Boeing and AFRL's sodium laser guide star commence operations

Boeing and AFRL's sodium laser guide star commence operations: The Boeing and US Air Force Research Laboratory (US AFRL) built sodium laser guide star (LGS) has begun operations on a telescope at the Starfire Optical Range (SOR) of Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, US.

El “Juan Carlos I” efectúa la Evaluación Operativa con unidades de las FAMET

El “Juan Carlos I” efectúa la Evaluación Operativa con unidades de las FAMET:

 El objetivo de las pruebas ha sido el de alcanzar el mayor grado de interoperatividad entre el barco y los helicópteros y han consistido en comprobar la capacidad del ‘Juan Carlos I’ para realizar la carga, transporte y operación de estas aeronaves.

Nuevo Centro de Formación de Controladores y Master en Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos

Nuevo Centro de Formación de Controladores y Master en Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos:
Barcelona.- El pasado jueves se presentó el Centro Internacional de Formación de Controladores de Tráfico Aéreo de la UPC, con sede en la Escuela de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación y Aeroespacial de Castelldefels (EETAC).

La ESA instala en Madrid el primer radar para detectar basura espacial

La ESA instala en Madrid el primer radar para detectar basura espacial:
Madrid.- La Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) ha instalado en España un radar diseñado para probar nuevas técnicas para detectar fragmentos de basura espacial que pudieran suponer un peligro para las actividades en órbita.

ONR Awards Contract To Develop GPS Jamming And Spoofing Detection Technology

ONR Awards Contract To Develop GPS Jamming And Spoofing Detection Technology: Taps Rockwell Collins For The Three-Year MIST Program The Office of Naval Research has awarded Rockwell Collins a contract to develop technology to locate and classify an adversary’s attempts to interfere with GPS signals and disrupt military operations.

ONR Awards Contract To Develop GPS Jamming And Spoofing Detection Technology

ONR Awards Contract To Develop GPS Jamming And Spoofing Detection Technology: Taps Rockwell Collins For The Three-Year MIST Program The Office of Naval Research has awarded Rockwell Collins a contract to develop technology to locate and classify an adversary’s attempts to interfere with GPS signals and disrupt military operations.

Predators, Reapers Break Flying Record

Predators, Reapers Break Flying Record: Six Reapers, Four Predators Flown Simultaneously During Training Mission The 29th Attack Squadron, 9th Attack Squadron, and the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron set a non-combat record October 2, by flying six MQ-9 Reapers and four MQ-1 Predators simultaneously during a training mission at Holloman Air Force Base, NM.

Boeing Starting Production of KC-46 Tanker Refueling Boom

• Program shifting into production from design work
• Boeing on plan to deliver 18 KC-46A Tankers by 2017

SEATTLE, Oct. 16, 2012 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] this week begins assembling the first refueling boom for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft in the KC-46 Boom Assembly Center that opened today at Boeing Field in Seattle.

"We're pleased that this facility opened on schedule," said Maureen Dougherty, KC-46 vice president and program manager for Boeing. "The KC-46A will feature a modernized fly-by-wire boom based on the proven system on the U.S. Air Force's KC-10 tanker, which will give it advanced refueling capabilities, allowing it to refuel any fixed-wing receiver aircraft anytime and on any mission."

Boom assembly marks the program's shift to production from design activities.

"It's a big day for the KC-46 Tanker Program and the U.S. Air Force," said Maj. Gen. John Thompson, U.S. Air Force Tanker Program Executive Officer and KC-46 Program Director. "Boeing continues to make good progress toward delivering the KC-46 Tanker on schedule."

The first boom will enter testing during the third quarter of 2013 at a System Integration Lab (SIL), known as SIL 0. It is one of five labs designed to reduce risk for avionics and aerial refueling integration. Boeing invented the air refueling boom and has been building, upgrading and modifying them for more than 60 years.

Boeing's KC-46 program remains on track to deliver 18 combat-ready tankers by 2017, and for the next major Air Force contract milestone, the Critical Design Review, scheduled for the summer of 2013.

Production of the KC-46 aircraft begins next summer in Boeing's Everett, Wash., factory. The aircraft will be a 767-2C variant of the commercial 767-200ER airplane. Boeing will build 179 next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft to begin replacing the Air Force's aging KC-135 tankers.

Airbus Military A400M simulates refuelling from C-160 Transall

Airbus Military has successfully performed simulated air-to-air refuelling (AAR) of the new generation A400M airlifter from a C-160 Transall tanker of the French Air Force. The two aircraft conducted 20 "dry contacts", in which no fuel is passed, including one lasting 12 minutes - representative of a normal refuelling operation. It is expected that "wet contacts" will take place in the first quarter of next year. The A400M has now successfully performed refuelling contacts with a VC10 of the Royal Air Force, the C-160, and an Airbus Military A330 MRTT new generation tanker/transport. The photo above shows the A400M refuelling from the C-160 in the latest trials.

Fotos: CHINA: J-15 EN PRUEBAS SOBRE EL PORTAVIONES LIAONING

CHINA: J-15 EN PRUEBAS SOBRE EL PORTAVIONES LIAONING: Parece ser que por lo menos dos de los prototipos del J-15 chino que está destinado a ser el futuro caza embarcado de la Armada de la República Popular China están o han estado realizando pruebas de apontaje en el portaviones chino Liaoning. En la imagen vemos al que parece ser el "554" con un acabado en gris naval, muy apropiado por cierto y diversas marcas de calibración a lo largo del fusel

EADS no quiere que Defensa venda a terceros parte del pedido del ‘A400M’

EADS no quiere que Defensa venda a terceros parte del pedido del ‘A400M’:



Si sólo adquiriera diez unidades, el Gobierno se ahorraría 2.754 millones de euros

HAL and UAC-TA sign MTA preliminary design phase contract or a proposed Il-214 multirole transport aircraft

HAL and UAC-TA sign MTA preliminary design phase contract: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a preliminary design phase (PDP) contract with United Aircraft Corporation - Transport Aircraft (UAC-TA) and JV-Multirole Transport Aircraft Limited (MTAL) for a proposed Il-214 multirole transport aircr…

Cielo único europeo: 10 años y todavía sin resultados

Cielo único europeo: 10 años y todavía sin resultados:
Bruselas.- El cielo único europeo, el proyecto emblemático de creación de un espacio aéreo europeo único que triplicaría la capacidad y reduciría a la mitad los costes del tráfico aéreo, no está dando resultados, según reconoce en un comunicado la Comisión Europea en el décimo aniversario del proyecto.

Electric Racing Plane Company Sets Sights On Speed Record

Electric Racing Plane Company Sets Sights On Speed Record: Teaco Bat Could Top Current Record Of 202 Miles Per Hour The U.K. company developing an electric-powered racing airplane hopes to be able to break the speed record for electric aircraft next year. The founder of The Electric Aeroplane Company (Teaco) in Gloucestershire, U.K. says the airplane may be "substantially faster" than any previous electric-powered aircraft.

United Airlines Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Pink Program

United Airlines Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Pink Program: Wearing Pink Uniform Accessories From The Cockpit To The Ramp United Airlines employees are showing their support for Breast Cancer Awareness by sporting pink uniform items throughout the month of October. United's Pink Program allows frontline employees to purchase exclusively-produced pink uniform items to wear to work – including ties, neck scarves and hats – with proceeds benefiting nonprofit organizations dedicated to breast cancer awareness, greater access to screening services and support services for individuals battling breast cancer.

Burrada Aeronáutica: Red Bull te da alas... y algo más, o el Red Bull relativista

http://burradasaeronauticas.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/red-bull-te-da-alas-y-algo-mas-o-el-red.html

Parece que Felix Baumgarther decidió batirse con el Halcón Milenario, viajando más rápido que la velocidad de la LUZ en su picado... 

Científicos trabajan para convertir agua de mar en combustible para aviones

El desarrollo está teniendo lugar desde el U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, un trabajo para extraer el dióxido de carbono y producir gas hidrógeno a partir del agua de mar. Según cuentan los investigadores, la clave es convertir el dióxido de carbono y el hidrógeno en los hidrocarburos que pueden ser utilizados para desarrollar el combustible JP-5 y tenerlo en existencias, informó el portal

El JP-5 es un combustible derivado del queroseno, una mezcla de distintos hidrocarburos, con alcanos, cicloalcanos e hidrocarburos aromáticos. Se trata del principal combustible para la aviación embarcada con motores de reacción, el que "alimenta" a la Armada de aviones de Estados Unido


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Iberia redecora su librea

http://blog.mirayvuela.com/iberia-redecora-su-vida/

Se trata de un rumor antiguo, que en estos
días parece recobrar actualidad a la vista
de su mención en algunos medios y redes
sociales. Efectivamente, la aerolínea Iberia
ya tendría decidido o estaría a punto de
decidir el cambio de imagen corporativa del
aspecto externo de sus aviones. Se trataría
de alterar el diseño de la pintura de los
aviones, tal y como se mencionó que podría
hacerse hace aproximadamente cuatros
años

Sound barrier pioneer celebrates 65 years

10/15/2012 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- Retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, celebrated the 65th anniversary of his ground breaking event with a re-enactment here Oct. 14.

Yeager was serving as a test pilot and flying the experimental Bell X-1 named the, "Glamorous Glennis," Oct. 14, 1947, when he successfully broke the sound barrier.

"Up until that time we weren't able to do it," Yeager said. "Finally, in Oct. 14, 1947, we succeeded, and that opened up the doors of space to us."

Yeager's re-enactment flight began when he and the aircraft's pilot, Capt. David Vincent, 65th Aggressor Squadron pilot, flew an F-15D Eagle to 45,000 feet over Edwards AFB, Calif., and at 10:24 a.m. broke the sound barrier again.

"It was the greatest moment of my life so far," Vincent said. "It's like being with Christopher Columbus when he discovered the new world or like being with Orville and Wilbur Wright on the first flight."

Vincent said Yeager hadn't lost a step and pointed out landmarks over Edwards AFB.

"It was a smooth flight today," the general said. "I'm very familiar with the area and got a good view."

Yeager finished his day with a meet and greet with Nellis Airmen followed by a question and answer segment.

"I want to thank you all at Nellis," Yeager said. "The F-15 is my favorite airplane, and that's why I came here to fly it."

Yeager enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army Air Forces Sept. 12, 1941. Later he was accepted to flight training in the flying sergeants program and, upon completion, was promoted to flight. Yeager demonstrated his flying skill during World War II when he became an, "ace in a day" after downing five enemy aircraft in one mission.

"What I am, I owe to the Air Force," Yeager said. "They took an 18-year-old kid from West Virginia and turned him into who I am today."

PR: http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123322229

Chuck Yeager celebra el 65 aniversario de su vuelo supersónico volviendo a romper la barrera del sonido

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