. The ...
Flying

Air Force Begins Testing Uncrewed Aircraft Traffic Control System

The U.S. Air Force is deploying and testing a new Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) system, called CLUE, primarily at MacDill Air Force Base. CLUE's purpose is to safely integrate ...
Aviation Week

USAF's Next Airborne Nuclear Command-And-Control Aircraft, Needs Four Engines

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) plans to increase spending for its next airborne nuclear command-and-control aircraft, and it most likely will choose used aircraft. USAF currently uses an aging fleet of ...