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Software-Controlled Helicopter Passes First Test; Eurocopter says its new military helicopter, which uses software and electronic wires to control flight, has made its first successful flight.(Brief Article)
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InformationWeek
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March 15, 2004
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Eurocopter says its NH90, a new European military helicopter, has completed its first successful flight. The helicopter is built with Goodrich Corp.'s Actuation Systems that feature "fly-by-wire" controls to operate the copter's flight based on software and electronic wires rather than mechanical moving parts.
Companies like Boeing Co. use this technology in their commercial and military aircraft designs. The technology also is migrating to carmakers as well. For example, General Motors Corp. uses a similar technology, throttle-by-wire, to control a car's throttle system and is moving toward integrating it into other functions to steer and drive the car. This technology ...