aviation company Airbusstarted testing autonomous driving technologies on airplanes. DragonFly As part of its project, it conducted ground and flight tests on the A350-1000. The tests aim to evaluate the feasibility of autonomous flight systems to make operations safer and more efficient.
What is Airbus DragonFly autonomous driving assistant?
The flight assistant package, known as DragonFly, has different subsystems such as automatic emergency management and automatic landing. Autonomous technology drives these systems with a combination of sensors, computer vision algorithms, and guidance calculations.
In the test that took place last day, DragonFly successfully managed a pilot’s incapacitation (any flight crew being unable to do their duty due to health problems). Taking into account external factors such as flight zone, terrain and weather conditions, the aircraft automatically created a new route. He also communicated with both air traffic control and the airline’s operations control center.
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Airbus also examined the support functions tested in real-time conditions at the Toulouse-Blagnac airport. Technology guided the crew using audible obstacle warnings, cruise control and a specific airport map. These features can be vital on low visibility landings.
“These tests, performed with one of the Airbus A350s, are one of a series of steps in researching technologies to improve and make operations even safer,” said Isabelle Lacaze, Head of the Project.
The successful completion of these tests shows that the integration of autonomous driving technology into commercial aircraft may occur very soon. DragonFly; It could have a huge impact on the industry by making flying safer, more efficient and reducing the workload of pilots.
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