DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape ...

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 ...

Aurora Flight Sciences just announced that the triangular wings of the X-65 have arrived at its Virginia assembly facility, ...

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.

Autonomy is no longer science fiction. Advanced flight control systems that augment pilot decisions with artificial intelligence and machine learning are moving into mainstream avionics. These systems ...

The Boeing subsidiary is designing an aircraft for the US military that can fly without traditional mechanical control surfaces, as part of an attempt to increase aerodynamic performance. Boeing ...

Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA are continuing the assembly of the X-65 CRANE demonstrator, targeting a first flight by 2027. The aircraft is still missing the wings and the canted tails. The company ...

The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the General Atomics ...

The U.S. Air Force is looking to fly more drones and other uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) at bases across the country. On Monday, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced that it and the ...

A Skyryse employee demonstrates a tablet designed by the company to replace the traditional stick, rudders and cyclic used to control a helicopter. A licensed driver can easily hop behind the wheel of ...