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October 2, 2024
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Airbus is testing automatic take-off and landing capabilities with an A350-1000.  These first steps, along with the auto-landing capabilities for general aviation aircraft to be certified early this year, indicates that the age of automation assisted operations is surely arriving.  

The Airbus system incorporates a vision system to track the runway center line and rotates the aircraft without side-stick from the pilot.  Flight tests were carried out in Toulouse in December and they performed eight test flights that day.  Vision-based taxiing and landing tests will be conducted later this year.

Airbus is testing automatic take-off and landing capabilities with A350-1000.  These first steps, along with the auto-landing capabilities for general aviation aircraft to be certified early this year, indicates that the age of automation assisted operations is slowly but surely arriving.  

The Airbus system incorporates a vision system to track the runway centerline and rotates the aircraft without side-stick from the pilot.  Flight tests were carried out in Toulouse in December and performed eight test flights that day.  Vision-based taxiing and landing tests will be conducted later this year.

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