A new BAE Systems 32-bit digital flight control computer has completed its first flight on board the Taiwanese Air Force Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF). Taiwan Aerospace Industrial Development Corp.

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 ...