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Aerion Supersonic has awarded BAE Systems a contract to provide the flight control system for Aerion’s AS2 supersonic business jet, BAE Systems reported on Wednesday. BAE Systems will design, develop and integrate a fly-by-wire flight control system, including active inceptors, for the aircraft. BAE Systems will leverage smaller and lighter components to allow for integration on the AS2 aircraft.

NASA has moved to test an autonomous flight control system intended to help adapt the agency’s space launch system rocket to environmental changes for crew safety. The Adaptive Augmenting Controller technology works for the SLS to adjust to varying vehicular and environmental conditions during space launch, NASA said Tuesday. The …