The EU-funded Raven project proposes an innovative flight control system based on AI technology that addresses fly-by-wire aircraft and next-generation eVTOLs. The system is a combination of custom-designed neural networks, core avionics software, computer vision algorithms and special-purpose aviation-grade software, and is designed for certification in aviation. The Raven system will enhance the production of helicopters and respond to the potential future demand for eVTOLs. The system targets the current general aviation market segments and the drones market.

We are developing Raven—a novel AI autonomous flight control system. Raven is an airframe-agnostic solution targeted at fly-by-wire aircraft of today (fixed-wing airplanes & helicopters) & tomorrow (eVTOLs & others). It is a combination of custom-designed neural networks, core avionics software, computer vision algorithms & special-purpose aviation-grade hardware.

We are developing a special kind of neural networks that are deterministic by design, built specifically for the purposes of certification in aviation. They learn while they are getting trained, they don’t learn when they are piloting aircraft. They run in the dedicated environment & on certifiable hardware that we are creating. This is a major innovation over the generic state-of-the-art in AI.
Airbus forecasts that the potential demand for eVTOLs in the urban air mobility market will be 100X bigger its current yearly production of helicopters. This market can only grow with full flight autonomy provided by Raven.