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The autopilot control panel of a Boeing 747-200 aircraft. An autopilot is a system used to control the path of a vehicle without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators.
Improvements in automation, reliability and technology such as autopilot and satellite navigation have enabled modern large aircraft to operate safely with only two pilots on duty. With further technological improvements, it may be possible safely to reduce crew requirements to one, providing cost savings.
A flight management system (FMS) is a fundamental component of a modern airliner's avionics. An FMS is a specialized computer system that automates a wide variety of in-flight tasks, reducing the workload on the flight crew to the point that modern civilian aircraft no longer carry flight engineers or navigators. A primary function is in-flight ...
An Uninterruptible Autopilot is a proposed system designed to take control of a commercial aircraft away from the pilot or flight crew in the event of a hijacking. If implemented, the system would allow the craft to automatically guide itself to a landing at a designated airstrip . [ 1 ]
The tiny fleet of four E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft, Boeing 747-200 airliners converted into airborne nuclear command posts, cost a staggering $372,496 an hour to fly, or $103 ...
Slugs is an open-source autopilot system oriented toward inexpensive autonomous aircraft. [1] Low cost and wide availability enable hobbyist use in small remotely piloted aircraft. The project started in 2009 [2] and is being further developed and used at Autonomous Systems Lab of University of California Santa Cruz. Several vendors produce ...
The free software approach to ArduPilot code development is similar to that of the Linux Operating system and the GNU Project, and the PX4/Pixhawk and Paparazzi Project, where low cost and availability enabled hobbyists to build autonomous small remotely piloted aircraft, such as micro air vehicles and miniature UAVs. The drone industry ...
Paparazzi is an open-source autopilot system oriented toward inexpensive autonomous aircraft. [1] Low cost and availability enable hobbyist use in small remotely piloted aircraft. [2] The project began in 2003, [1] and is being further developed and used at École nationale de l'aviation civile (ENAC), [3] a French civil aeronautics academy ...