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Embraer has announced a new autothrottle feature for the Phenom 300E aircraft, aimed at enhancing the pilot-centric cockpit with Garmin G3000 avionics. The autothrottle offers advanced automation technology, providing pilots with greater control during different flight phases and increasing cabin comfort for passengers. This feature will be available as an option for new Phenom 300E […]
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The aerospace industry’s gradual adoption of automation faces unique challenges due to its strict safety standards and complex regulations. While automation could improve efficiency and profitability, the industry must grapple with concerns such as return on investment, part tracking, and the retraining of workers. The integration of automation systems can enhance worker safety by handling repetitive and physically demanding tasks. Tailoring automation solutions to individual shop needs, considering support and training, and fostering ongoing conversations between suppliers and manufacturers are essential for successful implementation in this highly specialized field. Collaboration and customization are key in the journey toward aerospace automation.
Gulfstream Aerospace has achieved certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next-generation Gulfstream G500 to perform steep-approach operations, allowing access to some of the world’s most challenging airports. The G500 demonstrated its low-speed handling and short-field capabilities with successful landings at airports like London City Airport and Lugano Airport in 2021. This certification enhances the G500’s already acclaimed performance and efficiency, offering optimized speed, wide-cabin comfort, and advanced safety features, including the Gulfstream Symmetry Flight Deck.
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Dassault Aviation has unveiled a new flight planning tool that allows Falcon pilots to select the most fuel efficient route and reduce excess fuel carried using updated global wind data, optimization and performance model-specific algorithms. The new tool, FalconWays, will be offered as a flight app on Dassault’s FalconSphere iPad electronic flightbag and is compatible […]
On Oct. 6, the FAA proposed a new airworthiness directive requiring operators of thousands of aircraft to update Garmin autopilot software to address a flaw causing the autopilot to make unintended flight-control inputs. According to the agency, the AD was issued in response to an incident involving an F33A Bonanza experiencing “an un-commanded automatic pitch trim runaway […]
By Russ Niles MIT says it’s developing an artificial intelligence-driven co-pilot robot it calls a “guardian” that will monitor the human pilot’s performance and intervene at even he smallest deviation from what the AI considers the proper action by the human. Air-Guardian uses eye tracking to determine where the human is focusing and if it […]
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) delivered twin solid rocket booster segments to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The boosters will help power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis II mission and are the first element of the SLS rocket to be stacked on the mobile launch platform in preparation. The boosters will […]
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GKN Aerospace has signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada to collaborate on the development of the High Voltage High Power EWIS for the RTX hybrid-electric flight demonstrator project. The agreement involves the development, construction, and installation of the electrical wiring system of the demonstrator, which is targeting a 30% improvement in fuel efficiency and […]
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By Jessica Reed (Photo: Garmin) The FAA has awarded an STC to Garmin for its GFC 500 digital autopilot system in the Cessna 177/177A Cardinal and the Beechcraft T34A/T34B Series. Garmin recently received Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for its GFC 500 digital autopilot system. This certification now extends its application to several other aircraft, including the […]
GARMIN SECURES FAA CERTIFICATION FOR GFC 500 AUTOPILOT IN ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT MODELSRead More »
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and 2Excel Aviation have signed an agreement to forge ahead in developing the future use of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) in UK airspace. Initial efforts will focus on growing and enhancing 2Excel’s regulatory approvals in the uncrewed sphere using the maritime version of IAI’s Heron, the world’s most prolific UAS. The […]
