Small plane lands itself after mid-air emergency in first-ever use of automated aviation tech

The Dec. 20 landing marked the first confirmed real-world use of Garmin G3000 Autoland during an actual in-flight emergency.
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Skyryse Flies Automated Black Hawk Helicopter

Skyryse has completed the first flight of a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter equipped with its SkyOS automated flight ...
Business Wire

Cirrus Announces SR Series G7+ Featuring Safe Return™ Emergency Autoland

DULUTH, Minn. & KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrus (Cirrus Aircraft Ltd.) today announced the new SR Series G7+ featuring Safe Return™ Emergency Autoland by Garmin®, the world’s first ...
Aviation Week

Skyryse Adds AI Flight Assistant To SkyOS Automated Flight Controls

Skylar will parse air traffic control communications and suggest a response that the pilot can send with a finger swipe. Credit: Skyryse Simplified flight control specialist Skyryse has launched an ...
Business Wire

Merlin Begins Industry First Flight Test Campaign of Certification-Ready Aircraft

BOSTON & MOJAVE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merlin, the leading developer of safe, autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced it successfully began the flight test campaign of ...
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Russian autopilot and autothrust system for SJ-100 nears flight-testing

Russia’s Yakovlev and electronic systems specialist KRET have completed development of the autopilot and autothrust algorithms for the SJ-100 twinjet. The SJ-100 is the latest version of the Superjet ...