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Shape-shifting, foldable drones are on the way, thanks to a team of researchers from the Robotics and Perceptions Group at the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.
In all mobile military and airborne platforms, the transition from mechanical systems to electronically controlled systems is taking place. As the electronics content continues to grow, so do the processing loads that happen on every platform.
UPS mechanics, their union, Teamsters 2727, and the company have ratified a five-year contract. They have been negotiating since 2013 and mechanics have not had a raise in that time.
Two Kenya Airways planes collided during positioning on Saturday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The aircraft were undergoing maintenance, according to Kenya Civil Aviation Authority Director-General Gilbert Kibe.
CP Technologies -- formerly known as Chassis Plans -- received a contract to modernize and update the mission control computers in the Greek P-3B aircraft used by the Hellenic navy and air force.
Airbus Defense and Space officials selected Ampex Data Systems, a division of Delta Information Systems Inc., to supply TuffServ222 (TS222) Multichannel Video Recorders, in support of the Government of Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Replacement (FWSAR) project.
A blisteringly fast threat that requires longer-range radars and space-based sensors looms on the horizon in the form of hypersonic vehicles and missiles.
Collins Aerospace has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide avionics for NASA's new X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft; Lockheed Martin is developing the X-59 in order for NASA to collect data that could make supersonic commercial travel over land possible through low-sonic-boom technology.
Tactical Air Support, Inc. officials signed a contract with Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions -- a Curtiss-Wright business unit -- to provide a cockpit accessible rugged data recorder and a pre-integrated mission computer to upgrade its fleet of F-5AT Tiger II military supersonic tactical fighters.
The global combat aircraft market is set for rapid growth, with the potential to reach revenues of $493.14 billion by 2026, according to a new market study by Frost & Sullivan, "Global Combat Aircraft Market, Forecast to 2026."
M7 Aerospace LLC, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems of America, will provide an avionics refresh for the U.S. Air National Guard's RC-26B fixed-wing aircraft used for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations..
Garmin International has gotten certification and is announcing availability of the G1000 NXi integrated flight deck upgrade for the Cessna Citation Mustang.
Core Avionics & Industrial (CoreAVI), Arm, North Atlantic Industries (NAI), and DDC-I partnered to deliver an integrated safety-critical display and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) computing solution designed for next-generation avionics systems.
Investing in a unified test architecture based on a software-defined test platform is a best-in-class approach for teams designing and testing advanced electromechanical vehicle systems.