sábado, 9 de septiembre de 2023

USAF, RTX complete first flight test of AIM-120C-8

F-15EX employs Standoff Precision Guided Munitions, completes Integrated Test and Evaluation Phase 1 by Capt. Lindsey Heflin Eglin AFB, Fla.

Jump Aero reveals design of ambulance-beating JA1 Pulse eVTOL

World’s First Flight of Liquid Hydrogen Aircraft. - H2FLY

Un UAV ha aterrizado y despegado de un portaaviones de la Royal Navy

LongShot Air-To-Air Combat Drone Bid Won By General Atomics

jueves, 7 de septiembre de 2023

Japan launches rocket carrying lunar lander and X-ray telescope to explore origins of universe

Israel Will Purchase 25 More F-35 Stealth Aircraft To Stand Up A Third ‘Adir’ Squadron

Some Of The Russian Tu-95s Covered With Car Tires Miss Engines And Propellers

Russia, Myanmar resume air flights after 30-year break

Boeing Showcases F-15EX for Poland’s Air Dominance

GKN progresses projects as it eyes future hydrogen-powered flights

Airline tickets will be nearly 20% more expensive by 2050 due to SAF commitments: report

EU-backed Clean Aviation has awarded a total of €152 million ($162 million) in funding to eight projects as part of its first phase efforts.

Bristow could take up to 80 VoloCity aircraft under latest eVTOL agreement

Consortium lays pathway for green hydrogen aviation to take flight in New Zealand

Airbus signs MoU with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to develop aerospace human capital in India

Farnborough International Airshow celebrates its 75th anniversary

Farnborough International Airshow is celebrating 75 years of pioneering aviation and innovation on 7 September 2023.


https://www.aviation24.be/air-shows/farnborough/farnborough-international-airshow-celebrates-its-75th-anniversary/ 

A Ukrainian Racing Drone Nearly Kamikaze’d A Russian Attack Helicopte

ESA - Ariane 6 : essai à feu de l'étage supérieur réussi

ESA - Fuelled-up dress rehearsal for Ariane 6

NASA’s Steve Yoon on the latest research to help shape the eVTOL industry - Vertical Mag

EASA Rotorcraft and VTOL Symposium 2023 - Madrid, Spain (IFEMA) - Physical | EASA

miércoles, 6 de septiembre de 2023

Dassault Ranks FCAS Future Fighter As Third Priority, After Rafale F5 and UCAVs

Armenia, US forces to hold joint drills amid Moscow tensions

Qantas boss retires early after allegations the Australian airline sold tickets for canceled flights

F-15EX Launches Three JASSMs In A Single Sortie, Completes Integrated Test & Evaluation Phase 1

Let’s Have A Closer Look At L3Harris’ NGJ-LB (Next Generation Jammer Low Band) Pod

NATS Reveals What Caused Last Week's ATC Meltdown

AerCap Receives $645 Million Settlement For Aircraft Stranded In Russia

The FAA Is Investigating Thousands Of Pilots For Unreported Mental Health Concerns

Why The Airbus A220 Is The Plane Of The Future

The FAA Authorizes UPS Flight Forward and uAvionix to Operate Drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight

The FAA authorized two more companies to operate drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). UPS Flight Forward with its Matternet M2 can conduct power line and pipeline inspections and uAvionix with its Rapace can use the Vantis Network to test its detect and avoid technology.


https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-authorizes-ups-uavionix 

Boeing Partners with the World Energy Council to Advance Aerospace Energy Transitions

Boeing, Aviation Capital Group Finalize Order for 13 737 MAX Jets

Mammoth progresses with first 777-200LR freighter conversion for Cargojet

USAF test fires three JASSM cruise missiles from single F-15EX

UK hydrogen alliance established to accelerate zero carbon aviation and bring an £34bn* annual benefit to the country

Turkish Airlines places order for ten additional Airbus A350-900

Saab and Boeing sign 787 Dreamliner agreement

Belgium to retire its first F-16 fighter jet during Belgian Air Force Days on 10 September

More ÖBB/DB ‘Nightjet’ trains: also Brussels-Berlin in competition with European Sleeper!

Qantas admits reputation ‘hit hard on several fronts’

Lockheed Martin tests ground-launch missile with double the range

Lockheed Martin has successfully tested the latest in its family of missiles. Its next generation Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER GMLRS) reached a record 150 km (93 miles) at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

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https://newatlas.com/military/lockheed-martin-tests-ground-launch-missile-double-range/ 

Nordwind A321 executed go-around with over 100 system failures after hard landing | News | Flight Global

HENSOLDT and ERA announce Strategic Collaboration for Passive Advanced Air-Surveillance and Air-Defence Solutions

Signs Point to Germany and Airbus Being Eased Out of SCAF

China claims terahertz triumph in detecting submarines

[Podcast] Análisis de la fuerza aeronaval china, con Carlos González - Sandglass Patrol

martes, 5 de septiembre de 2023

UK hydrogen alliance established to accelerate zero carbon aviation and bring an £34bn* annual benefit to the country | Airbus

https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-09-uk-hydrogen-alliance-established-to-accelerate-zero-carbon-aviation 


    The Hydrogen in Aviation (HIA) alliance of major players across aviation will work to accelerate the delivery of zero carbon aviation

    The UK is currently in a strong position to become a global leader in hydrogen-powered aviation, but further steps must be taken to capture the opportunity, secure long-term employment and economic benefits, as well as meet critical decarbonisation targets.

    HIA aims to assist Government and policymakers by mapping out the milestones to ensure infrastructure, regulatory and policy changes keep pace with the ground-breaking technological developments in carbon-free flying

    It is critical that the supply of hydrogen, and the infrastructure needed to support zero carbon flying, are prioritised if the significant social and economic benefits of flying are to be preserved

    New research shows that 81% of the British public believe hydrogen is the best option to decarbonise aviation with 91% supporting the UK government investing in hydrogen production and use in the aviation sector. 

Russia Is Using Tires To Protect Its Bombers From Aerial Attack

A covering of tires could well be calculated to break up the infrared signature of these aircraft, to confuse cruise missiles using image matching for targeting. This technique is also frequently referred to as DSMAC (Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator) or ATR (Automated Target Recognition) when used in cruise missiles.


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russia-really-is-using-tires-to-protect-its-bombers-from-attack 

lunes, 4 de septiembre de 2023

Kinzhal Hypersonic Aero-Ballistic Missile Used By Su-34 In Ukraine For The First Time – Reports

Until now, only MiG-31K aircraft were known to have employed the Kinzhal missile in combat. A Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34 Fullback bomber used the Kinzhal missile against an unknown target in Ukraine, TASS news agency [...]



https://theaviationist.com/2023/09/04/su-34-kinzhal/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=su-34-kinzhal 

Air France and Airbus in exclusive negotiations to create a joint venture for A350 component support

Longbow To Provide Apache Radar | UN Peacekeeping Mission In Lebanon Renewed | DoS Approved Stryker Sale To Bulgaria

Tres pilotos lituanos cruzan Europa en velero, hasta Portugal

 https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/tres-pilotos-lituanos-cruzan-europa-en-velero-hasta-portugal/

N.Korea test-fires missiles as part of mock 'nuclear attack

SpaceX launches new batch of Space Defense Agency missile tracking satellites

Dutch government proceeds with plan to cut Schiphol flights

Satellite Imagery Shows Russian Tu-95 Bomber Covered With Car Tires

Hypersonic Missile Data Processing Center | EU Considers Sanctions On Niger | US Approves JASSM-ER Sale To Japan

Moscow agrees to fund Russian airlines’ foreign jet buyouts

Australian government criticised for blocking additional Qatar Airways flights

A Transavia plane blocks taxiway at Ibiza airport, causing delays in departures and arrivals

India launches its first solar mission as lunar rover goes to sleep

domingo, 3 de septiembre de 2023

Jessica Cox, reconocida piloto discapacitada que vuela sin brazos, quiere dar la vuelta al mundo - Sandglass Patrol

Russian Airlines Have Imported Over $1 Billion In Parts For Airbus & Boeing Aircraft Since May 2022

India launches spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon’s south pole

Russian Pilots Less Aggressive Toward US Drones Over Syria Following The Arrival of F-35s

Iran’s Air Force Receives First Russian Yak-130 Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft

KLM hits out as Dutch government presses ahead with Schiphol flight cuts

More GE90 turbofans subject to ‘iron-inclusion’ defect

Armless Pilot To Fly Around the World

Jessica Cox is the first pilot certified to fly only with her feet. Now she wants to become the first armless person to fly around the world.


https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2023-09-01/armless-pilot-fly-around-world 

Boom Supersonic advances flight preparations for XB-1

First autonomous flight advances AI proving ground forward

Osprey Drone Completes Maiden Test Flight for USAF Autonomy Experimentation

viernes, 1 de septiembre de 2023

Russia hit by mass UAV offensive; 2 killed in Kyiv in rain of missiles, drones



At least six regions of Russia came under attack overnight Wednesday in the largest drone offensive against the country since the start of the war in early 2022, and Ukraine came under "massive" aerial bombardment from Russian missiles and UAVs. Moscow, Oryol, Ryazan, Bryansk, Kaluga and Pskov were targeted by UAVs, and while authorities claimed to have intercepted most of the drones an


Fake spare parts were supplied to fix top-selling jet engine

It's unclear how many fake parts may have been installed or how many aircraft might be affected. The CFM56, the world's best-selling jet engine, is on thousands of planes


https://www.seattletimes.com/business/fake-spare-parts-were-supplied-to-fix-top-selling-jet-engine/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace 

LATAM 767 freighter reached excessive nose-up pitch and stalled during windshear escape

Lockheed Martin to establish F-16 training centre in Romania

USMC orders safety review after latest Osprey crash without mentioning incident

Restructuring SAS achieves first profitable quarter in four years

Raytheon Tapped For V-22s and CH-53s Support | Israel’s Oron Starts Test Flights | US Considers Taiwan Facing Port In The Philippines

Gabon prepares for airspace closure following coup

Madrid earmarks €170mn for insular subsidies in 2023

Airbus and Korea Aerospace Industries to launch Light Armed Helicopter serial production

 https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-08-airbus-and-korea-aerospace-industries-to-launch-light-armed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

Kyiv nationalises six engines of Russia’s Volga-Dnepr

Drones attacked Russian airport of Pskov, destroying military aircraft far from the front

EASA proposes rules for VTOL operations, including air taxis

Air France celebrates 90 years of elegance

Qantas ditches COVID credit deadline

According to "multiple aviation sources" cited by The Sydney Morning Herald, customers who hold credits for flights up to October 2021 that were cancelled due to lockdowns will be able to claim a refund with no time limit.


https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/08/qantas-ditches-covid-credit-deadline/ 

RAAF refuels Indonesian F-16s in mid-air

Fine Qantas $250m for ‘ghost flights’, says ACCC

Propeller Fault Caused Vertical's eVTOL Prototype Crash

Vertical Aerospace has published the initial findings from an investigation into the crash that badly damaged its first eVTOL prototype


https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/futureflight/2023-08-31/propeller-fault-caused-verticals-evtol-prototype-crash 

For the first time, AI dominates humanity's best in a real-world sport

High-speed drone racing has just had a shocking "Deep Blue" moment, as an autonomous AI designed by University of Zurich researchers repeatedly forced three world champion-level pilots to eat its dust, showing uncanny precision in dynamic flight.

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https://newatlas.com/drones/ai-defeats-humans-drone-racing/ 

NASA orbiter finds crash site of Russia's Luna 25 Moon lander


The fate of Russia's failed Luna 25 Moon landing mission has been confirmed after NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) found a new impact crater at the estimated position of the lander's crash shortly before its attempted landing.

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https://newatlas.com/space/nasa-orbiter-finds-crash-luna-25/ 


USA anuncia la creación de grandes enjambres de drones de combate - Sandglass Patrol

Ukraine's AIM-9M Sidewinders Can Be Used In Multiple Ways | The Drive

Leveraging the AIM-9M Sidewinders in a ground-based air defense application is arguably as relevant as on its Su-27 and MiG-29s. 


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraines-aim-9m-sidewinders-can-be-used-in-multiple-ways 

Air China Plans to Take Delivery of 737 Max Jets in Boeing Boost - Bloomberg