Onboard equipment for a prospective supersonic civil aircraft (SCA) will use artificial intelligence. The use of algorithms will automate the control of the aircraft at all stages of flight and halve the load on pilots, according to the National Research Center "Zhukovsky Institute."
The center noted that due to layout constraints, it is assumed that machine vision will be used to provide the crew with information about the out-of-cockpit environment.
In the prospective SCA, most tasks can be solved without human involvement in the control loop, implementing the concept of automatic control "from departure terminal to arrival terminal." The pilot in the cockpit will be present as a controller or decision-maker, ensuring the required level of flight safety.
The center emphasized that there is interest in such an aircraft. In the future, we can talk about a fleet of several dozen aircraft for performing commercial flights on domestic airlines, as well as for use in the business and special aviation segments, the institute added.
Aviation expert Roman Gusarov stated to "The First Technical" that the supersonic aircraft could be equipped with a 177S engine, originally developed for tactical aviation. In this scenario, the hydromechanical control system can be removed and only the electronic one left.
