New Scientist reports “a plane with no wires or mechanical connections between its engine,navigation system and onboard computers,only a wireless network,has been built and flown by engineers in Portugal.The 3-metre-long uncrewed plane “AIVA” relies entirely upon a Bluetooth wireless network to relay messages back and forth between critical systems - a technique dubbed “fly-by-wireless”.

‘Fly-by-wireless’ plane takes to the air