Artificial IntelligenceSixth Flight Test of XQ-58A Valkyrie Features First Weapons Bay Release The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on March 26 conducted the sixth flight test of the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie drone at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.–a demonstration that featured the launching of an Area-I ALTIUS-600…
Recent PostsAirline CEOs See Digital Health Passports, Vaccines as Key to Restoring Business and International Flying The month of March saw a rebound in domestic and leisure U.S. air travel, but airline executives are hopeful that the ongoing rollout of vaccines and a more standardized process for digital…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - April 4, 2021 Check out the April 4 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
CommercialPODCAST: Georgia Tech Aerosols Researcher Talks In-flight Cabin Air Quality Study On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Sally Ng, associate professor for the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins to discuss the results of…
CommercialAlaska Airlines CEO Says Electric Aircraft Necessary for Future Aviation Sustainability Goals Ben Minicucci, who assumed the position of CEO for Alaska Airlines on March 31, says the northwestern carrier has been studying the capabilities of electric-powered aircraft as a way of helping airlines…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Trial Validates Virtual Air Traffic Management of Flights in Three European Countries Air traffic controllers in Germany, Poland, and the U.K. recently validated the feasibility of the use of a virtual center to manage flights in the cross-border style that many Air Navigation Service…
Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning From Controller Actions Key to Artificial Intelligence Adoption in ATM Research on the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in air traffic management (ATM) has expanded in recent years, but the majority of that research separates humans and machines, a theme…
MilitaryDigital Engineering Efforts for Munitions Yield Lessons Learned for Possible Fielding Last fall, former U.S. Air Force acquisitions chief Will Roper held out the possibility that the service would soon announce an e-series, digitally engineered weapon to follow the Air Force designation of…