Scientists at the State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) have begun working on creating a virtual pilot. This involves creating an intelligent system that will assist the pilot in emergency situations, such as difficult weather conditions or equipment failure.
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The virtual pilot should support the work of the first pilot, but the final decision remains with the human. AI can be useful in critical phases of flight: maneuvering, approach, and landing. In normal mode, aircraft have a high level of automation, so a virtual pilot is needed specifically in difficult situations.
Technical vision plays an important role in creating a virtual pilot. It allows combining information from various sensors, such as visible range cameras or thermal imagers. This is necessary to create a comfortable and informative image for the pilot, especially in conditions of poor visibility.
Another task of technical vision is to augment the real image with synthesized graphics, for example, to detect the runway and obstacles.
Earlier it became known that the Ministry of Industry and Trade allocated 14 billion rubles to improve the parameters of the Russian PD-14 engine for the MS-21 aircraft. The engine needs to be made more fuel-efficient, lighter, and less noisy.
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