Airbus and Pratt & Whitney have developed an update to A220 health-management units to detect whether thrust thresholds on the type are being exceeded and, if so, automatically transmit a ...

The autothrottle system provides automatic thrust control from the start of takeoff through climb, cruise, descent, approach and go-around or landing. In normal operation, the flight management ...

U.S. accident investigators will release new information this week highlighting that excessive reliance on cockpit computers, combined with pilot confusion about automated thrust settings, led to ...

In this paper, an automated thrust balance design capable of measuring forces of 100 nN for thrusters with a maximum mass of 10 kg is described to test these claims. The torsion balance features an ...

The Boeing/EADS X-31 has demonstrated an automated thrust-vectored landing at 24¡ angle of attack (AoA) and 121kt (224km/h), a 31% reduction from the aircraft's normal touchdown speed. The ...