Helicopters have won high marks in Viet Nam doing the chores they were designed for: carting supplies, ferrying troops, evacuating wounded. But, decked out with bolt-on guns and rocket launchers, the ...

Gyroscopic instruments are critical for IFR flight, and their failure in IMC is a serious, disorienting emergency contrasting their auxiliary role in VFR. Detecting instrument failures requires ...

Researchers from Caltech have developed the world’s tiniest optical gyroscope – a component used in flying vehicles for directional stability. The new gyroscope is 500 times smaller than the best ones ...