The VSR700 demonstrator has undertaken the first at-sea trials of its autonomous take-off and landing capabilities as part of a French navy/DGA program.
A safety management system seems difficult to implement for smaller Part 91 operators, but it can be more manageable when viewed in "bite-size" chunks.
Search crews have yet to determine whether the heavily damaged recorder recovered from the destroyed China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 is an FDR or CVR.