Airbus pioneered the use of fly-by-wire (FBW) systems in commercial aviation with the launch of its successful Airbus A320 program in the late 1980s. The A320's fully digital FBW system was a first ...

ITALIAN CONTROL: Alenia Aermacchi, with parent company Alenia Aeronautica and Selex Galileo, will develop a new, four-channel digital fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control system that is intended for the M ...

When the pilot wants to extend the flaps on a modern plane, they aren't moving them directly -- a computer is. That system, known as fly-by-wire, takes the inputs of the pilot and the press of a ...

In aviation the term fly-by-wire means that the control surfaces of an aircraft are operated by actuators rather than via cables and rods, with electrical signals transmitting information from the ...

The Bombardier CSeries is on target to achieve first flight within the next three months according to president Guy Hachet. He said that the flight test programme has reached the critical stage of ...

The Skyryse One cockpit design for the fly-by-wire conversion of the Robinson R66 helicopter features a single control and touchscreen displays.