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Flexible, Neural Networks Will Be Part of FCAS Design, Airbus Official Says

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

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Flexible, Neural Networks Will Be Part of FCAS Design, Airbus Official Says

An Airbus depiction of the concept of operations for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) (Photo by Airbus)

Flexible, neural networks will be a feature of the Airbus-Dassault Aviation Future Combat Air System (FCAS), an Airbus official said last week, according to a report in sister publication, Avionics International. On May 14, Airbus and the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE held a virtual working group meeting, featuring members of an independent panel of experts, on the responsible use of new technologies in the design of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Europe's largest defense…

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