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Real-world tests in Seville confirmed that the system’s fusion of radar and visual data could identify aircraft at distance and respond in real time.
Enhanced performance comes from the ability to process data 12 times faster than a single core processor, consuming 40% less power. It integrates multiple operating systems, enabling rapid third-party integration.
Airframe changes accommodate a more powerful engine, a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-52, including more efficient intake plenum to improve ram air recovery, new engine mount assemblies and improved exhaust stack design.
Sopra Steria has been selected, through its Aeroline vertical, to help European aeronautics giant Airbus modernise its engineering methods and tools.
Production has begun with the installation of assembly tooling and the initiation of various system production lines, marking a significant milestone along BETA's path to delivering the ALIA CTOL and the ALIA VTOL.
CMC's HUD sub-system comprises the SparrowHawk HUD, which features a comprehensive set of Up Front Control Panels (UGCP) in both the front and rear cockpits, along with a HUD camera.
Designed to be flown with one pilot and two passengers on board for intra-city flights, the Skydrive requires customised, certified avionics systems to enable its mission.
Equipped with Garmin G1000 NXi avionics, Caravans will have an array of new features and technology including the GDL 60 datalink, the GTX 345DR diversity transponder and the GI 275 electronic standby.
Laser communication brings 1,000 times more data, 10 times faster than the current network. Laser links also have the benefit of avoiding interference and detection.
The news is coming thick and fast at Archer, with an agreement to locate its factory in Georgia and to equip its Midnight eVTOL with Garmin's G3000 integrated flight deck.
The processor technology is part of a digital, open-systems design that decreases maintenance and lifecycle costs while increasing reliability. The processors include extra payload slots to expand mission capabilities.
The TXi EIS includes safety features such as engine timers, exceedance recordings, dynamic engine indications and wireless data logging to reduce pilot workload, improve engine efficiency and reduce maintenance costs.
The FIS module is located behind the operator seat, and is wired up to the mission power panel and the dedicated antenna connection panel. A configuration change from ISR to FIS takes less than a day.
In March Astronautics relocated its manufacturing operations and FAA Repairs Station to Oak Creek, and now the model shop has also made the transition, bringing company activities together for the first time.
Fly-by-light control is considered is less susceptible to electromagnetic interference, for example from cell phones or transmission tower - a key safety criterion in view of the VoloCity's ops at low altitudes in cities.
