This video excerpt from NOVA: "Crash of Flight 447" explores the powerful computer system that runs the A330 aircraft, controlling speed, altitude, direction, and more—in fact, every aspect of the ...

Radiation from space that led to more than 6,000 Airbus aircraft needing emergency computer updates could become a growing ...

WASHINGTON -- The same Internet access now available on most commercial flights makes it possible for hackers to bring down a plane, a government watchdog warned Tuesday. The finding by the Government ...

Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used ...

UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) is the process of developing a next-generation aircraft computer that the company says will offer 20 times the computing power of today’s flight control computers.

Computers on planes have made flying safer, but they can also create turmoil. August 3, 2009 — -- Ben Cave was starting to get bored. The Australian had been sitting in his seat for more than ...

Federal regulators have not taken adequate steps to protect computer systems on airliners from hackers, a government watchdog agency reported on Friday. The agency said the Federal Aviation ...

Airliners can make a lot of noise and use a lot of fuel when they're coming in for a landing. A new onboard computer system, however, was recently shown to be effective at addressing both problems.

Answer: Computer security is taken very seriously. Airplane flight control and flight management computers are segregated and hardened against outside intrusions. It is possible a hacker might ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global aircraft computer market is expected to post a CAGR of over 6% during the period 2018-2022, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. A key ...

How serious is a cybersecurity consultant’s claim that he hacked into airliner computer systems and controlled an aircraft engine during a flight? It could happen, according to a Government ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — A cybersecurity consultant told the ...