Avionics
BAE Systems Demos Active Control Sidesticks
The Gulfstream G500 will be the first fly-by-wire civil aircraft with active control inceptors when it enters service as expected next year.

Gulfstream’s G500 large-cabin business jet will be the first fly-by-wire civil aircraft with active control sidesticks when it enters service as expected next year, followed closely by its sister jet, the G600. BAE Systems (Booth C11646), which is supplying the sidestick controllers, or “inceptors,” is demonstrating their look and feel on a new simulator the company brought to NBAA 2017.