Our digital flight control system is a full-authority digital flight controller that provides fly-by-wire flight control, integrated flight and propulsion control, aircraft center-of-gravity computation for stores and fuel contents, structural air loads alleviation, and carefree handling performance.
BAE Systems consistently achieves high performance on aggressive programs. Our ability to satisfy technical requirements while meeting cost and schedule objectives is a major reason why our flight controls are found on 90% of the aircraft types in use today. These systems have proven themselves in the harshest operating environments, including combat.
Our pioneering technology and continual advancements in the areas of redundancy management, fault-tolerant design, health monitoring systems, and failure mode analysis have established us as the world leader in control system reliability and integrity.
BAE Systems’ breadth of experience includes:
- Development of fly-by-wire systems for all types of aircraft: rotorcraft, fighters, bombers, transports, surveillance, commercial airliners, X planes, concept demonstrators, UAVs, and launch vehicles.
- Expertise, special skills, and facilities required to design, develop, integrate, test, qualify, and certify complete control systems for commercial and military aircraft.
- An industry-leading record of technology innovation, reliability, and successful development programs that ensure on-time first flights.
LRU integration. - Organic depot-level repair capability.
- In-house manufacturing and software development.
BAE Systems’ high-performance products are found on every major platform, including the F-35, F/A-22, U-2, F/A-18, F-16, F-117, C-17, V-22, Airbus 320, Boeing 777, and X-45 UCAV.
