NEWARK, Del. - Future Market Insights in Newark, Del. reports that it projects the global aircraft flight control system market to grow from $17.5 billion in 2024 to $40.2 billion by 2034. Flight ...

Aircraft flight control systems have evolved from simple mechanical linkages to complex fly-by-wire systems, adapting to increasing aircraft speed and weight while reducing pilot workload. Primary ...

Horizon Aircraft selected BETA Technologies' fly-by-wire flight control system for the Cavorite X7 as the hybrid-electric VTOL advances toward certification. BETA Technologies provides the fly-by-wire ...

Volocopter has patented a method for controlling aircraft, specifically VTOL multirotor aircraft, using a dual-channel system. The system ensures control commands from a pilot input are suitable for ...

Northrop F-5 fighters have flown without an autopilot for 67 years, but the U.S. Navy wants to fix that. An Oct. 29 solicitation from Naval Air Systems Command opens a search for companies interested ...

DARPA has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale aircraft called the X-65. It will test a new technology that replaces moving control surfaces with Active Flow Control (AFC ...

One of the companies aiming for the Holy Grail of emissions-free long-range aviation is the Swedish Heart Aerospace. Its future aircraft, the ES-30, made waves in the industry worldwide and is now ...

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin are evaluating a newly discovered flight-control problem with the agency’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet, and have moved the aircraft back inside for evaluation.

Dassault’s Falcon business jets have long been praised for their fuel efficiency and flying qualities, and its current flagship Falcon 8X is no exception. Compared to the Gulfstream GVII-G500 that I ...

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 ...