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Airbus tests new technologies to enhance pilot assistance

Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, has started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1000 test aircraft.  Known as DragonFly, the technologies being demonstrated include automated emergency diversion in cruise, automatic landing and taxi assistance and are aimed at evaluating the feasibility and pertinence of further exploring autonomous […]

Airbus to take up the hydrogen contrail characterisation challenge

Airbus blue-condor photo-credit: James Darcy Airbus UpNext to perform hydrogen-powered flight with new flying testbed Record-holding Perlan 2 pilots to fly glider with hydrogen combustion engine Test campaign will study composition of hydrogen engine contrails Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has revealed a flight test programme to study the contrails produced by a […]