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Honeywell Develops Compact FBW for UAM Market
Honeywell will display its new compact FBW control system for UAM vehicles next week at Uber Elevate.

Honeywell has developed a compact fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control system for urban air mobility (UAM) systems that is approximately the size of a paperback book, the company announced Monday. The system drives electric actuators and dynamically adjusts flight surfaces and motors, thereby eliminating the need for heavy hydraulics, control cables, or pushrods.