11 August 2022

What does it take to be a fighter pilot?

Do you have what it takes to be a fighter pilot? It takes more than just flying skills. Being a fighter pilot requires courage, quick thinking, and nerves of steel. If you’re interested in becoming a fighter pilot, there are a few things you should know. First, you’ll need to have excellent […]
15 July 2013

Testing the X-47B

Are we getting closer and closer to a world of aviation without pilots ? Recent tests have been carried out on a civilian airliner, and more currently, drones are setting up the pace in the Middle East. Now, on July 10th, the Navy moved one step closer to integrating unmanned aircraft into […]
2 April 2012

Controlling aircrafts by gestures

Controlling drone aircraft could one day be as simple as waving your arms. Yale Song and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way of controlling drones taxiing on a runway using gestures. Drones can already land autonomously on aircraft carrier decks, but humans control them during taxiing. With […]