Pasado el verano, y el episodio especial verano, volvemos a los capítulos de una hora y a los contenidos habituales. En ésta ocasión, traemos más noticias y más análisis de la actualidad. Pero la cosa no acaba ahí, tenemos también una edición de burradas aeronáuticas en la que hablamos sobre cierto "troll" irlandés, así como un monográfico en el que nuestro redactor, Jose Manuel Gil, entrevista a Francisco Larios, ingeniero técnico aeronáutico que ha participado entre otros proyectos, en el diseño del 787, sobre las diferencias entre la filosofía de diseño aeronáutico ruso y occidental. Es decir, dos cracks del diseño aeronáutico hablando sobre diseño aeronáutico. No os lo perdáis, ¡es muy muy interesante!
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Contenidos Episodio 09:
00:00:00 Introducción
00:03:25 Plan de vuelo (sumario)
00:04:25 Noticias
00:08:42 Actualidad A Fondo
00:26:21 Burradas Aeronáuticas
00:40:00 Monográfico: Entrevista a Francisco Larios, ingeniero técnico aeronáutico, sobre la diferencia de la filosofía de diseño ruso y occidental.
00:57:53 Despedida
(duración total: 01:00h)
Dirección del episodio: Javier F. Lago
Redacción: Jose Manuel Gil, Anna Esquius, Javier F. Lago
Coordinador de redacción de noticias: Jose Manuel Gil
Locución: Jose Miguel Morales, Jose Manuel Gil, Anna Esquius & Javier F. Lago
Música y edición: Javier F. Lago
Layout & Diseño: Anna Esquius & Javier F. Lago
Medios, hosting y soporte: Satori Produccions SL
Producido por Satori Produccions SL (info@satori-produccions.com)
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martes, 28 de septiembre de 2010
lunes, 27 de septiembre de 2010
Experimental boundary-layer-control bed testUAV 1st flight
The jets on the DEMON aircraft work in a different way. The plane works by manipulating the air that flows immediately next to its skin, rather than changing its shape.
Jets of air close to the trailing edge of the wing change whether the air moves away from or towards the wing. Sensors along the wing constantly monitor the airflow and can adjust the direction of the jets of air.
The DEMON has an eight-foot wingspan and weighs just 200lbs. DEMON can fly parts of its mission by itself but is not fully autonomous as it is still just an experimental vehicle.
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[Spanish] El proyecto FLAVIIR ensaya nuevas formas de controlar el avión
Airline Virtual Classes Could Be The Future
“The future of the aircraft cabin is set to go through significant changes as customers are able to share their preferences with airlines, and airlines will be expected to meet their individual needs,” the report says.
“For example, some passengers in today’s economy [class] would have access to a wide variety of [paid] electronic services, such as Wi-Fi, gaming and entertainment. Others might prefer quiet or distraction-free zones. The integration of these different subclasses with other specialized paying services (such as improved meal services or preferred seating arrangements) could result in further effective fragmentation,” the report continues.
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“For example, some passengers in today’s economy [class] would have access to a wide variety of [paid] electronic services, such as Wi-Fi, gaming and entertainment. Others might prefer quiet or distraction-free zones. The integration of these different subclasses with other specialized paying services (such as improved meal services or preferred seating arrangements) could result in further effective fragmentation,” the report continues.
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Flight testing of Eurocopter’s X3 high-speed hybrid helicopter demonstrator marks a new milestone in the company’s innovation roadmap
Eurocopter has begun test flights of the X3 demonstrator for its innovative High-speed, long-range Hybrid Helicopter (H3) concept, which combines excellent vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with fast cruise speeds of more than 220 kts.
The X3 demonstrator is equipped with two turboshaft engines that power a five-blade main rotor system and two propellers installed on short-span fixed wings. This creates an advanced transportation system offering the speed of a turboprop-powered aircraft and the full hover flight capabilities of a helicopter. The concept is tailored to applications where operational costs, flight duration and mission success depend directly on the maximum cruising speed.A wide range of utilizations are envisaged for the H3 configuration, including long-distance search and rescue (SAR) missions, coast guard duties, border patrol missions, passenger transport and inter-city shuttle services. It also may be well-suited for military missions in special forces operations, troop transport, combat SAR and medical evacuation – benefitting from the hybrid aircraft’s combination of higher cruise speeds with excellent vertical takeoff/landing performance.
“Innovation is at the core of Eurocopter’s strategy to continue its leadership in the global helicopter sector, and the X3 demonstrator represents a key element of our innovation roadmap,” said Lutz Bertling, Eurocopter’s President & CEO. “The teams at Eurocopter took this hybrid helicopter from concept to first flight in less than three years, which demonstrates their skills, capabilities and dedication to defining the future of rotary-wing aircraft.”
The X3 demonstrator’s first flight occurred September 6 in southern France at the Istres Center of “DGA Flight Testing”, which is operated by the French DGA government agency and ensures a secure and controlled environment. Initial testing will continue through December with reduced power, progressively opening the flight envelope to speeds of approximately 180 kts. After a three-month upgrade, X3 flights will resume in March 2011 with the goal of reaching sustained cruise speeds in excess of 220 kts.
Eurocopter
Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares y el Consejo para el Desarrollo Económico de Sinaloa firman 1 acuerdo para producir y comercializar biocombustibles derivados de la Jatropha
http://vuelolibre.tv/index.php/breves-de-la-aviacion/1607-mexico-desarrollaran-asa-y-codesin-biocombustibles-para-la-aviacion
Para el año 2015, el reto es consumir el uno por ciento del bioenergético, lo que representa producir 40 millones de litros.
Relacionado:
Guía para principiantes a los BioCombustibles de Aviación
Para el año 2015, el reto es consumir el uno por ciento del bioenergético, lo que representa producir 40 millones de litros.
Relacionado:
Guía para principiantes a los BioCombustibles de Aviación
domingo, 26 de septiembre de 2010
First A350 XWB Sim In Development
CAE Announces $67.6 Million Dollars In Contracts For A350, Other Simulators
Though it may be some time before the A350 XWB is ready to fly, a simulator for the new Airbus is already in development. CAE announced Thursday that it has signed a contract with Airbus to design and manufacture two CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators (FFSs) for the Airbus A350 XWB, representing the world's first FFSs for the new long-range aircraft. In addition, CAE will develop six CAE Simfinity A350 XWB Airbus Procedures Trainers.
http://www.aero-news.net/news/commair.cfm?ContentBlockID=da348efa-6c1f-40a8-8af7-ee9ad31a5d84&Dynamic=1
CAE announces C$70 million in contracts for world's first two Airbus A350 XWB full-flight simulators, Airbus simulator upgrades, and Boeing 777 FFS for North American customer
Montreal, September 23, 2010 – (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE) – CAE today announced that it has signed a contract with Airbus to design and manufacture two CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators (FFSs) for the Airbus A350 XWB, representing the world’s first FFSs for the new long-range aircraft. In addition, CAE will develop six CAE SimfinityTM A350 XWB Airbus Procedures Trainers. CAE also announced that it has signed contracts with Airbus to perform a range of upgrades on Airbus-owned FFSs, and that it has received a contract from a North American customer to provide a Boeing 777 FFS. The contracts are valued at approximately C$70 million and bring the total FFS sales that CAE has announced to date in fiscal year 2011 to nine.
CAE has designed, developed and delivered the word’s first full-flight simulators for more than 40 new aircraft representing 16 different original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
"Airbus customers expect the highest standards of innovation, quality, safety, efficiency and service in their training programs," said Jeff Roberts, CAE’s Group President, Civil Simulation Products, Training and Services." He adds: “CAE has a long history of exceeding expectations, and we look forward to continuing this heritage by developing the first simulators and training devices for A350 XWB aircraft customers around the globe."
http://www.cae.com/news/details.ashx?lng=English&location=InvestorsNR&showEvents=False&count=0&id=1126&year=2010
Though it may be some time before the A350 XWB is ready to fly, a simulator for the new Airbus is already in development. CAE announced Thursday that it has signed a contract with Airbus to design and manufacture two CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators (FFSs) for the Airbus A350 XWB, representing the world's first FFSs for the new long-range aircraft. In addition, CAE will develop six CAE Simfinity A350 XWB Airbus Procedures Trainers.
http://www.aero-news.net/news/commair.cfm?ContentBlockID=da348efa-6c1f-40a8-8af7-ee9ad31a5d84&Dynamic=1
CAE announces C$70 million in contracts for world's first two Airbus A350 XWB full-flight simulators, Airbus simulator upgrades, and Boeing 777 FFS for North American customer
Montreal, September 23, 2010 – (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE) – CAE today announced that it has signed a contract with Airbus to design and manufacture two CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators (FFSs) for the Airbus A350 XWB, representing the world’s first FFSs for the new long-range aircraft. In addition, CAE will develop six CAE SimfinityTM A350 XWB Airbus Procedures Trainers. CAE also announced that it has signed contracts with Airbus to perform a range of upgrades on Airbus-owned FFSs, and that it has received a contract from a North American customer to provide a Boeing 777 FFS. The contracts are valued at approximately C$70 million and bring the total FFS sales that CAE has announced to date in fiscal year 2011 to nine.
CAE has designed, developed and delivered the word’s first full-flight simulators for more than 40 new aircraft representing 16 different original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
"Airbus customers expect the highest standards of innovation, quality, safety, efficiency and service in their training programs," said Jeff Roberts, CAE’s Group President, Civil Simulation Products, Training and Services." He adds: “CAE has a long history of exceeding expectations, and we look forward to continuing this heritage by developing the first simulators and training devices for A350 XWB aircraft customers around the globe."
http://www.cae.com/news/details.ashx?lng=English&location=InvestorsNR&showEvents=False&count=0&id=1126&year=2010
About Embraer’s Multinational KC-390 Tactical Air Transporter
The global competition in the 20-ton air transport segment continues to intensify, with Embraer’s launch of its KC-390 program.
It will develop a jet powered transport that will compete with Lockheed Martin’s C-130J,the larger Airbus A400M, Russia’s AN-12 and its Chinese copy YUN-8/9. Smaller aircraft like the EADS-CASA C-295M and Alenia C-27J could also become indirect competition.
Embraer seeks now to extend its efforts and markets by crafting a jet-powered medium transport with cargo capacity of about 25 tons, that can be refueled in the air, and can provide refueling services to other aircraft by adding dedicated pods.
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It will develop a jet powered transport that will compete with Lockheed Martin’s C-130J,the larger Airbus A400M, Russia’s AN-12 and its Chinese copy YUN-8/9. Smaller aircraft like the EADS-CASA C-295M and Alenia C-27J could also become indirect competition.
Embraer seeks now to extend its efforts and markets by crafting a jet-powered medium transport with cargo capacity of about 25 tons, that can be refueled in the air, and can provide refueling services to other aircraft by adding dedicated pods.
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Proponen un satélite que captaría la energía del Sol y cubriría las necesidades energéticas de nuestro planeta.
El concepto para un satélite llamado Dyson-Harrop comienza con un bucle de alambre de metal largo y puntiagudo enfocado hacia el sol. Este cable es el encargado de generar un campo magnético cilíndrico que captura los electrones que suponen la mitad del viento solar. Estos electrones son canalizados hacia un receptor esférico de metal para producir corriente que alimenta el campo magnético del alambre, consiguiendo así que el sistema auto-sostenible.
La corriente que no es necesaria para alimentar el campo magnético alimenta un láser infrarrojo que apunta a las antenas parabólicas en la Tierra diseñadas para capturar energía que apuntan a la Tierra. El aire es transparente a los rayos infrarrojos y la atmósfera terrestre no se absorbe la energía del haz antes de llegar al suelo.
La corriente que no es necesaria para alimentar el campo magnético alimenta un láser infrarrojo que apunta a las antenas parabólicas en la Tierra diseñadas para capturar energía que apuntan a la Tierra. El aire es transparente a los rayos infrarrojos y la atmósfera terrestre no se absorbe la energía del haz antes de llegar al suelo.
viernes, 24 de septiembre de 2010
BinterCanarias galardonada por la ERA como mejor Aerolínea del Año
El jurado independiente ha valorado especialmente su expansión en tiempos de crisis, la calidad de sus servicios, el cuidado del medio ambiente, su modernidad y estructura.
El galardón fue entregado al presidente de BinterCanarias, Pedro Agustín del Castillo, y a uno de sus consejeros delegados, Alfredo Morales. Pedro Agustín del Castillo ha manifestado: "Es emocionante y gratificante conseguir este galardón que reconoce el trabajo de todos los profesionales que componen BinterCanarias en beneficio de nuestros pasajeros, especialmente en un entorno económico tan difícil para el mundo y, especialmente, para Europa y España. Es un estímulo para seguir trabajando mejor y poder conseguir todavía un mayor grado de satisfacción para nuestros clientes". Se trata de la cuarta vez en su historia que la aerolínea obtiene el máximo galardón de la European Regions Airline Association".
BinterCanarias celebró el año pasado su 20 aniversario. Es una aerolínea privada, cuya totalidad del capital está aportado por inversores de las Islas Canarias. Cuenta con una moderna flota de 19 aviones ATR 72 de fabricación francoitaliana y es la única compañía aérea que opera en los ocho aeropuertos canarios, además de rutas internacionales al Norte de África y a Madeira. La plantilla de BinterCanarias consta de 1.000 profesionales, que se distribuyen entre las diferentes compañías (NAYSA, BinterTechnic, Binterswift, Atlántica Handling, BinterVende, etc.).
Lufthansa volará con un A380 entre Frankfurt y Mallorca
http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=528050
La compañía aérea alemana Lufthansa anunció hoy que el primer fin de semana de octubre cubrirá la ruta entre Fráncfort y Palma de Mallorca con su Airbus 380, el mayor avión comercial del mercado, por un repunte de la demanda.
La aeronave, con capacidad máxima de 526 asientos, hará sendos viajes de mañana el 2 y el 3 del próximo mes entre la capital económica alemana y el aeropuerto internacional de Son Sant Joan, coincidiendo con el Día de la Unidad Alemana, festivo en Alemania.
La compañía aérea alemana Lufthansa anunció hoy que el primer fin de semana de octubre cubrirá la ruta entre Fráncfort y Palma de Mallorca con su Airbus 380, el mayor avión comercial del mercado, por un repunte de la demanda.
La aeronave, con capacidad máxima de 526 asientos, hará sendos viajes de mañana el 2 y el 3 del próximo mes entre la capital económica alemana y el aeropuerto internacional de Son Sant Joan, coincidiendo con el Día de la Unidad Alemana, festivo en Alemania.
Boeing promete ahorros de hasta 27.000 millones con sus tanqueros frente a EADS
http://www.cincodias.com/articulo/empresas/Boeing-promete-ahorros-27000-millones-tanqueros-frente-EADS/20100924cdscdiemp_13/cdsemp/
Según el informe, una flota de 179 aviones cisterna fabricados por Boeing (a partir de su modelo 767) sería entre un 20% y un 25% más barata que otra compuesta por aparatos de EADS (a partir del A-330 de Airbus), con unos ahorros que oscilarían entre los 11.000 y los 36.000 millones de dólares (entre 8.250 y 27.010 millones de euros)
Dudas que me surgen: ¿hablan solo de precio de compra, o bien de dinero ahorrado en toda la vida operativa, bajo qué hipótesis se hace esto?
Según el informe, una flota de 179 aviones cisterna fabricados por Boeing (a partir de su modelo 767) sería entre un 20% y un 25% más barata que otra compuesta por aparatos de EADS (a partir del A-330 de Airbus), con unos ahorros que oscilarían entre los 11.000 y los 36.000 millones de dólares (entre 8.250 y 27.010 millones de euros)
Dudas que me surgen: ¿hablan solo de precio de compra, o bien de dinero ahorrado en toda la vida operativa, bajo qué hipótesis se hace esto?
UAVs Pushed For Missile Defense
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/awst/2010/09/20/AW_09_20_2010_p72-253599.xml&headline=UAVs%20Pushed%20For%20Missile%20Defense
Advocacy of an air-launched, missile defense system is being proposed by two veterans of the Pentagon’s “Star Wars” era and a 1990s program to mate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and long-range air-to-air weapons.
Len Caveny, a former director of science and technology, and Dale Tietz, a retired U.S. Air Force officer who focused on unmanned aircraft, were part of the Pentagon’s Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). Now they are offering a new concept—backed up with several decades of research—to kill theater ballistic missiles (TBMs) soon after launch when they are slow, bright targets.
Advocacy of an air-launched, missile defense system is being proposed by two veterans of the Pentagon’s “Star Wars” era and a 1990s program to mate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and long-range air-to-air weapons.
Len Caveny, a former director of science and technology, and Dale Tietz, a retired U.S. Air Force officer who focused on unmanned aircraft, were part of the Pentagon’s Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). Now they are offering a new concept—backed up with several decades of research—to kill theater ballistic missiles (TBMs) soon after launch when they are slow, bright targets.
Aernnova cierra su primer contrato con el grupo italiano AgustaWestland
http://www.cincodias.com/articulo/empresas/Aernnova-cierra-primer-contrato-grupo-italiano-AgustaWestland/20100923cdscdsemp_9/cdsemp/
Este contrato, para el periodo 2011-2016, supondrá el suministro de estructuras para 141 unidades del NH90 del constructor italiano. Las estructuras se fabricarán en Álava y Andalucía. Este acuerdo se suma a los que Arnova ya tenía con fabricantes de helicópteros como el consorcio europeo Eurocopter para el superpuma Sikorsky.
Este contrato, para el periodo 2011-2016, supondrá el suministro de estructuras para 141 unidades del NH90 del constructor italiano. Las estructuras se fabricarán en Álava y Andalucía. Este acuerdo se suma a los que Arnova ya tenía con fabricantes de helicópteros como el consorcio europeo Eurocopter para el superpuma Sikorsky.
jueves, 23 de septiembre de 2010
Competitition starts to demonstrate close air support by UAVs
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/23/347692/competitition-starts-to-demonstrate-close-air-support-by.html
A $47 million contract now in competition will challenge defence companies to prove that even unmanned air vehicles can be trusted to strike targets close to friendly troops.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for proposals for the persistent close air support (PCAS) project, which could lead to a live-fire demonstration in four years.
A $47 million contract now in competition will challenge defence companies to prove that even unmanned air vehicles can be trusted to strike targets close to friendly troops.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for proposals for the persistent close air support (PCAS) project, which could lead to a live-fire demonstration in four years.
DARPA Aims to Revolutionize Defense Manufacturing
Approach may compress systems delivery times by at least a factor of five
Agile and flexible design and manufacturing approaches are needed to meet the demands of rapidly changing threats to national security, declining defense budgets and the increasing complexity of systems. Current approaches to the development of defense systems and vehicles have proven inadequate for the timely delivery of much needed capability for the warfighter. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched a portfolio of programs aimed at dramatically compressing development timelines for complex defense systems. DARPA’s Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) portfolio will fundamentally alter the way systems are designed, built and verified, significantly improving the capacity to handle complexity—which has been rapidly outpacing existing 1960s-vintage approaches to managing it.
According to Paul Eremenko, DARPA program manager, “DARPA’s goal is to replicate the success of the integrated circuit industry in coping with rapidly growing product complexity by moving to higher levels of abstraction in design, introducing design automation and model-based verification and decoupling the design and build phases of the development process.”
The AVM portfolio is composed of four synergistic efforts: META, Instant Foundry Adaptive through Bits (iFAB), Fast Adaptive Next-Generation Ground Combat Vehicle (FANG) and Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR), which will culminate in the development of a next generation infantry fighting vehicle. “The aggregate aim is to compress development timelines by at least 5X, shift the product value chain toward high-value-added design activities drastically democratize the innovation process and build the next generation cadre of manufacturing innovators—starting at the high school level,” said Eremenko.
Earlier this year, DARPA launched the first of the AVM efforts—META—a program to develop metrics, a representation metalanguage, design tools, and verification techniques to enable the synthesis of vehicle designs that are correct-by-construction. “META will create a toolset that enables the development of complex military vehicles and avoids the design-build-test-redesign loop that tends to lead to cost and schedule growth as we chase unanticipated interactions within the system,” said Eremenko.
iFAB complements META’s “fab-less” design capability with a “foundry-style” manufacturing approach. “The ultimate vision,” explained Eremenko, “is for a bitstream-programmable manufacturing facility that can be rapidly configured to produce a new design or design variation with nearly zero learning curve,” adding: “We call this large-scale manufacturing in quantities of one.” An iFAB-style facility is the defense industry’s analog to modern integrated circuit manufacturing plants, which are automated, adaptable and capable of producing a broad spectrum of products.
The culmination of AVM is the FANG program which will leverage the META and iFAB capabilities to produce an infantry fighting vehicle. But FANG has yet another objective in mind. “We are looking to expand the number of contributors in the design process by orders of magnitude—we call this ‘democratizing innovation’,” said Eremenko. To that end, DARPA will develop a collaborative infrastructure for crowd-sourcing vehicle designs, called vehicleforge.mil. DARPA expects that the site will employ the META metalanguage to represent designs and will include version control and “branching” features similar to those found in open-source software forge sites—all in an effort to enable thousands across the globe to contribute to vehicle designs. “Naturally, we are also investigating novel mechanisms for credentialing users and for ensuring the integrity of the final design,” Eremenko noted. After vehicleforge.mil goes operational in 2011-12,
DARPA envisions a series of Adaptive Make Challenges—prize-based competitions of increasing complexity with winning designs manufactured in iFAB—the output of which may ultimately be evaluated against Army prototypes.
As AVM engages non-traditional participants in the making of defense vehicles, DARPA hopes to generate a renewed interest in the manufacturing field and foster the next generation cadre of innovators. “DARPA will deploy a variety of 3D printers to high schools across the country,” said Eremenko, “our goal is a thousand schools within three years.” Under the MENTOR effort, students will engage in a distributed design and manufacturing experiment using conventional social media to collaborate across schools to develop and build vehicles such as mobile robots, go carts, etc.
Eremenko is under no illusion that the leap from integrated circuits to an infantry fighting vehicle is an easy one. “The diversity of components and interactions among them is much richer and much more dynamic, and the environment context in which vehicles operate is also significantly more complex—there is no doubt that this is a DARPA-hard problem, but the pay-off for success would be immense,” he said.
http://www.darpa.mil/
Agile and flexible design and manufacturing approaches are needed to meet the demands of rapidly changing threats to national security, declining defense budgets and the increasing complexity of systems. Current approaches to the development of defense systems and vehicles have proven inadequate for the timely delivery of much needed capability for the warfighter. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched a portfolio of programs aimed at dramatically compressing development timelines for complex defense systems. DARPA’s Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) portfolio will fundamentally alter the way systems are designed, built and verified, significantly improving the capacity to handle complexity—which has been rapidly outpacing existing 1960s-vintage approaches to managing it.
According to Paul Eremenko, DARPA program manager, “DARPA’s goal is to replicate the success of the integrated circuit industry in coping with rapidly growing product complexity by moving to higher levels of abstraction in design, introducing design automation and model-based verification and decoupling the design and build phases of the development process.”
The AVM portfolio is composed of four synergistic efforts: META, Instant Foundry Adaptive through Bits (iFAB), Fast Adaptive Next-Generation Ground Combat Vehicle (FANG) and Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR), which will culminate in the development of a next generation infantry fighting vehicle. “The aggregate aim is to compress development timelines by at least 5X, shift the product value chain toward high-value-added design activities drastically democratize the innovation process and build the next generation cadre of manufacturing innovators—starting at the high school level,” said Eremenko.
Earlier this year, DARPA launched the first of the AVM efforts—META—a program to develop metrics, a representation metalanguage, design tools, and verification techniques to enable the synthesis of vehicle designs that are correct-by-construction. “META will create a toolset that enables the development of complex military vehicles and avoids the design-build-test-redesign loop that tends to lead to cost and schedule growth as we chase unanticipated interactions within the system,” said Eremenko.
iFAB complements META’s “fab-less” design capability with a “foundry-style” manufacturing approach. “The ultimate vision,” explained Eremenko, “is for a bitstream-programmable manufacturing facility that can be rapidly configured to produce a new design or design variation with nearly zero learning curve,” adding: “We call this large-scale manufacturing in quantities of one.” An iFAB-style facility is the defense industry’s analog to modern integrated circuit manufacturing plants, which are automated, adaptable and capable of producing a broad spectrum of products.
The culmination of AVM is the FANG program which will leverage the META and iFAB capabilities to produce an infantry fighting vehicle. But FANG has yet another objective in mind. “We are looking to expand the number of contributors in the design process by orders of magnitude—we call this ‘democratizing innovation’,” said Eremenko. To that end, DARPA will develop a collaborative infrastructure for crowd-sourcing vehicle designs, called vehicleforge.mil. DARPA expects that the site will employ the META metalanguage to represent designs and will include version control and “branching” features similar to those found in open-source software forge sites—all in an effort to enable thousands across the globe to contribute to vehicle designs. “Naturally, we are also investigating novel mechanisms for credentialing users and for ensuring the integrity of the final design,” Eremenko noted. After vehicleforge.mil goes operational in 2011-12,
DARPA envisions a series of Adaptive Make Challenges—prize-based competitions of increasing complexity with winning designs manufactured in iFAB—the output of which may ultimately be evaluated against Army prototypes.
As AVM engages non-traditional participants in the making of defense vehicles, DARPA hopes to generate a renewed interest in the manufacturing field and foster the next generation cadre of innovators. “DARPA will deploy a variety of 3D printers to high schools across the country,” said Eremenko, “our goal is a thousand schools within three years.” Under the MENTOR effort, students will engage in a distributed design and manufacturing experiment using conventional social media to collaborate across schools to develop and build vehicles such as mobile robots, go carts, etc.
Eremenko is under no illusion that the leap from integrated circuits to an infantry fighting vehicle is an easy one. “The diversity of components and interactions among them is much richer and much more dynamic, and the environment context in which vehicles operate is also significantly more complex—there is no doubt that this is a DARPA-hard problem, but the pay-off for success would be immense,” he said.
http://www.darpa.mil/
Companies Introduce Sustainable Aircraft Deicing Process
http://www.aero-news.net/news/commair.cfm?ContentBlockID=6fa88330-7f59-4ae2-b9b9-eb5fb4918df0&Dynamic=1
System Collects Glycol Solution For Recycling To Near 100% Purity
A pair of companies has gotten together to develop an environmentally-friendly system for deicing commercial aircraft. ThermoEnergy Corporation, a maker of wastewater recovery technology and systems, announced a strategic alliance Tuesday with Contego Systems, which provides EPA approved aircraft deicing services to more than 30 airline companies located at major airport hubs around the U.S.
System Collects Glycol Solution For Recycling To Near 100% Purity
A pair of companies has gotten together to develop an environmentally-friendly system for deicing commercial aircraft. ThermoEnergy Corporation, a maker of wastewater recovery technology and systems, announced a strategic alliance Tuesday with Contego Systems, which provides EPA approved aircraft deicing services to more than 30 airline companies located at major airport hubs around the U.S.
United Arab Eemirates & Brazil in talks for Embraer KC-390
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/23/347720/uae-brazil-in-talks-for-embraer-kc-390.html
Brazilian defence minister Nelson Jobim on 19 September met with Gen H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE armed forces.
Jobim says a possible agreement on military co-operation in negotiation between the countries could include Abu Dhabi's participation in the KC-390 programme. Such a deal also would involve UAE interest in the Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano, he says.
Brazilian defence minister Nelson Jobim on 19 September met with Gen H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE armed forces.
Jobim says a possible agreement on military co-operation in negotiation between the countries could include Abu Dhabi's participation in the KC-390 programme. Such a deal also would involve UAE interest in the Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano, he says.
Back in the Air: X-48B Blended Wing Body Resumes Flight Tests at NASA Dryden
After undergoing a major overhaul and upgrades, the Boeing / NASA X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft resumed flight tests with a checkout flight Sept. 21 from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
The subscale, manta ray-shaped, remotely piloted airplane, also called a hybrid wing body, is a tool of NASA's new Environmentally Responsible Aviation, or ERA, project. ERA aims to develop the technology needed to create quieter, cleaner, and more fuel-efficient airplanes for the future.
After completion of its first phase of flight testing, the airplane was disassembled for a complete inspection and refurbishment. This new series of flight tests will focus on additional parameter identification investigations following installation and checkout of a new flight computer. The parameter identification work will evaluate the new computer’s control of the aircraft’s flight control surfaces and the airplane's performance.
In addition to NASA and Boeing, the X-48B team includes Cranfield Aerospace Ltd. in the United Kingdom, and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.
The team completed the 80th and last flight of the project's first phase on March 19, 2010, almost three years after the X-48B's first flight on July 20, 2007.
NASA
The subscale, manta ray-shaped, remotely piloted airplane, also called a hybrid wing body, is a tool of NASA's new Environmentally Responsible Aviation, or ERA, project. ERA aims to develop the technology needed to create quieter, cleaner, and more fuel-efficient airplanes for the future.
After completion of its first phase of flight testing, the airplane was disassembled for a complete inspection and refurbishment. This new series of flight tests will focus on additional parameter identification investigations following installation and checkout of a new flight computer. The parameter identification work will evaluate the new computer’s control of the aircraft’s flight control surfaces and the airplane's performance.
In addition to NASA and Boeing, the X-48B team includes Cranfield Aerospace Ltd. in the United Kingdom, and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.
The team completed the 80th and last flight of the project's first phase on March 19, 2010, almost three years after the X-48B's first flight on July 20, 2007.
NASA
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Ukraine hopes to set up joint aircraft venture with Russia in October
http://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20100922/160682015.html
Ukraine hopes that a joint venture with Russia to build Antonov aircraft will be set up in Russia as soon as October, the country's Minister of Industrial Policy said on Wednesday.
The two countries discussed the structure of the venture last week, and Russia "fully agreed" with the Ukrainian proposals, Dmytro Kolyesnikov said.
Ukraine hopes that a joint venture with Russia to build Antonov aircraft will be set up in Russia as soon as October, the country's Minister of Industrial Policy said on Wednesday.
The two countries discussed the structure of the venture last week, and Russia "fully agreed" with the Ukrainian proposals, Dmytro Kolyesnikov said.
Sasol takes to the skies with the world’s first fully synthetic jet fuel
Lanseria, Johannesburg – Sasol, the world’s leading producer of synthetic fuels from coal and natural gas, today flew the world’s first passenger aircraft exclusively using the company’s own-developed and internationally approved fully synthetic jet fuel.
The fuel, produced by Sasol’s proprietary Coal to Liquids (CTL) process, is the world’s only fully synthetic jet fuel to have received international approval as a commercial aviation turbine fuel.
Sanctioned by the global aviation fuel specification authorities the jet fuel is the first fully synthetic fuel to be approved for use in commercial airliners. This marks a significant development in the adoption of clean burning alternate fuels for the aviation industry. The engine-out emissions of Sasol’s synthetic jet fuel, are lower than those from jet fuel derived from crude oil, due to its limited sulphur content.
The historic flights, from Lanseria Airport in Gauteng to Cape Town, kicked-off Sasol’s 60th birthday celebrations, by staging a fly-past at the opening of the Africa Aerospace and Defense (AAD) 2010 exhibition at Cape Town’s Ysterplaat Air Force Base.
Speaking from the air force base, where he landed on one of the inaugural flights, Sasol Chief executive, Pat Davies, said the event was a fitting manner to celebrate the company’s diamond anniversary.
"The development and approval of this fuel is a testament to Sasol’s 60 years of technical innovation and is an important milestone in the company’s history. The approval by the international aviation fuel authorities, of this product, recognises the need to develop aviation fuel from feedstocks other than crude-oil, in order to meet the world’s growing needs", Davies said.
"Sasol’s advances in synthetic fuel technology have brought us even closer to integrating viable alternate transportation fuel into the energy mix", he said. In 1998, Sasol became the first company in the world to gain approval for the commercial use of a 50% synthetic jet fuel component, which was blended with petroleum kerosene. To date, most of the aircraft leaving O.R Tambo International Airport have flown using Sasol’s semi-synthetic jet fuel.
Spurred on by the world’s growing need for alternative fuels, Sasol continued with years of extensive test work and research that culminated in the production of the 100% synthetic jet fuel.
In 2008, international aviation fuel authorities, including the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MoD), governing the Defence Standard DEFSTAN 91-91, approved Sasol’s wholly synthetic jet fuel as Jet A-1 fuel, for commercial use in all types of turbine aircraft.
Managing director of Sasol Technology, Willem Louw, said the approval process was stringent.
"A number of aviation stakeholders, including airframe, engine and ancillary equipment manufacturers; airlines and aviation authorities such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA); and relevant oil companies, were involved in the approval of this fuel", he said.
"While this has been a long journey, the delivery of a viable alternate jet fuel solution that meets with the strict specifications of global aviation authorities, is a proud acknowledgement of the enormous talent and expertise within the Sasol Technology business", he said.
The fuel is fully fungible and aligned with the current aviation infrastructure through its compatibility with the existing engine requirements and can be used with conventional crude oil-derived jet fuelling systems.
"Through Sasol’s advanced technology and our innovative spirit, we have delivered a world first and, as we enter our 60th year, we look forward to the many innovations that lie ahead", Davies said.
Sasol’s exhibit at AAD 2010 showcases the company’s fascinating innovative developments over the past 60 years and is open to the public from 21-25 September.
The fuel, produced by Sasol’s proprietary Coal to Liquids (CTL) process, is the world’s only fully synthetic jet fuel to have received international approval as a commercial aviation turbine fuel.
Sanctioned by the global aviation fuel specification authorities the jet fuel is the first fully synthetic fuel to be approved for use in commercial airliners. This marks a significant development in the adoption of clean burning alternate fuels for the aviation industry. The engine-out emissions of Sasol’s synthetic jet fuel, are lower than those from jet fuel derived from crude oil, due to its limited sulphur content.
The historic flights, from Lanseria Airport in Gauteng to Cape Town, kicked-off Sasol’s 60th birthday celebrations, by staging a fly-past at the opening of the Africa Aerospace and Defense (AAD) 2010 exhibition at Cape Town’s Ysterplaat Air Force Base.
Speaking from the air force base, where he landed on one of the inaugural flights, Sasol Chief executive, Pat Davies, said the event was a fitting manner to celebrate the company’s diamond anniversary.
"The development and approval of this fuel is a testament to Sasol’s 60 years of technical innovation and is an important milestone in the company’s history. The approval by the international aviation fuel authorities, of this product, recognises the need to develop aviation fuel from feedstocks other than crude-oil, in order to meet the world’s growing needs", Davies said.
"Sasol’s advances in synthetic fuel technology have brought us even closer to integrating viable alternate transportation fuel into the energy mix", he said. In 1998, Sasol became the first company in the world to gain approval for the commercial use of a 50% synthetic jet fuel component, which was blended with petroleum kerosene. To date, most of the aircraft leaving O.R Tambo International Airport have flown using Sasol’s semi-synthetic jet fuel.
Spurred on by the world’s growing need for alternative fuels, Sasol continued with years of extensive test work and research that culminated in the production of the 100% synthetic jet fuel.
In 2008, international aviation fuel authorities, including the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MoD), governing the Defence Standard DEFSTAN 91-91, approved Sasol’s wholly synthetic jet fuel as Jet A-1 fuel, for commercial use in all types of turbine aircraft.
Managing director of Sasol Technology, Willem Louw, said the approval process was stringent.
"A number of aviation stakeholders, including airframe, engine and ancillary equipment manufacturers; airlines and aviation authorities such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA); and relevant oil companies, were involved in the approval of this fuel", he said.
"While this has been a long journey, the delivery of a viable alternate jet fuel solution that meets with the strict specifications of global aviation authorities, is a proud acknowledgement of the enormous talent and expertise within the Sasol Technology business", he said.
The fuel is fully fungible and aligned with the current aviation infrastructure through its compatibility with the existing engine requirements and can be used with conventional crude oil-derived jet fuelling systems.
"Through Sasol’s advanced technology and our innovative spirit, we have delivered a world first and, as we enter our 60th year, we look forward to the many innovations that lie ahead", Davies said.
Sasol’s exhibit at AAD 2010 showcases the company’s fascinating innovative developments over the past 60 years and is open to the public from 21-25 September.
S&P eleva el 'rating' del consorcio EADS que pasa de 'BBB+' a 'A-' con perspectiva estable
http://www.europapress.es/economia/noticia-economia-empresas-sp-eleva-rating-consorcio-eads-pasa-bbb-perspectiva-estable-20100922185618.html
"La mejora refleja nuestra visión de que EADS ha afrontado en los últimos tres años los riesgos de proyectos como el avión militar A400M y el A380, así como los progresos del programa de reducción de costes del constructor conocido como Power 8", indica en una nota el analista de la firma Werner Staeblein.
"La mejora refleja nuestra visión de que EADS ha afrontado en los últimos tres años los riesgos de proyectos como el avión militar A400M y el A380, así como los progresos del programa de reducción de costes del constructor conocido como Power 8", indica en una nota el analista de la firma Werner Staeblein.
IAI reveals plans for K-80 tiltrotor UAV
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/21/347638/iai-reveals-plans-for-k-80-tiltrotor-uav.html
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2010/09/22/01.xml
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2010/09/22/01.xml
- MTOW 60kg (132lb)
- Endurance: 6h
- VTOL
- Engines: electric, 2 @wings + 1 @aft fuselage
- Take-off and landing fully automatic
Orion Spacecraft on the Path to Future Flight
Production Operations Now Under Way at Kennedy Space Center
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL , September 21st, 2010 -- Preparations for Orion’s first mission in 2013 are well under way as a Lockheed Martin-led crew begins lean assembly pathfinding operations for the spacecraft. The crew is conducting simulated manufacturing and assembly operations with a full-scale Orion mockup to verify the tools, processes and spacecraft integration procedures work as expected.
As the nation’s next generation spacecraft for human spaceflight, the Orion crew exploration vehicle is designed to support missions to the International Space Station and far beyond into deep space. The Orion spacecraft will be fully assembled and integrated on site in the Operations & Checkout (O&C) Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, a capability that provides significant time and cost savings.
“The unique benefit of this complete on-site operation is that we will build the spacecraft and then move it directly onto the launch vehicle at KSC, which saves the government transportation costs associated with tests and checkout prior to launch,” said Lockheed Martin Orion Deputy Program Manager for production operations Richard Harris. “This capability also facilitates the KSC workforce transition efforts by providing new job opportunities for those employees completing their shuttle program assignments.”
Dubbed the “the spacecraft factory of the future”, the O&C, underwent a two-year renovation effort led by Lockheed Martin with support from Space Florida and NASA. The collaborative effort created a state-of-the-art complex designed with the flexibility to support NASA’s next generation spacecraft fleet.
Orion Spacecraft on the Path to Future Flight - 2
Technical innovations incorporated into the O&C include 90,000 square feet of air-bearing floor space, paperless work stations, a portable clean room system, and specialized lifting/lowering and support tools that were designed by United Space Alliance (USA). Specially designed air-bearing pallets will enable a small crew to effortlessly maneuver spacecraft hardware across the factory floor. The building renovation also incorporated modern energy efficient HVAC and electrical systems which will further enhance cost savings for the life cycle of the facility.
With the help of an advanced crane that can position the spacecraft within millimeters of its target, the crew module, heat shield and service module will be integrated in tooling stations located on the O&C’s factory floor. These tooling stations are portable and will be moved to various Orion facilities around the country to provide low-cost and affordable vehicle processing on the Orion project.
The industry team supporting O&C tooling station operations include Lockheed Martin, USA and EMF, Inc. a small business based in Merritt Island, Fla., that built the tooling station and support pallets.
According to EMF Vice President Jeff Flick, the Orion program has been a “bright spot” in the space industry. “As a small business owner that supports NASA and the Department of Defense, I believe it is critical for our country to retain the unique skill mix of expertise that supports key national programs such as human space flight and defense initiatives.”
Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor to NASA for the Orion Project and leads the industry team that includes major subcontractors as well as a network of minor subcontractors and small businesses working at 88 facilities in 28 states. In addition, the program contracts with more than 500 small businesses across the United States through its expansive supply chain network.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin (LMT: NYSE) is a global security company that employs about 136,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation reported 2009 sales of $45.2 billion. http://www.lockheedmartin.com
First Production C-5M Super Galaxy Takes Flight
C-5M Super Galaxy made its first flight here Sept. 19 sporting the new “Super Galaxy” tail flash and nose art. It is set to be delivered Sept. 30 and will arrive for duty at Dover Air Force Base, Del., in November.
New Russian Missile Could Land With Hezbollah
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2010/09/22/05.xml
Russia is planning to sell Syria the P-800 Yakhont anti-ship cruise missile, which Israeli officials believe will be transferred to Hezbollah armed forces and used to threaten Tel Aviv’s navy warships.
Russia previously sold sophisticated, supersonic Kornet (9M133) AT-14 anti-tank missiles to Syria that were then supplied to Hezbollah.
The weapons were used to destroy and damage a number of Merkava 3 main battle tanks and blunt the Israeli armored attack into Southern Lebanon in 2006.
Syrian missile deal threatens Russian/Israeli UAV pact
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/22/347670/syrian-missile-deal-threatens-russianisraeli-uav-pact.html
Russia is planning to sell Syria the P-800 Yakhont anti-ship cruise missile, which Israeli officials believe will be transferred to Hezbollah armed forces and used to threaten Tel Aviv’s navy warships.
Russia previously sold sophisticated, supersonic Kornet (9M133) AT-14 anti-tank missiles to Syria that were then supplied to Hezbollah.
The weapons were used to destroy and damage a number of Merkava 3 main battle tanks and blunt the Israeli armored attack into Southern Lebanon in 2006.
Syrian missile deal threatens Russian/Israeli UAV pact
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/22/347670/syrian-missile-deal-threatens-russianisraeli-uav-pact.html
Argentina: La Fabrica de Córdoba volverá a producir aviones, los primeros desde 1982. Fumigadores y Entrenadores
existe “un mercado interesantísimo”. Concretamente, la demanda sería en torno a entre 100 y 150 aeronaves anuales que, si bien son pequeñas, podrían aportar un importante flujo de ingresos, ya que tienen un costo de venta que ronda entre los 150.000 y 250.000 dólares.
El otro proyecto es el recientemente anunciado para la construcción de un avión de entrenamiento primario (el Pampa es de entrenamiento avanzado) denominado IA73, cuya producción comenzaría en 2013. Dicha iniciativa, que es propia de Fadea, ya atrajo el interés de las empresas aeronáuticas estatales de Italia, Alemania; y Chile, Enaer.
Córdoba fabricará un nuevo avión
Se trata del IA73, aeronave de entrenamiento que reemplazará al actual Mentor. Estará lista en 2013.
http://www.diaadia.com.ar/?q=content/cordoba-fabricara-un-nuevo-avion&comunidad=4611
Argentina launches work on IA-73 trainer
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/22/347671/argentina-launches-work-on-ia-73-trainer.html
Aimed at first replacing the service's Beechcraft B45 Mentor ab initio trainers, the IA-73 is also expected to later succeed the Embraer EMB-312 Tucanos currently operated at the air force's Córdoba flight school
XCOR Completes Lynx Supersonic Wind Tunnel Tests at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
September 20, 2010, Mojave, CA and Huntsville, AL: XCOR Aerospace, Inc. announced today they have completed the primary supersonic wind tunnel testing of the Lynx suborbital spacecraft. The tests were performed at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) using a precision scale model and demonstrated the integrity of the Lynx aerodynamic shape and provided data to make final refinements to the vehicle. These new data provide confidence that the Lynx aerodynamic shape will have stable and controllable flight throughout the range of Mach numbers and angles of attack needed for the Lynx mission.
The recent tests add to subsonic wind tunnel testing data obtained by XCOR late last year at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton. As part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), XCOR, NASA and the Air Force will all benefit from the data. The tests are a joint effort between XCOR and the AFRL’s Air Vehicles Directorate.
Lynx is a two-seat, single-stage winged suborbital vehicle that lifts off from a runway powered by non-toxic, reusable rocket engines. The vehicle can carry safely to the edge of space and back a pilot, one spaceflight participant, and engineering and scientific payloads. The Lynx can be flown up to four times a day with minimal touch labor between flights.
“We continue to make excellent progress on the Lynx aerodynamic shape,” said XCOR CEO Jeff Greason. “The tests at MSFC gave us live information about the aerodynamic profile of the Lynx in transonic and supersonic flows, which occur during ascent and re-entry. We greatly appreciate the warm welcome and support we received at Marshall.”
The trisonic wind tunnel at MSFC, which also tested the Jupiter C, Saturn family, and Space Shuttle, evaluates the integrity and stability of rockets and launch vehicles with subsonic, transonic, and supersonic wind flows.
“Commercial space companies such as XCOR can benefit from NASA’s extensive facilities and experienced staff, while NASA benefits from the data generated by innovative designs such as the Lynx spacecraft and interaction with the US commercial space industry,” said Jeff Greason.
Andrew Nelson, XCOR COO added, “These tests complete another milestone toward delivering wet-lease Lynx vehicles and provide a great example of how government and commercial space entrepreneurs can work together to invigorate American industry and rebuild the Tier 2 and Tier 3 aerospace supplier base in our country.”
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XCOR Aerospace is a California corporation located in Mojave, California. The company is in the business of developing and producing safe, reliable and reusable rocket powered vehicles, propulsion systems, advanced non-flammable composites and other enabling technologies. XCOR is currently working with aerospace prime contractors and government customers on major propulsion systems, and concurrently building the Lynx, a piloted, two seat, fully reusable, liquid rocket powered vehicle that takes off and lands horizontally. The Lynx production models (designated Lynx Mark II) are designed to be robust, multi-commercial mission vehicles capable of flying to 100+ km in altitude up to four times per day and are being offered on a wet lease basis. Research, engineering, and educational communities interested in using the Lynx should contact XCOR directly regarding scientific, earth observation, materials science, upper-atmospheric weather research, and micro-gravity experiments at www.xcor.com. For the general public, advanced ticket sales for a return flight to the edge of space are available at www.rocketshiptours.com
XCor
The recent tests add to subsonic wind tunnel testing data obtained by XCOR late last year at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton. As part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), XCOR, NASA and the Air Force will all benefit from the data. The tests are a joint effort between XCOR and the AFRL’s Air Vehicles Directorate.
Lynx is a two-seat, single-stage winged suborbital vehicle that lifts off from a runway powered by non-toxic, reusable rocket engines. The vehicle can carry safely to the edge of space and back a pilot, one spaceflight participant, and engineering and scientific payloads. The Lynx can be flown up to four times a day with minimal touch labor between flights.
“We continue to make excellent progress on the Lynx aerodynamic shape,” said XCOR CEO Jeff Greason. “The tests at MSFC gave us live information about the aerodynamic profile of the Lynx in transonic and supersonic flows, which occur during ascent and re-entry. We greatly appreciate the warm welcome and support we received at Marshall.”
The trisonic wind tunnel at MSFC, which also tested the Jupiter C, Saturn family, and Space Shuttle, evaluates the integrity and stability of rockets and launch vehicles with subsonic, transonic, and supersonic wind flows.
“Commercial space companies such as XCOR can benefit from NASA’s extensive facilities and experienced staff, while NASA benefits from the data generated by innovative designs such as the Lynx spacecraft and interaction with the US commercial space industry,” said Jeff Greason.
Andrew Nelson, XCOR COO added, “These tests complete another milestone toward delivering wet-lease Lynx vehicles and provide a great example of how government and commercial space entrepreneurs can work together to invigorate American industry and rebuild the Tier 2 and Tier 3 aerospace supplier base in our country.”
# # # # #
XCOR Aerospace is a California corporation located in Mojave, California. The company is in the business of developing and producing safe, reliable and reusable rocket powered vehicles, propulsion systems, advanced non-flammable composites and other enabling technologies. XCOR is currently working with aerospace prime contractors and government customers on major propulsion systems, and concurrently building the Lynx, a piloted, two seat, fully reusable, liquid rocket powered vehicle that takes off and lands horizontally. The Lynx production models (designated Lynx Mark II) are designed to be robust, multi-commercial mission vehicles capable of flying to 100+ km in altitude up to four times per day and are being offered on a wet lease basis. Research, engineering, and educational communities interested in using the Lynx should contact XCOR directly regarding scientific, earth observation, materials science, upper-atmospheric weather research, and micro-gravity experiments at www.xcor.com. For the general public, advanced ticket sales for a return flight to the edge of space are available at www.rocketshiptours.com
XCor
Reforma fiscal: IRPF dividido en 5 tramos,24% para las rentas entre 5.050 y 17.360€, 28% para 17.360-32.360€, 37% para 32.360-52.360€ y 43% para los superiores
http://www.elmundo.es/mundodinero/2010/09/22/economia/1285158417.html?a=0f44%0A8ee3cf2bd68feb8d70a71a83e643
Según la Fundación de Cajas de Ahorros, la creación de un nuevo tramo del IRPF (45%) para los que superen los 100.000 euros, es decir, más contribuyentes que con esta medida, apenas aportaría 185 millones a las arcas públicas, el 0,017% del PIB.
Según la Fundación de Cajas de Ahorros, la creación de un nuevo tramo del IRPF (45%) para los que superen los 100.000 euros, es decir, más contribuyentes que con esta medida, apenas aportaría 185 millones a las arcas públicas, el 0,017% del PIB.
Eurocopter registra un incremento del 35 por ciento en el Sur de África
La filial regional del Grupo, Eurocopter Southern Africa Ltd, presta apoyo en el Sur de África a las bases y flotas de clientes que se encuentran en continua expansión.
"Para el año 2010, Eurocopter Southern Africa espera pedidos por una cuantía aproximada a 460 millones de ZAR (50,4 millones de euros) y una facturación de alrededor de 380 millones de ZAR (41,6 millones de euros). Esta subida del 35 por ciento sobre la cartera de pedidos de 2009 refleja la tendencia actual del mercado, que ha experimentado un aumento en los pedidos y las entregas en el sector servicios públicos", explica el CEO de Eurocopter Southern Africa Ltd, Fabrice Cagnat.
A pesar de la recesión que afectó a la industria aeroespacial y al sector de helicópteros, Eurocopter ha mantenido su posición como fabricante líder, con un 52 por ciento de cuota en el mercado civil y de servicios públicos.
Eurocopter pronostica la recuperación del mercado del Sur de África, conforme a la mejora de la economía mundial y regional. La empresa está bien situada para beneficiarse de la prevista reanimación, gracias a que posee la gama más amplia de modernos y eficientes helicópteros, así como a su pericia para configurarlos a la medida de las necesidades específicas de los clientes.
"La probada idoneidad de nuestros variados productos civiles y militares sitúa a Eurocopter en el primer puesto a la hora de beneficiarse del resurgimiento de los mercados mundial y africano. Mientras que los sectores corporativo y utilitario seguían tendencias a la baja de 2009, la demanda de helicópteros siguió siendo grande en las áreas se servicios públicos, de cumplimiento de la ley, seguridad pública y protección del medio ambiente", añade Cagnat.
En la actualidad, Eurocopter apoya a una flota que opera cerca de 240 helicópteros que vuelan en el Sur de África, en su mayor parte al servicio de fuerzas policiales de la región, organizaciones de rescate médico de emergencia, operaciones VIP y corporativas, así como en misiones utilitarias. Se emplean, por ejemplo, en misiones geosísmicas, de censo de caza e inspección de líneas de alta tensión. Además, un cierto número de helicópteros vuelan también en el mercado turístico y chárter.
La empresa cuenta asimismo con una Academia de Formaciónestablecida recientemente en Lanseria, cerca de Johannesburgo, para continuar el desarrollo de su negocio. El centro imparte cursos de conversión (type rating) y entrenamiento técnico a pilotos y mecánicos de helicóptero de clientes de toda la región. Para satisfacer la creciente demanda de instrucción, Eurocopter Southern Africa dará empleo a un instructor adicional a partir demecánicos.
Eurocopter Southern Africa, que continua ofreciendo apoyo técnico a los clientes de la región, envió el año pasado técnicos a más de 80 misiones. "Las superiores prestaciones de nuestros helicópteros y su fácil mantenimiento hacen de ellos la primera opción para duras misiones, que llevan a cabo con frecuencia lejos de su base. Asumimos el compromiso de prestar apoyo a estos helicópteros y, para cumplirlo, nuestros equipos técnicos tienen que trabajar en los aparatos en ciertas zonas remotas de difícil acceso, tales como las selvas de la República del Congo", dice Cagnat.
"Nuestras inversiones ponen de manifiesto la dedicación y el compromiso de Eurocopter Southern Africa a la hora de ofrecer servicios de primera categoría a los clientes del Sur de África y,enfatizan, nuestro compromiso a largo plazo en la región", añade.
Eurocopter organiza en Ciudad del Cabo el 2º Seminario sobre Mantenimiento del Orden desde el Aire, coincidiendo con la exposición bienal Africa Aerospace & Defence, que se celebra esta semana en dicha capital. En ella, Eurocopter presenta su gama de helicópteros ligeros y medios. Asimismo se exhibe el sistema de arma autónomo SAWS (Stand Alone Weapon System) desarrollado por la empresa conjunta Eurocopter-ATE. Visite Eurocopter en el Hangar 5, "stand" 5/ N16.
Dedalus Aircraft y Tecnam en el Festival Aéreo de Málaga 2010
- Cinco aviones volaron hasta Málaga para realizar seis pasadas en formación de flecha.
22 de septiembre de 2010. El pasado domingo 5 de septiembre Málaga celebraba su Festival Aéreo, al que Tecnam no faltó. Dedalus Aircraft Distribution, distribuidor oficial de Tecnam, junto a Aero 2000, empresa dedicada a la formación de pilotos en el aeródromo de la Juliana, Sevilla, además de otros tres clientes de la marca desplazaron cinco aviones para participar en la segunda edición del festival.
Los modelos elegidos, dos Tecnam P2006T y tres P2002 Sierra, volaron hasta el aeródromo de La Axarquía, base de operaciones de los aviones civiles participantes en el Festival.
Alrededor de las 11 de la mañana los 5 aviones pusieron rumbo a las playas de la Malagueta y Caleta de la ciudad de Málaga donde realizaron 6 pasadas en formación "flecha".
Desde Dedalus queremos agradecer a la organización del evento así como a los sponsors el trato recibido y felicitarles por el éxito del Festival.
Nota de prensa Tecnam
Publicidad: Sistemas de vigilancia, PCE Ibérica
Los sistemas de vigilancia se estan volviendo o se volvieron no una necesidad si no una obligación practicamente para la protección de nuestro hogar o industria. Pero habiendo tantos sistemas de vigilancia de los cuales muchos son atractivos pero en realidad no son seguros y por lo tanto no protegen lo suficiente por lo cual terminamos siendo un blanco facíl para cualquier delincuente ¿Desea saber más?.
Por suerte podemos encotrar sistemas de vigilancia muy efectivos que si cumplen con nuestras espectativas tanto como para protección de nuestros hogares o industrias el sistema de vigilancia PCE-IMS 1 llego para quedarse entre sus características podemos encontrar la posibilidad de monitorización de humedad del aire, velocidad del flujo del aire, inundación, temperatura. Estas son características excelentes que no se encuentran en cualquier sistema de seguridad.
El sistema de vigilancia PCE-IMS 1 es la solución mas económica para una monitorización de vigilancia rápida, segura y sencilla. Tambien permite la conexión de vigilancia por video cámara USB o IP. Todos los sensores se detectan de forma automática. Además cuenta con la posibilidad de enviar mensajes o imágenes (de una cámara USB), por SMS, correo electrónico o ICQ/AIM. A través de una estación intermediaria puede colocar los sensores y réles a varios kilómetros de distancia del sistema de vigilancia. Encontrará una visión general de todos los medidores aquí.
US Senator seeks to bind KC-X decision to illegal subsidies
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/21/347642/us-senator-seeks-to-bind-kc-x-decision-to-illegal-subsidies.html
Illegal subsidies would have to be factored into the US Air Force selection process for the KC-X tanker contract if Congress passes legislation proposed today by a Washington-based lawmaker.
Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, introduced the proposal as an amendment to the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011.
If passed, the bill would require the USAF to "consider any unfair competitive advantage" in the KC-X acquisition process.
Illegal subsidies would have to be factored into the US Air Force selection process for the KC-X tanker contract if Congress passes legislation proposed today by a Washington-based lawmaker.
Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, introduced the proposal as an amendment to the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011.
If passed, the bill would require the USAF to "consider any unfair competitive advantage" in the KC-X acquisition process.
EADS se asocia con la “Ecole Centrale de Pekin”
Jean Botti, Director Técnico (Chief Technical Officer – CTO) de EADS se ha asociado con la “Ecole Centrale de Pekin” (ECPk), un colegio de ingeniería franco-chino proyectado según el modelo de la escuela francesa “Ecole Centrale”. El acuerdo se formalizó el martes cuando el CTO y los Directores de la ECPk, Jean Dorey y Zhang XIONG, firmaron el “Charte des Membres Fondateurs” en la Facultad de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica de la Universidad de Pekín (BUAA). Zhiming ZHENG, Vicepresidente de BUAA participó también en la ceremonia.
EADS es ya un socio reconocido de la “Ecole Centrale de Paris” y está implicado en los proyectos de investigación y educación de la red de la “Ecole Centrale”. La nueva asociación con la ECPk tiene dos objetivos: Primero, reunir talentos y especialistas que cubran las necesidades de la empresa en China y, segundo, seguir aumentando la cooperación en la investigación. Asimismo, la asociación permite a EADS implicar a los estudiantes de doctorado chinos en proyectos de investigación y acceder a un nuevo centro tecnológico de investigación conjunto.
“China representa un mercado estratégicamente importante para EADS, lo que demuestran nuestras actuales operaciones”, afirmó el CTO Jean Botti. “Vale la pena fomentar una mayor cooperación en educación, y la ‘Ecole Centrale de Pekín’ puede apoyarnos para conseguir este propósito”.
Jean Dorey, Director de la ECPk, aseveró lo siguiente: “EADS está constantemente desarrollando sus actividades en el mercado chino y los estudiantes graduados por la “Ecole Centrale de Pekin” pueden aportar al Grupo los talentos necesarios para abordar los retos interculturales que tiene que afrontar en este país asiático. Además, la sólida formación en aeronáutica que nuestros estudiantes pueden adquirir a través del conocimiento de la BUAA y las “Ecoles Centrales” en esta materia beneficiará a EADS. Además de querer formar a ingenieros de alto nivel, ya hemos empezado a trabajar junto con EADS en proyectos de investigación”.
La “Ecole Centrale de Pekin” es una de las escuelas centrales de graduados conocida como red “Intergroupe des écoles centrales” junto con sus instituciones hermanas en las ciudades francesas de París, León, Lille, Nantes y Marsella. La “Ecole Centrale de Paris”, la institución más vieja de esta red, es una institución de estudios universitarios especializada en el campo de la ingeniería. Fundada en 1829, es una de las escuelas de ingeniería más prestigiosas de Francia. La “Ecole Centrale de Pekin” se fundó en el año 2005.
EADS y sus empresas antecesoras llevan activas en China desde hace varias décadas. Con el paso de los años, el Grupo ha fundado numerosas empresas conjuntas y ha expandido su presencia en el país a través de sociedades industriales. Entre las iniciativas de perfil más alto, se encuentra la Línea de Montaje Final de Airbus para aviones de pasillo único en Tianjin; y la sociedad de Eurocopter con la corporación China Aeronautics Industries Group Corp. (AVIC) para el desarrollo del helicóptero EC175.
EADS ha establecido una red de investigación global y tecnológica denominada Innovation Works. A parte de sus principales sedes en Munich y París, también dispone de sedes en España (Getafe), Reino Unido (Newport), Francia (Toulouse y Nantes), Alemania (Hamburgo), Singapur, India (Bangalore) y Rusia (Moscú). En total, la red internacional de EADS Innovation Works tiene más de 600 empleados.
EADS es líder mundial en aeronáutica, defensa y servicios relacionados. En 2009, el Grupo –compuesto por Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian y Eurocopter– generó unos ingresos de 42.800 millones de euros, con una plantilla de más de 119.000 empleados.
EADS
EADS es ya un socio reconocido de la “Ecole Centrale de Paris” y está implicado en los proyectos de investigación y educación de la red de la “Ecole Centrale”. La nueva asociación con la ECPk tiene dos objetivos: Primero, reunir talentos y especialistas que cubran las necesidades de la empresa en China y, segundo, seguir aumentando la cooperación en la investigación. Asimismo, la asociación permite a EADS implicar a los estudiantes de doctorado chinos en proyectos de investigación y acceder a un nuevo centro tecnológico de investigación conjunto.
“China representa un mercado estratégicamente importante para EADS, lo que demuestran nuestras actuales operaciones”, afirmó el CTO Jean Botti. “Vale la pena fomentar una mayor cooperación en educación, y la ‘Ecole Centrale de Pekín’ puede apoyarnos para conseguir este propósito”.
Jean Dorey, Director de la ECPk, aseveró lo siguiente: “EADS está constantemente desarrollando sus actividades en el mercado chino y los estudiantes graduados por la “Ecole Centrale de Pekin” pueden aportar al Grupo los talentos necesarios para abordar los retos interculturales que tiene que afrontar en este país asiático. Además, la sólida formación en aeronáutica que nuestros estudiantes pueden adquirir a través del conocimiento de la BUAA y las “Ecoles Centrales” en esta materia beneficiará a EADS. Además de querer formar a ingenieros de alto nivel, ya hemos empezado a trabajar junto con EADS en proyectos de investigación”.
La “Ecole Centrale de Pekin” es una de las escuelas centrales de graduados conocida como red “Intergroupe des écoles centrales” junto con sus instituciones hermanas en las ciudades francesas de París, León, Lille, Nantes y Marsella. La “Ecole Centrale de Paris”, la institución más vieja de esta red, es una institución de estudios universitarios especializada en el campo de la ingeniería. Fundada en 1829, es una de las escuelas de ingeniería más prestigiosas de Francia. La “Ecole Centrale de Pekin” se fundó en el año 2005.
EADS y sus empresas antecesoras llevan activas en China desde hace varias décadas. Con el paso de los años, el Grupo ha fundado numerosas empresas conjuntas y ha expandido su presencia en el país a través de sociedades industriales. Entre las iniciativas de perfil más alto, se encuentra la Línea de Montaje Final de Airbus para aviones de pasillo único en Tianjin; y la sociedad de Eurocopter con la corporación China Aeronautics Industries Group Corp. (AVIC) para el desarrollo del helicóptero EC175.
EADS ha establecido una red de investigación global y tecnológica denominada Innovation Works. A parte de sus principales sedes en Munich y París, también dispone de sedes en España (Getafe), Reino Unido (Newport), Francia (Toulouse y Nantes), Alemania (Hamburgo), Singapur, India (Bangalore) y Rusia (Moscú). En total, la red internacional de EADS Innovation Works tiene más de 600 empleados.
EADS es líder mundial en aeronáutica, defensa y servicios relacionados. En 2009, el Grupo –compuesto por Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian y Eurocopter– generó unos ingresos de 42.800 millones de euros, con una plantilla de más de 119.000 empleados.
EADS
Biofuels Could Be Cleared For Aircraft Use
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2010/09/20/AW_09_20_2010_p57-255173.xml
Approval of biofuels for use in aircraft, expected by mid-2011, is a critical step. A standard for jet fuels using synthesized hydrocarbons has already been crafted and the first annex, covering synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) produced via the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process, was approved last year. But a second annex covering bio-SPKs—also called hydrotreated renewable jet fuel (HRJ)—is eagerly awaited, as these promise to reduce aviation’s greenhouse-gas emissions (see p. 60).
Approval of biofuels for use in aircraft, expected by mid-2011, is a critical step. A standard for jet fuels using synthesized hydrocarbons has already been crafted and the first annex, covering synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) produced via the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process, was approved last year. But a second annex covering bio-SPKs—also called hydrotreated renewable jet fuel (HRJ)—is eagerly awaited, as these promise to reduce aviation’s greenhouse-gas emissions (see p. 60).
martes, 21 de septiembre de 2010
APES 0017 El carrusel del rejuvenecimiento
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Y aprovechanos para recomendaros una nueva serie: La Serie On-Line en fascículos
Y aprovechanos para recomendaros una nueva serie: La Serie On-Line en fascículos
ESSP SAS ha sido confirmado como proveedor de servicios de navegación aérea en la UE
De acuerdo con el Reglamento (CE) número 2096/2005 de la Comisión
Europea relativo a la prestación de servicios de navegación aérea en
el Cielo Único Europeo, la compañía francesa ESSP SAS ha sido
confirmada por la Autoridad Nacional de Supervisión (ANS) de Francia
como Proveedor de Servicios de Navegación Aérea-
Europea relativo a la prestación de servicios de navegación aérea en
el Cielo Único Europeo, la compañía francesa ESSP SAS ha sido
confirmada por la Autoridad Nacional de Supervisión (ANS) de Francia
como Proveedor de Servicios de Navegación Aérea-
En España ya se sabe que los tres aeropuertos elegidos para comenzar
las pruebas son los de Málaga, La Palma y Las Palmas.
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http://www.tecnoaereo.com/essp-sas-ha-sido-confirmado-como-proveedor-de-servicios-de-navegacion-aerea-en-la-ue
Ejército de Rusia ensaya con éxito aviones no tripulados de fabricación nacional
"En el polígono 252 del Distrito Militar Oeste, en la localidad de Gorojovets de la provincia de Nizhni Nóvgorod, se realizaron ensayos comparativos abiertos de los UAV de diseño y fabricación rusa, con la participación de una comisión a cargo del comandante del Ejército de Tierra, general Alexandr Póstnikov", dice el comunicado
http://sp.rian.ru/onlinenews/20100920/127799280.html
http://sp.rian.ru/onlinenews/20100920/127799280.html
F-15 engine tested on tri-fuel blend
Continuing the march toward certifying the entire Air Force fleet on alternative fuels, an F-15 Eagle engine is undergoing performance testing here using a unique blend of three different fuel types.
The F100 engine is being tested with a combination of JP-8 conventional aviation fuel; a biofuel derived from tallow, which is an animal fat; and a synthetic fuel derived from coal through a process commonly known as Fisher-Tropsch.
The fuels testing is being conducted to ensure the different fuels, in varying combinations, are suitable for an upcoming series of F-15 flight tests tentatively scheduled for October at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., said Brian Knack, the Aerospace Testing Alliance's program engineer for the test. ATA is the operating contractor at the Arnold Engineering Development Center.
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The F100 engine is being tested with a combination of JP-8 conventional aviation fuel; a biofuel derived from tallow, which is an animal fat; and a synthetic fuel derived from coal through a process commonly known as Fisher-Tropsch.
The fuels testing is being conducted to ensure the different fuels, in varying combinations, are suitable for an upcoming series of F-15 flight tests tentatively scheduled for October at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., said Brian Knack, the Aerospace Testing Alliance's program engineer for the test. ATA is the operating contractor at the Arnold Engineering Development Center.
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La Agencia Espacial Europea lanza un concurso para que los estudiantes universitarios europeos realicen experimentos en condiciones de hipergravedad.
Si en 2009, la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) ofrecía a los universitarios la posibilidad de participar en vuelos parabólicos para llevar sus proyectos a la microgravedad mediante el programa Fly your Thesis!, ahora, les propone dar un giro de ciento ochenta grados e introducir sus experimentos en una máquina centrífuga para alcanzar condiciones de hipergravedad y así conocer qué ocurre cuando la fuerza de la gravedad aumenta entre 1 y 20 veces. Lo han denominado Spin your Thesis!
Cada equipo de estudiantes debe proponer y diseñar un experimento científico o tecnológico relacionado con el programa de sus estudios que necesite estar sometido a condiciones de hipergravedad durante horas o días.
Es ahí donde entra la Centrífuga de Gran Diámetro (LCD) que la Agencia Espacial Europea tiene instalada en el Centro Europeo de Investigación y Tecnología Espacial (ESTEC) de los Países Bajos. Se caracteriza por su versatilidad, ya que las condiciones de los experimentos (aceleraciones entre 1 y 20 veces de la gravedad terrestre) y la duración de los ensayos (experimentos de forma continua de minutos a meses) varían en función de las necesidades inherentes a cada muestra.
Fases y desarrollo del experimento
Spin your Thesis! 2011 consta de tres fases. La primera, en la que los equipos interesados en participar deben registrarse en la web de la Oficina de Educación de la ESA (www.esa.int/education) y enviar sus propuestas antes del 10 de diciembre de 2010.
Un comité de expertos revisará las propuestas y seleccionará cuatro equipos que pasarán a la segunda fase, en la que deberán desarrollar su experimento. Para ello contarán conel asesoramiento técnico de la ESA y expertos en hipergravedad tanto de la Agencia Espacial como de la Asociación Europea para la Investigación en Condiciones de Baja Gracedad (ELGRA). Finalmente, en junio de 2011, los cuatro equipos seleccionados ensayarán el experimento en la LCD, en turnos de una semana de duración cada dos equipos.
Press Release
Cada equipo de estudiantes debe proponer y diseñar un experimento científico o tecnológico relacionado con el programa de sus estudios que necesite estar sometido a condiciones de hipergravedad durante horas o días.
Es ahí donde entra la Centrífuga de Gran Diámetro (LCD) que la Agencia Espacial Europea tiene instalada en el Centro Europeo de Investigación y Tecnología Espacial (ESTEC) de los Países Bajos. Se caracteriza por su versatilidad, ya que las condiciones de los experimentos (aceleraciones entre 1 y 20 veces de la gravedad terrestre) y la duración de los ensayos (experimentos de forma continua de minutos a meses) varían en función de las necesidades inherentes a cada muestra.
Fases y desarrollo del experimento
Spin your Thesis! 2011 consta de tres fases. La primera, en la que los equipos interesados en participar deben registrarse en la web de la Oficina de Educación de la ESA (www.esa.int/education) y enviar sus propuestas antes del 10 de diciembre de 2010.
Un comité de expertos revisará las propuestas y seleccionará cuatro equipos que pasarán a la segunda fase, en la que deberán desarrollar su experimento. Para ello contarán conel asesoramiento técnico de la ESA y expertos en hipergravedad tanto de la Agencia Espacial como de la Asociación Europea para la Investigación en Condiciones de Baja Gracedad (ELGRA). Finalmente, en junio de 2011, los cuatro equipos seleccionados ensayarán el experimento en la LCD, en turnos de una semana de duración cada dos equipos.
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¡A ver qué nos cuentan estos chicos! como Ingeniero Técnico Aeronáutico y como Alumno Piloto (con una Tecnam, precisamente) tengo curiosidad...
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Eclipse Cleared For FL410! Windshield Fixed , VLJ Ready For Heavy-Breathing
In Aero-News
and Eclipse Press Release:
Eclipse Aerospace Announces Release of Enhanced Windshield, Return to 41,000 Feet
Albuquerque, N.M. – Sept. 20, 2010 - Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. (EAI) today announced the completion of the enhanced windshield application for the dissipation of precipitation static on windshields, and aircraft design changes for operation up to 41,000 feet. EAI committed to bring these upgrades to market for existing Eclipse aircraft owners after EAI acquired the assets of the previous company.
The new FAA certified windshield application uses a thin carbon strip that is adhered directly to existing Eclipse twin-engine jet windshields. This maintenance-free strip is bonded across the windshield and to the aircraft structure creating a conductive path, which acts as a diverter to dissipate potential precipitation static under certain flight conditions.
"This new diverter strip replaces the previous chemical-based application, which was hard to apply and difficult to maintain," stated Ken Ross, President of Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. Global Service and Support Division. "We are pleased to finalize this part of the Eclipse Jet service offerings for our customers, who are enthusiastic about the new windshield applications."
In addition to the improved windshield application, EAI also announces the successful completion of the engineering requirements addressing the existing FAA Airworthiness Directive, restricting flight to 37,000 feet. Eclipse is actively testing these modifications and has completed the final design. Final certification of the aircraft modifications are expected prior to the end of the year. After installation in the aircraft, these modifications will permit the EA500 to return to a service ceiling of 41,000 feet.
"What an exciting time for Eclipse and our customers," said Mason Holland, Chairman and CEO of Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. "The windshield upgrade and return to 41,000 feet were our most difficult challenges to overcome in our upgrade program. By completing these projects we are officially announcing that the initial commitments to our existing customers have been met. We look forward to continuing to provide service for our customers while advancing innovations for the Eclipse Twin Engine Jet through our Total Eclipse program."
and Eclipse Press Release:
Eclipse Aerospace Announces Release of Enhanced Windshield, Return to 41,000 Feet
Albuquerque, N.M. – Sept. 20, 2010 - Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. (EAI) today announced the completion of the enhanced windshield application for the dissipation of precipitation static on windshields, and aircraft design changes for operation up to 41,000 feet. EAI committed to bring these upgrades to market for existing Eclipse aircraft owners after EAI acquired the assets of the previous company.
The new FAA certified windshield application uses a thin carbon strip that is adhered directly to existing Eclipse twin-engine jet windshields. This maintenance-free strip is bonded across the windshield and to the aircraft structure creating a conductive path, which acts as a diverter to dissipate potential precipitation static under certain flight conditions.
"This new diverter strip replaces the previous chemical-based application, which was hard to apply and difficult to maintain," stated Ken Ross, President of Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. Global Service and Support Division. "We are pleased to finalize this part of the Eclipse Jet service offerings for our customers, who are enthusiastic about the new windshield applications."
In addition to the improved windshield application, EAI also announces the successful completion of the engineering requirements addressing the existing FAA Airworthiness Directive, restricting flight to 37,000 feet. Eclipse is actively testing these modifications and has completed the final design. Final certification of the aircraft modifications are expected prior to the end of the year. After installation in the aircraft, these modifications will permit the EA500 to return to a service ceiling of 41,000 feet.
"What an exciting time for Eclipse and our customers," said Mason Holland, Chairman and CEO of Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. "The windshield upgrade and return to 41,000 feet were our most difficult challenges to overcome in our upgrade program. By completing these projects we are officially announcing that the initial commitments to our existing customers have been met. We look forward to continuing to provide service for our customers while advancing innovations for the Eclipse Twin Engine Jet through our Total Eclipse program."
New Boeing Patent for aerial refuelling: 2 in 1 boom-and-receptacle and probe-and-drogue systems.
The design mounts the hose and drogue in the extreme tail of the tanker, with a mechanism to attach the hose to the retracted boom when required. The boom then extends, refuels the probe-equipped receiver, then retracts and the hose is detached, allowing the boom to extend to refuel a receptacle-equipped aircraft. Pretty neat.
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Have a look to Boeing Patent
Constantino Méndez apuesta por la creación un gigante nacional en el sector de la Defensa
http://www.infodefensa.com/esp/noticias/noticias.asp?cod=2675&n=Constantino-M%E9ndez-apuesta-por-la-creaci%F3n-un-gigante-nacional-en-el-sector-de-la-Defensa
replicando el modelo de la británica BAE Systems, el de Thales en Francia o Finnmecanica en Italia.
El SEDEF afirmó haber comunicado a los principales grupos del país que "las circunstancias económicas actuales obligan a limitar el perímetro del sector", en declaraciones durante el Observatorio sobre la internacionalización de la industria de Defensa organizado por el diario Expansión y la compañía Oesía.
De las cuatro grandes empresas que operan en España (Indra, EADS, Navantia y Santa Bárbara Sistemas), todo apunta a que el SEDEF hacía referencia a la tecnológica Indra y al astillero público Navantia, argumentan en el citado diario, puesto que EADS es un consorcio europeo, Santa Bárbara Sistemas es parte del conglomerado empresarial norteamericano General Dynamics.
replicando el modelo de la británica BAE Systems, el de Thales en Francia o Finnmecanica en Italia.
El SEDEF afirmó haber comunicado a los principales grupos del país que "las circunstancias económicas actuales obligan a limitar el perímetro del sector", en declaraciones durante el Observatorio sobre la internacionalización de la industria de Defensa organizado por el diario Expansión y la compañía Oesía.
De las cuatro grandes empresas que operan en España (Indra, EADS, Navantia y Santa Bárbara Sistemas), todo apunta a que el SEDEF hacía referencia a la tecnológica Indra y al astillero público Navantia, argumentan en el citado diario, puesto que EADS es un consorcio europeo, Santa Bárbara Sistemas es parte del conglomerado empresarial norteamericano General Dynamics.
lunes, 20 de septiembre de 2010
Air Force Study Points To Reusable Orbiter
Newly declassified details of the analysis behind the U.S. Air Force’s decision to opt for a next-generation Reusable Booster System (RBS) reveal a long-term preference for a rocket-based, combined-cycle upper-stage orbiter over the nearer-term expendable solution.
The RBS plan is in development to replace the Air Force’s existing Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELV) beyond 2025, and aims to cut launch costs by 50% by combining a reusable first stage with expendable upper stages. The booster would take off vertically and return to a runway landing at the launch site.
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The RBS plan is in development to replace the Air Force’s existing Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELV) beyond 2025, and aims to cut launch costs by 50% by combining a reusable first stage with expendable upper stages. The booster would take off vertically and return to a runway landing at the launch site.
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Sukhoi makes noise tests Superjet 100 in Italy
AR IAC and EASA have cleared Sukhoi Superjet 100 for noise testing certification flights
On completion of 5 validation flights Sukhoi Superjet 100 has been cleared by AR IAC and EASA for noise program certification flights. At the Levaldigi airport SSJ100 is performing certification flights. Thanks to a telemetry equipment interfacing with on-board Aircraft testing instrumentation, the noise relevant flight parameters, including the aircraft trajectory, will be shown in real-time to flight test specialists sitting in Alenia Aeronautica Control Room located in Torino Caselle airport. Subsequent to the flight, the data will be analyzed in the same Alenia laboratories to provide quick look assessment of aircraft noise characteristics. Since meteo data are essential for Noise tests, both on-ground and in-flight measurements will be taken during tests, the last by using an helicopter equipped by a special probe.
Prior to the clearance AR IAC and EASA verified the aircraft 95004 configuration, reference trajectories for noise certification, flight test procedures, flight and ground test instrumentation and calibration status. In course of AR IAC-EASA parallel certification, EASA experts have already taken part in high angles of attack program, airstairs ejection and hydraulic system pressurization checks.
“SSJ100 Noise and HIRF testing, conducted in Italy is not just a program which tests certain aircraft parameters, it’s an essential part of a big effort of AR IAC and EASA in harmonization of the certification standards of Russia, CIS and Europe. And this job is made possible owing to Sukhoi Superjet 100 Program, as SSJ100 is the pioneering aircraft which is designated for the both Russian and world market and has to meet the international certification norms”, - said Igor Vinogradov, SCAC’s SVP on Certification.
About Sukhoi Civil Aircraft:
The Company’s shareholders are the Sukhoi Holding owing 75% - 1 share and the Italian Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica Company, holding 25% + 1 share since April 7, 2009. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft was founded in 2000 to develop new regional aircraft projects. Headquartered in Moscow, the Company enjoys several production branches seated in the cities of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Novosibirsk and Voronezh. Today the company employs over 2,000 people.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 – a new family of regional jets – is the Company’s major project. The aircraft was rolled out on September 26, 2007 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. On May 19, 2008, the first Sukhoi Superjet 100 performed its maiden flight there. On October 24, 2008, after successful completion of factory flight tests, the aircraft emerged into certification flight campaign.
Sukhoi
On completion of 5 validation flights Sukhoi Superjet 100 has been cleared by AR IAC and EASA for noise program certification flights. At the Levaldigi airport SSJ100 is performing certification flights. Thanks to a telemetry equipment interfacing with on-board Aircraft testing instrumentation, the noise relevant flight parameters, including the aircraft trajectory, will be shown in real-time to flight test specialists sitting in Alenia Aeronautica Control Room located in Torino Caselle airport. Subsequent to the flight, the data will be analyzed in the same Alenia laboratories to provide quick look assessment of aircraft noise characteristics. Since meteo data are essential for Noise tests, both on-ground and in-flight measurements will be taken during tests, the last by using an helicopter equipped by a special probe.
Prior to the clearance AR IAC and EASA verified the aircraft 95004 configuration, reference trajectories for noise certification, flight test procedures, flight and ground test instrumentation and calibration status. In course of AR IAC-EASA parallel certification, EASA experts have already taken part in high angles of attack program, airstairs ejection and hydraulic system pressurization checks.
“SSJ100 Noise and HIRF testing, conducted in Italy is not just a program which tests certain aircraft parameters, it’s an essential part of a big effort of AR IAC and EASA in harmonization of the certification standards of Russia, CIS and Europe. And this job is made possible owing to Sukhoi Superjet 100 Program, as SSJ100 is the pioneering aircraft which is designated for the both Russian and world market and has to meet the international certification norms”, - said Igor Vinogradov, SCAC’s SVP on Certification.
About Sukhoi Civil Aircraft:
The Company’s shareholders are the Sukhoi Holding owing 75% - 1 share and the Italian Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica Company, holding 25% + 1 share since April 7, 2009. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft was founded in 2000 to develop new regional aircraft projects. Headquartered in Moscow, the Company enjoys several production branches seated in the cities of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Novosibirsk and Voronezh. Today the company employs over 2,000 people.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 – a new family of regional jets – is the Company’s major project. The aircraft was rolled out on September 26, 2007 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. On May 19, 2008, the first Sukhoi Superjet 100 performed its maiden flight there. On October 24, 2008, after successful completion of factory flight tests, the aircraft emerged into certification flight campaign.
Sukhoi
Cassidian refuerza su conocimiento técnico en seguridad cibernética mediante la adquisición de una consultora cibernética británica
- Cassidian adquiere un grupo de expertos en seguridad cibernética para reforzar sus capacidades consultoras y su cartera de clientes.
- La adquisición de Regency Ltd representa un paso más en la estrategia de Cassidian para abordar las crecientes amenazas a los sistemas de información.
- Cassidian es el nuevo nombre de EADS Defence & Security
El pasado 19 de agosto,Cassidian adquirió Regency IT Consulting para reforzar las capacidades consultoras de la empresa en el Reino Unido. Esta operación asegura a Cassidian mantenerse a la vanguardia en conocimientos de seguridad cibernética y prever posibles amenazas futuras.
Regency emplea aproximadamente a 20 expertos en seguridad de información y servicios de gestión de seguridad TI. La empresa goza de una gran credibilidad entre sus clientes, tanto militares como gubernamentales, por saber responder perfectamente a los más exigentes requisitos en seguridad. Andrew Beckett, co-fundador de Regency, seguirá al frente de esta empresa, pero también será Director de Desarrollo Comercial en Ciberseguridad en el mercado británico.
Denis Gardin, Jefe del Cyber Security Customer Solutions Centre de EADS, afirmó: "Me emociona el hecho de que Regency vaya a unirse a Cassidian". Los expertos de Regency completan perfectamente las capacidades de Cassidian para mitigar riesgos y proporcionar soluciones a nuestros clientes contra amenazas cibernéticas".
Len Tyler, Director de Desarrollo Comercial de Cassidian Systems, aseveró: "Estamos ante una importante adquisición estratégica que reforzará la posición de la compañía en el sector cibernético. Asimismo, la fusión constituye un hito importante en la implementación de la estrategia cibernética de Cassidian".
Cassidian es ya una marca reconocida en todo el mundo como líder preferida y leal en el mercado global de la seguridad cibernética que ofrece productos criptográficos de alta velocidad (ECTOCRYP®) y servicios gestionados de encriptación, Security Cockpit y Desktop Monitoring, así como servicios de gestión de redes y de gestión de identidad federada.
Para satisfacer la creciente demanda de nuevas soluciones y productos destinados a afrontar amenazas, Cassidian y EADS Innovation Works (laboratorio central de investigación de EADS) decidieron en octubre de 2009 aunar sus competencias cibernéticas en el Cyber Security Customer Solutions Centre. Hay una fuerte base de expertos en el Reino Unido, Francia y Alemania para dar respuesta a las necesidades de los operadores de infraestructuras TI críticas (gobierno, multinacionales y operadores de infraestructuras estratégicas) y para proporcionar todos los conocimientos y soluciones necesarios para detectar amenazas cibernéticas y reaccionar contra ellas.
Cassidian, una compañía de EADS, es líder mundial en soluciones y sistemas globales de seguridad que integra grandes sistemas y proporciona productos con valor añadido y servicios a clientes del sector militar y civil en todo el mundo, entre los que cabe citar sistemas aéreos (aviones y sistemas aéreos no tripulados), sistemas navales, terrestres e interarmados, inteligencia y vigilancia, ciberseguridad, comunicaciones seguras, sistemas de pruebas, misiles, servicios y asistencia. Con cerca de 21.000 empleados, en 2009 generó unos ingresos de 5.400 millones de euros. EADS es líder mundial en aeronáutica, defensa y servicios relacionados. En 2009, EADS generó unos ingresos de 42.800 millones de euros con una plantilla de unos 119.000 empleados.
Cassidian, "Defending world security".
EADS
Mind control on the UAV brain
Using a headset controller made popular last year in Mindflex's mind control game, Samuel showed how a quadrotor helicopter could be controlled in altitude and direction simply by either concentrating intensely or relaxing the mind in a sleep-like state.
full text http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/20/347375/mind-control-on-the-uav-brain.html
full text http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/20/347375/mind-control-on-the-uav-brain.html
Eurocopter Vostok entrega los primeros helicópteros EC135 con aviónica rusa.
Se trata de los primeros equipados con aviónica de misión producida en Rusia por Transas Aviation, basada en San Petersburgo
http://www.airline92.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=700:eurocopter-vostok-entrega-los-primeros-helicopteros-ec135-con-avionica-rusa&catid=3:fabricantes&Itemid=56
http://www.airline92.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=700:eurocopter-vostok-entrega-los-primeros-helicopteros-ec135-con-avionica-rusa&catid=3:fabricantes&Itemid=56
Seven Globemaster IIIs Evaluate Formation Flight Mod
The test, designed to evaluate recent modifications made to the airframe's formation flight system, required multiple C-17s to fly in formation to validate FFS performance.
The FFS enables the pilot to monitor and fly the aircraft in formation with other C-17s at the same altitude and distance in any weather condition.
The C-17 has a basic mission requirement to fly large-scale formations, both in the clear and through the clouds.
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The FFS enables the pilot to monitor and fly the aircraft in formation with other C-17s at the same altitude and distance in any weather condition.
The C-17 has a basic mission requirement to fly large-scale formations, both in the clear and through the clouds.
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Sberbank (the Savings Bank of Russia) to credit Sukhoi’s Su-35S program
Sberbank (the Savings Bank of Russia) to credit Sukhoi's Su-35S program
The Komsomolsk-na-Amure-based Yuri Gagarin Aviation Industrial Concern (KnAAPO), incorporated by the Sukhoi Holding Company, and Sberbank (the Savings Bank of Russia) concluded today a general agreement to build the Su-35S multi-role fighter. The document was signed by Alexander Pekarsh, KnAAPO director general, and Olga Bukhankova, head of the Savings Bank central division in Komsomolsk-na-Amure. The signing of this agreement will provide long-term funding for one of Russia's largest aviation enterprises and ensure the series production of aircraft on time.
The state's contract under which Sukhoi must supply, by the year 2015, the Defense Ministry with 48 super-maneuverable Su-35S fighters was signed in August, last year, at the MAKS-2009 aerospace show. The series production of aircraft, the first of which was handed over to the Defense Ministry late this year, was organized at Sukhoi's facility in Komsomolsk. The fighter is also intended for the foreign market. Talks are underway for the supply of aircraft to customers in Southeast Asia, Middle East, and South America for re-equipment of their air forces.
The Su-35 is a thoroughly modernized super-maneuverable multi-role fighter of the 4++ generation. It employs the fifth-generation technologies giving it an edge over the same class fighters.
The special feature of the aircraft is a new avionics suite based on a digital information control system, integrating onboard instrumentation, a new radar with a phased antenna array capable of detecting a larger number of air targets with their simultaneous tracking and engagement (tracking of 30 and engagement of 8 air targets along with tracking of 4 and engagement of 2 ground targets), and new increased and vectored thrust engines. The Su-35 features a wide array of long-, middle- and short-range weapons. It carries guided munitions for resisting radar systems and fighting ships, general purpose weapons, guided aerial bombs and unguided missiles. The radar signature of the fighter, as compared to that of the fourth-generation, has been reduced by several times thanks to the current-conducting coating of the cockpit, application of radio absorptive surface materials and reduced number of protruding sensors.
The aircraft's service life is 6,000 flight hours, the life cycle is 30 years, and the designed operating life of the adjustable nozzle engines is 4,000 hours.
Sukhoi
The Komsomolsk-na-Amure-based Yuri Gagarin Aviation Industrial Concern (KnAAPO), incorporated by the Sukhoi Holding Company, and Sberbank (the Savings Bank of Russia) concluded today a general agreement to build the Su-35S multi-role fighter. The document was signed by Alexander Pekarsh, KnAAPO director general, and Olga Bukhankova, head of the Savings Bank central division in Komsomolsk-na-Amure. The signing of this agreement will provide long-term funding for one of Russia's largest aviation enterprises and ensure the series production of aircraft on time.
The state's contract under which Sukhoi must supply, by the year 2015, the Defense Ministry with 48 super-maneuverable Su-35S fighters was signed in August, last year, at the MAKS-2009 aerospace show. The series production of aircraft, the first of which was handed over to the Defense Ministry late this year, was organized at Sukhoi's facility in Komsomolsk. The fighter is also intended for the foreign market. Talks are underway for the supply of aircraft to customers in Southeast Asia, Middle East, and South America for re-equipment of their air forces.
The Su-35 is a thoroughly modernized super-maneuverable multi-role fighter of the 4++ generation. It employs the fifth-generation technologies giving it an edge over the same class fighters.
The special feature of the aircraft is a new avionics suite based on a digital information control system, integrating onboard instrumentation, a new radar with a phased antenna array capable of detecting a larger number of air targets with their simultaneous tracking and engagement (tracking of 30 and engagement of 8 air targets along with tracking of 4 and engagement of 2 ground targets), and new increased and vectored thrust engines. The Su-35 features a wide array of long-, middle- and short-range weapons. It carries guided munitions for resisting radar systems and fighting ships, general purpose weapons, guided aerial bombs and unguided missiles. The radar signature of the fighter, as compared to that of the fourth-generation, has been reduced by several times thanks to the current-conducting coating of the cockpit, application of radio absorptive surface materials and reduced number of protruding sensors.
The aircraft's service life is 6,000 flight hours, the life cycle is 30 years, and the designed operating life of the adjustable nozzle engines is 4,000 hours.
Sukhoi
Airbus ultima la actualización de su modelo A320
http://www.bolsamania.com/noticias-actualidad/pulsos/Airbus-ultima-la-actualizacion-de-su-modelo-A320--0720100920100504.html
"Si reponemos los motores damos a los aviones otros 10 años más de vida", dijo Bregier en una entrevista". "Podríamos vender otros 3.000 o 4.000 aviones más, por lo que merece la pena que nos tomemos en serio todo este proceso"
"Si reponemos los motores damos a los aviones otros 10 años más de vida", dijo Bregier en una entrevista". "Podríamos vender otros 3.000 o 4.000 aviones más, por lo que merece la pena que nos tomemos en serio todo este proceso"
Los empleados de Airbus celebran “40 Años de Innovación” con sus familias
145.000 visitantes se reúnen en Toulouse y visitan las cinco plantas
En un fabuloso evento que se celebra en las cinco plantas de Toulouse, Airbus conmemora hoy en Toulouse "40 Años de Innovación" con la participación de 145.000 empleados, familias y amigos. La Alta Dirección y los pioneros de Airbus ofrecen conmovedores testimonios que han marcado algunos de los principales avances a lo largo de los 40 años de historia del fabricante.
"Nuestra completa familia de aviones ha revolucionado la aviación, y el continuo éxito en todo el mundo nos ha situado en una posición líder global. Durante 40 años, el personal de Airbus ha conseguido grandes avances tecnológicos e innovaciones que se han convertido en estándares mundiales. Hoy queremos celebrarlo junto a nuestros empleados, sus familias y amigos aquí, en nuestras plantas de Toulouse", explicó Tom Enders.
El 29 de mayo de 2009, Airbus puso en marcha una serie de acontecimientos claves para conmemorar su 40º aniversario. Hasta la fecha, Airbus ha organizado el Día de las Familias en 15 plantas de todo el mundo.
El Día de las Familias ofrece a los empleados, a sus familias y amigos la oportunidad de descubrir las diferentes profesiones dentro del mundo de la aeronáutica, visitar todas las instalaciones de Airbus, disfrutar de excepcionales exhibiciones de vuelo y visitar toda la gama de sus aviones.
En este Día de las Familias, es la primera vez que las instalaciones de Airbus de Toulouse abren sus puertas al público. Más de 300 voluntarios colaboran en la organización del evento, animan las conferencias, los stands y las visitas. Se han organizado exhibiciones de vuelos estáticos y reales mostrando una historia de constante innovación y liderazgo tecnológico.
Con ocasión del Día de la Familias que se celebra en Toulouse, Airbus, en un acto excepcional, ha presentado su nuevo logo, descubierto por EADS el viernes 17 de septiembre. EADS está fortaleciendo su imagen con una identidad visual moderna en todo el Grupo EADS. El logo de Airbus mantiene la fuerza de su simbólico icono combinado con una nueva apariencia en 3D.
Airbus es, hoy, el fabricante líder de aviones con la más moderna y completa familia de aviones del mercado, y una capacidad desde 100 a más de 500 asientos. Airbus ha entregado más de 6.300 aviones a más de 420 clientes en todo el mundo y goza de una cartera pendiente de casi 3.400 aviones para ser entregados en los próximos años. Airbus es una empresa global con instalaciones en Francia, Alemania, Reino Unido y España, además de filiales en Estados Unidos, China, Japón y Oriente Medio.
EADS
Boeing Wins Darpa Vulture II Program
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] on Sept. 14 signed an agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and fly the SolarEagle unmanned aircraft for the Vulture II demonstration program. Under the terms of the $89 million contract, SolarEagle will make its first demonstration flight in 2014.
"SolarEagle is a uniquely configured, large unmanned aircraft designed to eventually remain on station at stratospheric altitudes for at least five years," said Pat O'Neil, Boeing Phantom Works program manager for Vulture II. "That's a daunting task, but Boeing has a highly reliable solar-electric design that will meet the challenge in order to perform persistent communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions from altitudes above 60,000 feet."
Under the Vulture II agreement, Boeing will develop a full-scale flight demonstrator, including maturation of the critical power system and structures technologies. Key suppliers for the program include Versa Power Systems and QinetiQ.
During testing, the SolarEagle demonstrator will remain in the upper atmosphere for 30 days, harvesting solar energy during the day that will be stored in fuel cells and used to provide power through the night. The aircraft will have highly efficient electric motors and propellers and a high-aspect-ratio, 400-foot wing for increased solar power and aerodynamic performance.
SolarEagle is one of Phantom Works' rapid prototyping efforts, which also include Phantom Ray, a fighter-sized, unmanned, advanced technology demonstrator scheduled to make its first flight in early 2011, and the hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye demonstrator, a High Altitude Long Endurance aircraft designed to stay aloft for up to four days, also scheduled to make its first flight in 2011.
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