Services

Product Management

Design

Machine Learning

Backend

iOS development

QA

Industry

Platform

iOS

Location

USA

Team size

One day, Eduardo Fonseca, an investor, business adviser, and passionate pilot, came to Uptech with a vision – to create an app that would help pilots get more out of their flights.

Eduardo loves flying personal jets. And while every jet generates a wealth of data – speed, engine and oil temperature, pressure, and more – pilots rarely get the chance to fully tap into that information.

What if all that data could do more?

What if it could transform the flying experience, helping pilots operate aircraft more skillfully and safely, and, in the end, make the journey more enjoyable? That was Eduardo’s question.

He brought us a proof of concept, and from there, AboardAI was born. The mission was ambitious – build an AI-based app that would gather the aircraft performance data, analyze it, and turn it into meaningful insights that enhance every pilot’s experience in real time.

This is how it all began.

Technologies
used

iOS App

Native Frameworks

SwiftUI, UIKit

MapKit

AVFoundation

Network

SwiftTesting, XCTest

Open‐source charting library

DGCharts

Machine Learning

Programming Language

Python

Frameworks

PyTorch

Apple CoreML

Libraries

Scikit-Learn

Models

Random Forest

Autoencoder

CNN

Transformer

Challenges and Solutions

Train ML models for different use cases

We have various features to add to the app, such as flight phase detection, flap position, and in-flight speech recognition, each requiring separate ML model training, data preparation, and data labeling.

Solution

We studied each feature case carefully, prepared the data set, picked the ML models, and trained the model with a supervised ML algorithm.

Lack of relevant data set

To reach the client’s global goal – make the flight more safe and efficient, it was important to detect the jet’s maneuvers in real time. Despite the vast number of logs and data that the jet gathers during the flight, there was no single defined characteristic that could clearly indicate the maneuvers.

Solution

We started to think about how we could solve this issue. Having data such as the altitude, speed angle of inclination, etc., our idea was to create an algorithm that could identify and tell us when a maneuver is happening.

Data visualization

Pilots' attention is crucial when they are on board, so we had to design the app's UI to be informative without being distracting.

Solution

Our design for AboardAI is seamless in interaction while remaining informative and useful for pilots to ensure a safe and efficient flight.

Main features

Detecting flight phases

The ML model uses data from various aircraft sensors to classify different flight phases, such as takeoff, climb, cruise, and landing. This makes it possible to improve the analysis of flight data and provide more accurate prediction of aircraft behavior.

Determining the position of the flaps

The ML model analyzes data from the aircraft's sensors to detect the position of the flaps at various stages of the flight. This allows pilots to quickly monitor the correct operation of the flaps and ensures flight safety.

In-flight speech recognition and transcription of speech to text

The model recognizes and analyzes the speech of pilots during flight, converting it to text in real time. This contributes to the improvement of communications analysis for monitoring and assessing situations on board.

Results

Our journey with AboardAI is ongoing.

Today, the app is up, both literally and metaphorically. Eduardo and his team are actively using it, putting it through its paces, and gathering valuable feedback.

We built a technology that gathers avionics data in real time, analyzes it with AI, and delivers useful insights to pilots in a clear, non-distracting way.

And this is just the beginning. We’re working together with the client to fine-tune the product: adjusting algorithms, enhancing the user experience, exploring new features, and polishing what’s already there.

Our goal remains the same — turning every flight into a smoother, smarter experience with AboardAI. We’re thrilled about what we’ve achieved so far and looking forward to what’s next.

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