http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/first-asraams-delivered-for-uk-f-35-testing-421685/
martes, 9 de febrero de 2016
lunes, 8 de febrero de 2016
EASA Certifies Rig’N Fly Automatic Oil Platform Approach For The H225 [feedly]
EASA Certifies Rig'N Fly Automatic Oil Platform Approach For The H225
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=bb048f17-9bbd-4ce9-95e8-2993abd45699
Fully Automatic Approach Up To Go-Around Decision And Final Rig Landing Assistance EASA has granted certification to Airbus Helicopters for the Rig'N Fly (Rig Integrated GPS approaches with eNhanced Fly-ability and safetY), an avionics enhancement designed to provide automatic rig approaches for offshore operations. First developed on H225, it will also be implemented on H175 (end 2016) and on H160.
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=bb048f17-9bbd-4ce9-95e8-2993abd45699
Fully Automatic Approach Up To Go-Around Decision And Final Rig Landing Assistance EASA has granted certification to Airbus Helicopters for the Rig'N Fly (Rig Integrated GPS approaches with eNhanced Fly-ability and safetY), an avionics enhancement designed to provide automatic rig approaches for offshore operations. First developed on H225, it will also be implemented on H175 (end 2016) and on H160.
NASA ‘Surprised’ By Hybrid Power Study Results
Researchers find significant fuel savings in “minimal”
turbo-electric concept, thanks to benefits of a boundary-layer
ingesting,electrically driven propulsor and resulting weight savings
from downsizing conventional turbofan engines.
read morehttp://www.nasa.gov/feature/researchers-advance-propulsion-toward-low-carbon-aircraft
Europe To Decide On Radical Airliner Demo In 2019
Researchers led by Airbus regard distributed hybrid-electric
propulsion as one promising option for a post-2035 commercial aircraft.
Europe may fly a scaled demonstrator of this, or an alternative
configuration, in 2022.
read moreAbout the alternative configuration:
http://www.bauhaus-luftfahrt.net/research/system-und-flugzeugtechnologien/propulsive-fuselage
domingo, 7 de febrero de 2016
Northrop Grumman has just released an animation that shows how 6th Generation fighters might look like [feedly]
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Northrop Grumman has just released an animation that shows how 6th Generation fighters might look like
// The Aviationist
Northrop Grumman has just launched a new ad that teases next generation fighter jets. One year ago, Northrop Grumman, at that time competing with Lockheed Martin and Boeing for the LRS-B ( Long Range Strike-Bomber) released an interesting ad that teased the shape of the next generation bomber. Earlier today, the aerospace giant released a […]
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F-35 arrival at NAS Patuxent River after first transatlantic crossing B-roll and pilot interview [feedly]
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F-35 arrival at NAS Patuxent River after first transatlantic crossing B-roll and pilot interview
// The Aviationist
Interesting video with pilot interview provides some interesting details about the F-35's first transatlantic crossing. On Feb. 5, the Italian Air Force's first F-35, dubbed AL-1 and serialled MM7332 (with code "32-01" and markings of the 32° Stormo – Wing) landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Mariland, at the end of the JSF's first […]
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US Navy boosts F-35C and F/A-18 buy in new budget plan [feedly]
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US Navy boosts F-35C and F/A-18 buy in new budget plan
// Flight Global HEADLINES
The US Navy says maintaining Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet production in St Louis is "vital" for overcoming a strike-fighter shortfall caused by delays in fielding the Lockheed Martin F-35C.
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USAF's GPS crash causes 12-hour blockage to several firms [feedly]
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USAF's GPS crash causes 12-hour blockage to several firms
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An error in the US Air Force's (USAF) Global Positioning System's (GPS) time-monitoring reportedly has caused a 12-hour blockage preventing several telecom companies from operating their systems.
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NASA First SLS Flight To Send Small Satellites Into Space [feedly]
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NASA First SLS Flight To Send Small Satellites Into Space
// Aero-News Network
Thirteen CubeSats Will Be Boosted Into Orbit By The Heavy-Lift Rocket The first flight of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will carry 13 CubeSats to test innovative ideas along with an uncrewed Orion spacecraft in 2018.
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Boeing, Turkish Airlines Announce Long-Term Collaboration Agreement [feedly]
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Boeing, Turkish Airlines Announce Long-Term Collaboration Agreement
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Strategic Alliance Agreement Will Support Development Of Turkey's Largest Airline, Aerospace Industry Building on their 70-year relationship, Turkish Airlines and Boeing have signed a collaboration agreement that the parties say will strengthen the carrier as well as Turkey's aerospace and technology capabilities.
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Easyjet to trial hydrogen hybrid airplane tech [feedly]
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Easyjet to trial hydrogen hybrid airplane tech
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
EasyJet has announced plans to test a hybrid hydrogen fuel system. The concept was conceived by students at Cranfield University and could save around 50,000 tonnes (55,115 tons) of fuel a year, as well as the associated CO2 emissions. It would recover energy from braking when a plane lands.
.. Continue Reading Easyjet to trial hydrogen hybrid airplane tech
Category: Aircraft
Tags: RegenerativeHydrogen-poweredKERSeasyJetHybrid Related Articles: Biodegradable implant could simplify bone replacement surgery London Tube trains recover enough energy to power stations Stem cells used to regrow skull and face bones Ford and Samsung researching lithium-ion tech for ICE cars Newly-discovered on/off switch could hold the key to healthy aging Vilified free radicals boost tissue healing and regeneration in tadpoles (and perhaps humans)
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Paper waste converted into eco-friendly aerogel [feedly]
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Paper waste converted into eco-friendly aerogel
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Known as "frozen smoke" because of their milky translucent appearance, aerogels are among the world's lightest solid materials. Consisting of 99.8 percent air, they're highly heat-resistant and are an excellent form of insulation. Now, scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have used paper waste to create one.
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Category: Materials
Tags: AerogelsRecyclingNational University of SingaporePaperEnvironmentally-friendlyWaste Related Articles: Airbus A350-900ULR to fly world's longest commercial passenger route Fujitsu begins field trials of AI app to alleviate congestion following major events The Wall House fits two homes under one green roof Nightclub urinal tells patrons when they've had one too many World's largest dome structure completed in Singapore Coral tentacles inspire bio-sock shown to treat Deep Vein Thrombosis
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Carbon dioxide from the air converted into methanol [feedly]
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Carbon dioxide from the air converted into methanol
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
The danger posed by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide has seen many schemes proposed to remove a proportion it from the air. Rather than simply capture this greenhouse gas and bury it in the ground, though, many experiments have managed to transform CO2 into useful things like carbon nanofibers or even fuels, such as diesel. Unfortunately, the over-arching problem with many of these conversions is the particularly high operating temperatures that require almost counterproductive amounts of energy to produce relatively low yields of fuel. Now researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) claim to have devised a way to take CO2 directly from the air and convert it into methanol using much lower temperatures and in a correspondingly simpler way.
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Category: Energy
Tags: Carbon DioxideFuelGreenhouseUniversity of Southern California Related Articles: Coffee grounds recycled as carbon capture material MIT's new cement recipe could cut carbon emissions by more than half Supermarket with rooftop greenhouse to sell über-local produce Study finds sunshade geoengineering could improve crop yields WarmDirt keeps plants' roots frost-free NASA study predicts devastating droughts during the last half of the century
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sábado, 6 de febrero de 2016
viernes, 5 de febrero de 2016
jueves, 4 de febrero de 2016
Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor produces its first flash of hydrogen plasma [feedly]
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Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor produces its first flash of hydrogen plasma
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Experimentation with Germany's newest fusion reactor is beginning to heat up, to temperatures of around 80 million degrees Celsius, to be precise. Having fired up the Wendelstein 7-X to produce helium plasma late last year, researchers have built on their early success to generate its first hydrogen plasma, an event they say begins the true scientific operation of the world's largest fusion stellarator.
.. Continue Reading Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor produces its first flash of hydrogen plasma
Category: Energy
Tags: EnergyMax Planck InstituteFusionNuclear Related Articles: First plasma from Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor Wendelstein 7-x stellarator puts new twist on nuclear fusion power ARC reactor design uses superconducting magnets to draw fusion power closer Can crowdfunding give us safe fusion power by 2020? World's most powerful X-ray laser recreates conditions at the center of a star Scientists announce breakthrough in quest for fusion power
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2016, Año Torres Quevedo
Coincidiendo con el centenario del Transbordador del Niágara, en 2016 celebra mos el Año Torres Quevedo. Este ingeniero español, definido como “el más prodigioso inventor de su tiempo”, ocupa un lugar excepcional en la historia universal de la ciencia y de la técnica, con numerosos inventos y patentes que se anticiparon a su tiempo en áreas como la informática o la inteligencia artificial.
El 8 de agosto de 1916 se inauguraba en Niágara (Canadá) el primer teleférico para pasajeros de toda Norteamérica, el Niagara Spanish Aerocar, conocido como el Transbordador del Niágara. Había sido construido por una empresa española, The Niagara Spanish Aerocar Company,constituida en Canadá con capital español, administradores españoles, ingeniero constructor español, material transportado desde España a Canadá en mitad de la Primera Guerra Mundial, explotación comercial inicial española... Y todo ello, siguiendo el proyecto de un ingeniero montañés,Leonardo Torres Quevedo(Santa Cruz de Iguña, 1852-Madrid, 1936). En 1930, Maurice d’Ocagne, presidente de la Sociedad Matemática Francesa, lo definió como “el más prodigioso inventor de su tiempo”
El Transbordador del Niágara constituía la culminación de una invención concebida en el Valle de Iguña (Cantabria)hace ahora 130 años, primero,en las inmediaciones de su residencia en Portolín (Molledo)y después, sobre el río León. Lainnovación tecnológica fue patentada en 1887 desde el valle de Iguña, y se extendió a Alemania, Suiza, Francia, Reino Unido, Canadá, Austria, España, Italia y los Estados Unidos.
Su inventor le dio el nombre detransbordador, y constituye una aportación genuinamente española a la ingeniería mundial. Realmente, el Transbordador del Niágara era un modelo evolucionado a partir del primer teleférico abierto al público en el mundo, obra también de Torres Quevedo: el Transbordador del Monte Ulía(San Sebastián), inaugurado en 1907, treinta años después de haber presentado la patente de su sistema. Había sido financiado y construido por otra empresa española, la Sociedad de Estudios y Obras de Ingeniería, constituida en 1906 tras el éxito de las pruebas del Telekino (el primer mando a distancia de la historia, invención también de Torres Quevedo).
Esta sociedad–en cuyo accionariado se encontraba la más selecta representación de los empresarios, industriales y banqueros vascos(y algunos montañeses)de la época– se había creado con un objetivo: “estudiar experimentalmente los proyectos que le sean presentados por D. Leonardo Torres Quevedo y llevarlos a la práctica cuando lo juzgue oportuno”. Constituyó una iniciativa pionera de lo que hoy conocemos como I+D+i.
Un adelantado a su tiempo
Al Transbordador del Monte Ulía le seguirían teleféricos construidos por todo el mundo por otros ingenieros adaptando las concepciones del inventor español: en Suiza, Francia, Austria, Alemania, Brasil, etc. De hecho, todos los teleféricos construidos a lo largo del siglo XX, y los que se siguen construyendo en el XXI en España y en el extranjero, se basan en su patente de 1887: un sistema que se auto-equilibra de cables soporte y tractores, trabajando a tensión constante determinada por los contrapesos situados en uno de sus extremos. Y es que, como ha destacado tantas veces desde la asociación Amigos de la Cultura Científica mi padre y maestro, el profesor Francisco González de Posada (UPM), Leonardo Torres Quevedo “ocupa un lugar de excepcional relieve en la historia universal de la ciencia y de la técnica”.
Entre 1901 y 1906 concibió un sistema de dirigibles autorrígidoscon el que estableció los fundamentos para la aerostación dirigida hasta el presente. En 1902 patentó en Francia, España, Reino Unido y EEUU el primer aparato de mando a distancia de la historia, el Telekino, concebido para el control remoto de sus dirigibles y precedente directo de los drones de radical vigencia hoy en día. En 1913 unió náutica y aeronáutica en su patente del buque-campamento, diseños que integraría la Armada española en nuestro primer porta- aeronaves, el Dédalo. Y, muy especialmente para el mundo en el que vivimos, gobernado por las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, con su obra teórica cumbre, los Ensayos sobre Automática(1914), sus ajedrecistas(1912 y 1922) y su aritmómetro electromecánico (1920), el primer ordenador en sentido actual de la historia, se adelantaría en varias décadas a los pioneros de la informática, la automática y lainteligencia artificial del siglo XX.
Año de centenarios
Además del centenario del Transbordador del Niágara, en este 2016 se cumplen cien años de la patente de su binave,pionera concepción de los catamaranes de casco metálico que protagonizan el presente en el transporte marítimo exprés de pasajeros en todo el mundo. También, se cumplen cien años de la concesión de la Medalla Echegarayde la Real Academia de Ciencias; y, sobre todo, de la entrada en acción de los dirigibles autorrígidos por él diseñados operados por las Armadas de Francia y el Reino Unido (al año siguiente, también de los Estados Unidos) durante la I Guerra Mundial. Estos dirigibles se consagraroncomo los más efectivos para la lucha antisubmarina, protección de convoyes y vigilancia de las costas. Con nuevos materiales, se han seguido construyendo a la largo del siglo XX, y se siguen construyendo en nuestros días, en países como Francia o Rusia. En este marco, Amigos de la Cultura Científica, el Grupo Milvelas y la Real Sociedad Menéndez Pelayo de Santander han entendido que en 2016, al cumplirse los 100 años de funcionamiento sin ningún accidente del Niagara Spanish Aerocar, la universidad, el mundo de la cultura y de la ciencia españolas, deben conmemorar el centenario del Transbordador del Niágara, 1916-2016, reivindicando la magna obra de “el más prodigioso inventor de su tiempo”: Leonardo Torres Quevedo
Nota de prensa de la UCM
El 8 de agosto de 1916 se inauguraba en Niágara (Canadá) el primer teleférico para pasajeros de toda Norteamérica, el Niagara Spanish Aerocar, conocido como el Transbordador del Niágara. Había sido construido por una empresa española, The Niagara Spanish Aerocar Company,constituida en Canadá con capital español, administradores españoles, ingeniero constructor español, material transportado desde España a Canadá en mitad de la Primera Guerra Mundial, explotación comercial inicial española... Y todo ello, siguiendo el proyecto de un ingeniero montañés,Leonardo Torres Quevedo(Santa Cruz de Iguña, 1852-Madrid, 1936). En 1930, Maurice d’Ocagne, presidente de la Sociedad Matemática Francesa, lo definió como “el más prodigioso inventor de su tiempo”
El Transbordador del Niágara constituía la culminación de una invención concebida en el Valle de Iguña (Cantabria)hace ahora 130 años, primero,en las inmediaciones de su residencia en Portolín (Molledo)y después, sobre el río León. Lainnovación tecnológica fue patentada en 1887 desde el valle de Iguña, y se extendió a Alemania, Suiza, Francia, Reino Unido, Canadá, Austria, España, Italia y los Estados Unidos.
Su inventor le dio el nombre detransbordador, y constituye una aportación genuinamente española a la ingeniería mundial. Realmente, el Transbordador del Niágara era un modelo evolucionado a partir del primer teleférico abierto al público en el mundo, obra también de Torres Quevedo: el Transbordador del Monte Ulía(San Sebastián), inaugurado en 1907, treinta años después de haber presentado la patente de su sistema. Había sido financiado y construido por otra empresa española, la Sociedad de Estudios y Obras de Ingeniería, constituida en 1906 tras el éxito de las pruebas del Telekino (el primer mando a distancia de la historia, invención también de Torres Quevedo).
Esta sociedad–en cuyo accionariado se encontraba la más selecta representación de los empresarios, industriales y banqueros vascos(y algunos montañeses)de la época– se había creado con un objetivo: “estudiar experimentalmente los proyectos que le sean presentados por D. Leonardo Torres Quevedo y llevarlos a la práctica cuando lo juzgue oportuno”. Constituyó una iniciativa pionera de lo que hoy conocemos como I+D+i.
Un adelantado a su tiempo
Al Transbordador del Monte Ulía le seguirían teleféricos construidos por todo el mundo por otros ingenieros adaptando las concepciones del inventor español: en Suiza, Francia, Austria, Alemania, Brasil, etc. De hecho, todos los teleféricos construidos a lo largo del siglo XX, y los que se siguen construyendo en el XXI en España y en el extranjero, se basan en su patente de 1887: un sistema que se auto-equilibra de cables soporte y tractores, trabajando a tensión constante determinada por los contrapesos situados en uno de sus extremos. Y es que, como ha destacado tantas veces desde la asociación Amigos de la Cultura Científica mi padre y maestro, el profesor Francisco González de Posada (UPM), Leonardo Torres Quevedo “ocupa un lugar de excepcional relieve en la historia universal de la ciencia y de la técnica”.
Entre 1901 y 1906 concibió un sistema de dirigibles autorrígidoscon el que estableció los fundamentos para la aerostación dirigida hasta el presente. En 1902 patentó en Francia, España, Reino Unido y EEUU el primer aparato de mando a distancia de la historia, el Telekino, concebido para el control remoto de sus dirigibles y precedente directo de los drones de radical vigencia hoy en día. En 1913 unió náutica y aeronáutica en su patente del buque-campamento, diseños que integraría la Armada española en nuestro primer porta- aeronaves, el Dédalo. Y, muy especialmente para el mundo en el que vivimos, gobernado por las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, con su obra teórica cumbre, los Ensayos sobre Automática(1914), sus ajedrecistas(1912 y 1922) y su aritmómetro electromecánico (1920), el primer ordenador en sentido actual de la historia, se adelantaría en varias décadas a los pioneros de la informática, la automática y lainteligencia artificial del siglo XX.
Año de centenarios
Además del centenario del Transbordador del Niágara, en este 2016 se cumplen cien años de la patente de su binave,pionera concepción de los catamaranes de casco metálico que protagonizan el presente en el transporte marítimo exprés de pasajeros en todo el mundo. También, se cumplen cien años de la concesión de la Medalla Echegarayde la Real Academia de Ciencias; y, sobre todo, de la entrada en acción de los dirigibles autorrígidos por él diseñados operados por las Armadas de Francia y el Reino Unido (al año siguiente, también de los Estados Unidos) durante la I Guerra Mundial. Estos dirigibles se consagraroncomo los más efectivos para la lucha antisubmarina, protección de convoyes y vigilancia de las costas. Con nuevos materiales, se han seguido construyendo a la largo del siglo XX, y se siguen construyendo en nuestros días, en países como Francia o Rusia. En este marco, Amigos de la Cultura Científica, el Grupo Milvelas y la Real Sociedad Menéndez Pelayo de Santander han entendido que en 2016, al cumplirse los 100 años de funcionamiento sin ningún accidente del Niagara Spanish Aerocar, la universidad, el mundo de la cultura y de la ciencia españolas, deben conmemorar el centenario del Transbordador del Niágara, 1916-2016, reivindicando la magna obra de “el más prodigioso inventor de su tiempo”: Leonardo Torres Quevedo
Nota de prensa de la UCM
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2016
Virgin Galactic satellite launch plans advance with carrier aircraft modifications [feedly]
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Virgin Galactic satellite launch plans advance with carrier aircraft modifications
// Flight Global HEADLINES
Virgin Galactic s bid to enter the small satellite launch business is building momentum on two fronts, with heavy work now under way in Texas on modifications to the 747-400 that will serve as a dedicated air-launch carrier while colleagues in California work to increase the payload capacity of the in-development booster rocket, LauncherOne.
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USAF Forays into 3D Printed Parts | Turkish F-16s to Get Harris AIDEWS Pod System | Malaysia to be First Recipient of MD530 [feedly]
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USAF Forays into 3D Printed Parts | Turkish F-16s to Get Harris AIDEWS Pod System | Malaysia to be First Recipient of MD530
// Defense Industry Daily
Americas
The USAF is to use a 3-D printed part for the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. The part, a plastic end cap for seat armrests, is non-essential to keeping the battle management platforms flying, but is seen as an important first step toward using 3-D printing to repair and maintain aircraft in a cost and time effective manner. Other parts being developed are replacement air duct brackets used inside the E-3's wings, with savings of over $0.5 million per annum. The increase in the development of 3-D printing by the air force follows the $6 million contract awarded earlier in January to Aerojet to define the standards that will be used to qualify components made using 3-D printing for use in liquid-fueled rocket engine applications. The award is part of a larger drive by the military to end its reliance on Russian-built RD-180 rocket engines used on the Atlas 5 rocket. Initial plans to have the US Navy's latest unmanned jet weaponized seems less likely, as plans seem to have shifted towards a tanker role. The long deferred Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program was recently provided enthusiastically with $350 million by Congress. However, this was given on the understanding that the jet would be developed for full integration into carrier air wing operations – including strike operations – and possess the range, payload, and survivability attributes as necessary to complement such integration. No mention had been made about the need for unmanned aerial tanking capability. Instead the jet could be developed under the little known Carrier-Based Aerial-Refueling System (CBARS) aimed at producing an unmanned carrier-based aerial tanker, able to refuel other planes low on gas without risking a pilot. Strike capabilities would feature in a future variant of the aircraft.
Middle East North Africa
Harris Corp. will upgrade Turkish F-16s with self-protection pods, bolstering their electronic warfare capability. The Turkish Air Force will receive 21 of AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) pod systems from Harris which will include maintenance support equipment, spares, and engineering support. The addition will greatly increase the fleet capabilities as they conduct operations within their own territory and along their borders with Syria and Iraq as tensions over Russian aircraft encroaching on Turkish airspace continue. Ankara will eventually replace their F-16s with Lockheed Martin's F-35A, with plans to acquire 100 of the Joint Strike Fighter. Meteor Aerospace, one of Israel's newest companies, has given a glimpse of its Impact UAV. The development has been kept rather quiet until now, but details released include the ability to carry a 330lb payload along with a 100hp fuel-injection engine and a flight endurance of over 24 hours. Meteor, founded in 2013, has currently received orders for the Impact and other systems for $150 million, with another $100 million in potential add ons. Development is also under way for both a larger and smaller UAV system as Meteor looks to muscle its way into Israel's extremely competitive UAV market.
Europe
Following increased defense cooperation among Nordic and Baltic militaries, 2016 is to see a boost in logistical demands as Denmark takes the chair of the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO) organization. 2015 already saw Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland agree to pool resources in joint development programs and acquisitions said to be worth up to $40 billion, as well as mounting pressure for Sweden to join NATO. These common defense policies will now extend to include Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with the planned establishment of a Nordic-Baltic Battalion Task Force (BTF) leading to increased joint international operations and more expansive multi-branch training and exercises between their armed forces.The maturation of these defense and procurement alliances have been spurred over security concerns posed by Russia.
Asia Pacific
Malaysia is to be the first recipient of MD Helicopter's new MD530 G-model variant with an order made for six of the armed scout helicopters. Full delivery will be completed by March of 2017, following an initial unit being delivered by this winter. Included in the deal is an electro-optical/infrared sensor, and an unspecified weapons package that could include guided and unguided rockets alongside .50cal machine guns. MD530 sales have had a strong start to 2016, recently receiving a follow on contract for twelve F-models to the Afghan Air Force after a previous twelve were delivered in 2015. The ones serving in Afghanistan are currently armed with FN Herstel gun pods and 2.75-inch rockets. BAE Systems has signed a contract with Bangkok Dock to license and produce another 90-meter offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Royal Thai Navy (RTN). Based on BAE's 80-meter River-class vessels used by the British Royal Navy, the new addition will mark the second of such a type to be produced and operated by the RTN in a deal estimated at between $60-80 million. Thailand plans to have four OPVs in operation, and it is believed that BAE will be helping to provide the two remaining, with orders expected within the next decade. Armed with a 76mm main gun and 30mm secondaries and potential for fitting a surface-to-surface missile, the OPVs will be charged with management of economic exclusive zones and the provision of effective disaster relief along Thailand's coastal waters.
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USMC V-22 Ospreys:
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India's HAL launches first HTT-40 turbo prop trainer prototype [feedly]
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India's HAL launches first HTT-40 aircraft prototype
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has rolled-out the first prototype of the Hindustan Turboprop Trainer (HTT-40) aircraft.
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France to acquire additional C-130J Hercules aircraft from USAF [feedly]
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France to acquire additional C-130J Hercules aircraft from USAF
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has requested the supply of new C-130J Hercules aircraft from the US Air Force (USAF).
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MIT engineers win Hyperloop pod competition, will test prototype in mid-2016 [feedly]
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MIT engineers win Hyperloop pod competition, will test prototype in mid-2016
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
The Hyperloop's journey from audacious concept to a functional, superfast transport system went up a gear over the weekend with more than 115 engineering teams descending on Texas A&M University to present passenger capsule designs in SpaceX's Hyperloop Pod Competition. An MIT team took out first place in the contest, and along with 22 other top designs it will now build human-scale prototypes to test out at SpaceX HQ later in the year.
.. Continue Reading MIT engineers win Hyperloop pod competition, will test prototype in mid-2016
Category: Urban Transport
Tags: HyperloopMITSpaceX Related Articles: Hyperloop Technologies to start testing high-speed transport system next month SpaceX to build Hyperloop test track, host pod-building competition Specialist vacuum company hops aboard the Hyperloop train A terminal fit for a Hyperloop? SpaceX selects 124 engineering teams to do battle in Hyperloop pod design competition Elon Musk's Hyperloop takes a step closer to reality
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Swarming robot boats demonstrate self-learning [feedly]
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Swarming robot boats demonstrate self-learning
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Robots may be the wave of the future, but it will be a pretty chaotic future if they don't learn to work together. This cooperative approach is known as swarm robotics and in a first in the field, a team of engineers has demonstrated a swarm of intelligent aquatic surface robots that can operate together in a real-world environment. Using "Darwinian" learning, the robots are designed to teach themselves how to cooperate in carrying out a task.
.. Continue Reading Swarming robot boats demonstrate self-learning
Category: Robotics
Tags: University of LisbonSwarm RoboticsRobotsRobotics Related Articles: Low-cost autonomous robots replicate swarming behavior US Navy goes tubular with autonomous swarming UAV demonstrations Sentinel-1A Earth-monitoring satellite begins operational life Foam-squirting quadcopter becomes a flying 3D printer Ping-pong ball-sized Droplet robots work by swarming together Robot learns to cook by watching YouTube
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Dutch police train drone-hunting eagles [feedly]
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Dutch police train drone-hunting eagles
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Drones are certainly getting smarter and more capable, but can they outwit one of nature's most menacing airborne predators? The Dutch National Police is banking on a bird of prey to come up trumps in a dogfight between new and old inhabitants of the sky, so it is training a fleet of eagles to help quell the risk of dangerous unmanned aircraft.
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Category: Drones
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