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Advanced / Transformational Technology

Collins Aerospace Sees Big Demand For New, Retrofit ‘Fly-By-Wire’ System

Frank Wolfe

Monday, June 17th, 2019

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PARIS AIR SHOW--Collins Aerospace [UTX] and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky [LMT] are highlighting an advanced fly-by-wire retrofit kit to allow autonomous flight in medium and heavy helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. "Well over 1,000" legacy military and commercial medium and heavy helicopters worldwide lack fly-by-wire, said Steven Avritch, the chief flight control engineer for Collins Aerospace. The fly-by-wire system passed its first real-world test on May 29, as the system permitted a degree of autonomous flight of a Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk…

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