Aviation systems provider BAE Systems will upgrade flight computers on two prominent Boeing fighter jets: the F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The UK-based manufacturer on 20 August said it ...

BAE Systems has been selected by Boeing to upgrade the fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control computers (FCC) for the F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft. The FCCs feature common ...

An F/A-18E (foreground) flies alongside an F-15EX. Credit: Courtesy of BAE Systems A flight control computer upgrade is coming to the fly-by-wire Boeing F-15EX and F/A-18E/F fighters. The upgrade by ...

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, as a subcontractor to SATNUS, provided the advanced Flight Control Computer for autonomous operations. For the first time in the program, multiple MCSD were flown ...

Because of their many redundancies, electronic fly-by-wire controls are actually far safer than traditional hydraulic ones. Any pilot who has ever done a pre-flight check on a Cessna or a Bonanza ...