The FAA wants video gamers to be the next generation of air traffic controllers

The Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation are targeting a new generation of air traffic ...

To Fill Air Traffic Controller Shortage, F.A.A. Turns to Gamers

Avid players of video games have emerged as a target demographic for recruiters at range of federal agencies, including the ...

Gamers as air traffic controllers? That’s the career pitch

Parents have long worried that video gaming corrupts their kids’ brains. Now the US government is proclaiming that all is not ...

What’s Inside NASA’s Mission Control

Inside mission control, each desk, or console, is labeled with a neon blue sign and its officers handle a subsystem on the ...
New Atlas

Review: 2-in-1 RC smart-plane will put your engineering skills to the test

In its most ambitious set, PowerUp Toys' Starflux Balsa Wood RC Airplane Kit delivers a hands-on experience where each step ...

Twin NASA control rooms support Artemis safety, success

Twin control rooms at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission ...
IEEE

Flight Mastery in Turbulent Skies: Shared Control and Curriculum Reinforcement Learning for Crosswind Landing

Abstract: Landing in crosswind conditions poses significant challenges for aircraft, as traditional control methods often fail to ensure stability in rapidly changing wind environments. While ...
IEEE

UAV Flight Phase Recognition and Decision Control Based on Attitude Angle Information

Abstract: To address the current issues of insufficient reliability analysis of environmental information and the lack of flight phase identification and decision ...