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« on: June 15, 2009, 03:28:07 pm »

Danas je otvoren 48. međunarodni salon aeronautike Paris Air Show - Le Bourget koji će trajati od 15-18. juna za poslovne posetioce, a 19-21. juna za široku javnost. Na salonu učestvuje preko 2000 izlagača, a na ovoj temi ćemo pokušati da ispratimo vesti koje se tiču ove velike međunarodne manifestacije.
Za početak, možete skinuti ovaj pdf fajl u kojem se govori o istorijatu ove manifestacije, kao i o predstojećim događajima koji će zaokupiti pažnju šire javnosti, a koji je namenjen novinarima kako bi lakše preneli činjenice svojoj publici.

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« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2009, 03:37:10 pm »

15.06.2009.

Air Tractor predstavio svoj avion za zaprašivanje u naoružanoj verziji namenjenoj borbi protiv gerile. Oklopljena varijanta aviona, ali nenaoružana, je već korišćena za uništavanje polja koke u južnoj americi zaprašivanje. Dodavanjem oružnih sistema kao što su podvesni kontejneri sa topovima kalibra 12.7mm ili do 9 preciznih vođenih bombi mase 225kg, dobijen je pravi borbeni avion namenjen borbi protiv gerile i narko kartela. Avion može ostati i do 10 sati u vazduhu i nadgledati očekivanu zonu sukoba u podršci trupama na zemlji.

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PARIS AIR SHOW: Cropduster-turned-gunship makes Le Bourget debut
By Stephen Trimble

Seeking to capitalise on rising global demand for anti-insurgent weapon systems, Texas-based Air Tractor is unveiling the new AT-802U gunship today.

The AT-802U Air Truck prototype on display is a weaponised and armoured version of the civilian AT-802 employed around the world as an aerial firefighter and crop-duster.

Its militarised metamorphosis has not come overnight. In recent years, about 16 armour-plated - but unarmed - versions of the AT-802 have been operated by the US Department of State in South America to eradicate drug crops, says Lee Jackson, Air Tractor's design engineer.

The two-seat, tail-dragger may perhaps appear primitive, but features a sturdy design with ample power, which is provided by a 1,600shp (1,190kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67F engine. With a maximum takeoff weight of 7,260kg (16,000lb), it can carry a payload up to 3,720kg, Jackson says.

That means when fully loaded the AT-802U could haul up to nine 225kg (500lb) precision-guided bombs and 50-calibre gun pods, Jackson says. The aircraft's pedigree as an aerial firefighter means it is designed for high agility at low speeds and low-altitude.

It can also loiter for up to 10h to provide surveillance support to troops on the ground. The Air Tractor was ferried to the show from Olney, Texas, crossing the North Atlantic.

Air Tractor also plans to qualify two of Lockheed Martin's powered munitions, the Hellfire missile and the Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) - a guided version of the 2.75 Hydra rocket.

So far, market interest in the AT-802U has not led to an order, but that could soon change, Jackson says. Air Tractor has responded to two requests for information from the Department of Defense, he says.

The US Air Force is considering the idea of standing up an irregular warfare wing equipped with two-seat trainers that can be coverted for the light attack role.

The aircraft is ideal for a rugged operational environment such as Afghanistan, but it could also gain interest in the USA from the Air National Guard, Jackson says.

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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2009, 04:07:35 pm »

15.06.2009.

Kompanija MBDA predstavila dve nove verzije protivbrodske rakete Marte MK2S namenjene za upotrebu sa lakih borbenih aviona poput M-346, Aermacchi MB-339 ili AMX, kao i verziju za lansiranje sa helikoptera.

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PARIS AIR SHOW: MBDA reveals two new variants of Marte anti-ship missile
By Craig Hoyle

MBDA (Hall 2C) has launched study work on two new versions of its proven Marte Mk 2S air-launched anti-ship missile. One is designed to be integrated on Alenia Aermacchi's M-346 advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft to meet the requirements of an undisclosed customer.

"We have launched the studies with internal funding," says Antonio Perfetti, chief executive of MBDA Italy. "It is a strategy of MBDA to show customers the robustness of our intention to develop."

The first new variant, the Mk 2S-A, is intended for carriage by light strike aircraft, such as a combat version of the M-346 recently selected by the United Arab Emirates. "We have a potential customer, but it's too early to say," confirms MBDA.

A prototype of the M-346 on display at Finmeccanica's outside exhibit area is shown with the Marte weapon system and MBDA's dual-mode Brimstone air-to-surface missile and PGM 500 bomb -possible weapons options for the UAE.

Some flight development work has already been conducted with the Mk 2S-A, and MBDA also identifies the Alenia Aermacchi MB-339 and the AMX strike aircraft jointly developed with Embraer as other candidate airframes. The weapon weighs around 260kg (570lb), and has an effective range of up to 45km (24nm).

The company is also working on an extended-range version of the weapon for use by helicopters such as the AgustaWestland AW101 and NH Industries NH90, both of which are already platforms for the Mk 2S weapon system.

The introduction of a turbojet engine will enable the subsonic missile to fly faster and achieve an extended range of up to 100km. A new seeker will add radar or imaging infrared guidance, and the design also includes a datalink, says MBDA. The new design has a reduced launch weight of under 300kg.

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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2009, 04:32:54 pm »

15.06.2009

Francuska razmatra mogućnost slanja svojih Eurocopter Tigar borbenih helikoptera u misiju u Avganistanu. Ovi helikopteri su u upotrebi u Francuskoj vojsci već dve godine i vojska tvrdi da su oni spremni da učestvuju u misiji, tako da se čeka samo politička odluka.

PARIS AIR SHOW: France's Tiger poised for Afghanistan deployment
By Kieran Daly

Gen Monique Legrand-Larroche, head of state helicopter programmes at national procurement agency DGA, declares: "The technical aspect is ready, but the political decision has not yet been made to engage Tiger."

Her colleague Col Pascal Point, helicopter programme co-ordination officer, general joint staff equipment division adds: "The decision to engage Tiger is of course a political one and a very important topic because it is a new helicopter. What I can say with confidence is that the helicopter is ready to be engaged due to the very important effort made by industry and the DGA programme team to prepare this helicopter."

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In fact the Tiger HAP has been flying with the French army's 4th Brigade for two years and developing tactics to capitalise on the type's capabilities.

Capt Bruno Cavailles, who has been involved throughout that programme, says: "The question is: does the Tiger require a new way to fight? We can now engage almost simultaneously an enemy contact and another coming from behind. We are talking about doing both with the same aircraft.

"The combat radius is almost twice what it was before. Endurance has considerably increased and so has the speed. So it is not just hit-and-run missions, but crews can complete different roles in one mission. And we are less vulnerable in some kind of engagements because of increased weapon range.

"In consequence the limit seems to be the man. The huge capabilities of the aircraft are probably going to increase the crews' tiredness. Therefore, the human factors have to be considered accurately in order to organise the deployment of this aircraft."

That is something high on the agenda of the dedicated Franco-German Tiger training school at Le Luc in southern France, known to the French as the Ecole Franco-Allemand (EFA), which is working at a frenetic tempo to turn out new pilots even before hitting full operational capacity by October this year. The centre opened in July 2003 and is building towards 350 staff by 2011. Currently it deploys five German and nine French Tigers and will eventually have 12 and eight respectively.

INCREASED ENDURANCE

Deputy commander Col Christian Fanchini says: "Fielding the Tiger is a major challenge for the armed forces of France and Germany and of the army aviation in particular.

"The main mission of EFA is to give the pilots the tactical and technical skills they will need for the missions to be carried out with this weapons system."

A small group of instructors has now completed 550h on the Tiger and all have 300h, or in some cases 450h. The school itself has clocked up more than 6,600h on the type and says it has fired more than 16,000 20mm shells and 2,395 rockets.

French pilots are ahead in weapons training because, explains Fanchini, the German machines will not have their weapons system until September this year. By the end of 2009, however, France is looking to have 16 combat-qualified crews.

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Fanchini says that crews would be ready to be deployed to Afghanistan "four to six weeks after the political decision" with industry-support agreements, notably with Thales and Sagem for its mission-planning module, already being in place.

Col Eric Merck says the French army's comprehensive simulator operation is building up its Afghan database to provide crews with increased familiarity with the theatre before deployment, and instructors praise the devices' capability to replicate the notorious brown-out conditions that routinely accompany take-offs and landings in the country. Pilots of other helicopter types undergo two weeks of dedicated simulator training for Afghanistan before deployment.

Pilots and gunners typically train in separate dome-simulators, networked together as required, and sometimes with the gunner being simulated.

DEDICATED TRADE

Merck says a growing number of the French air force instructors are NCOs who now train in the role as a dedicated trade. Their own training requires six months on generic simulator instruction followed by seven months on the Tiger. Already 18 are serving at EFA with a target of 72 by 2012. The air force is delighted with the programme and Merck says it has effectively gained three months in the progress of its overall Tiger training programme as a result.

The German objective at year-end is to have operational training underway with the 36th Army Aviation Regiment. And Spain, effectively a customer of EFA, is looking to increase its instructor force and solidify its simulator programme.

A significant difference between the French and German training programmes is that whereas German pilots are trained from the outset as potential mission commanders, French pilots are not initially qualified in that way and move up to it later.

Fanchini says: "Since the beginning of French Army aviation the pilots were trained only for piloting. In Germany and the UK there is a different philosophy - they are trained as mission commander and can do both roles. We think it could be dangerous to have the same level in the cockpit because the pilot could do more than he is really able. What is important is that the crew commander to be trained to do both tasks so he can do that."

"We train all the pilots in the front seat and then as commanders in the back seat. Then the most experienced become patrol leaders. It ensures that each man of the crew is fully aware of the mindset of the other one."

Differences between the French and German aircraft additionally mean that the simulators require a two-hour changeover if swapped between the two configurations, something the managers try to avoid.

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RAPID MOVEMENT

Meanwhile the HAD version of the Tiger, due to enter service with France and Spain in 2012, is moving rapidly ahead.The DGA's Le Berre says first flight with the uprated Rolls-Royce-Turbomeca MTR390E engine, now fitted on pre-production aircraft PS01, has passed ground tests and will fly "in the summer".

The key difference from the HAP is the version's missile equipage - Hellfire II for France and Spike ER for Spain. Le Berre says the first Hellfire launch on the HAD is due in September.

Other improvements are the laser designator required for the missiles, upgraded IFF interrogator, and enhanced composite ballistic protection for the crew. The result is a weight of 6.6t versus the 6.1t of the HAP, and the consequent 14% greater power of the engine.

France will mix its planned 40 HAPs and 40 HADs in service, and Berre says there is currently "no serious discussion" of retrofitting the HAD capability to the HAPs.



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« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2009, 04:38:21 pm »

15.06.2009.

Izraelska kompanija Urban Aeronautics je predstavila bespilotnu letelicu Mule (mazga) na statičkom delu izložbe. Mula je bespilotna letelica namenjena logističkoj podršci trupama na frontu a može da se koristi i za izvlačenje ranjenika.

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PARIS AIR SHOW: Urban displays Mule VTOL UAV
By Rob Coppinger

Israel's Urban Aeronautics' Mule vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle is making its static display debut here among other UAV systems from the Mediterranean state.

The Mule, a logistics UAV that could also evacuate casualties, is expected to make its first flight in Israel this month, although the test was originally planned for April.

Using a Fancraft louvered internal-rotor lift and propulsion system its maximum take-off weight is 1,130kg (2,490lb) with a cargo capacity of 226kg, endurance of up to 4h and 100kt (185km/h) top speed.

Also here is Aeronautics Defense Systems and its Picador helicopter UAV. It has already made its first test flight. Designed for naval and land-based missions its cargo capacity is 180kg with an endurance of up to 8h and a range of 200km (370nm).

The third Israeli VTOL capable UAV here this week is Israel Aerospace Industries' Naval Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. It is to be capable of 6h missions at a distance of 120km from its ship to provide early warning and detection of aircraft, cruise missiles and enemy surface vessels.

Beyond the newly flight tested and yet to be designed, two operational UAVs Israel will display here are the medium-altitude long-endurance vehicles, the IAI Heron TP and the Elbit Systems Hermes 450. The Hermes 450B is also the Watchkeeper for UK armed forces and could be test flown in that country later this year.

"Israel pioneered the field of unmanned systems 30 years ago and continues to lead this market with evolutionary and revolutionary technologies," says Israel's Export and International Cooperation Institute chairman, David Arzi. "Equally exciting are the payloads, avionic systems, datalinks and command and control systems that make the entire system".

Another new development is Aeronautics' long endurance twin-engines Dominator II. Unveiled last year it can carry payloads up to 400kg, has an operational ceiling of over 30,000ft (9,150m) and endurance of 28h.

At the other end of the spectrum are the smaller UAVs. Aeronautics' has various versions of its Orbiter, an electrically powered 1m-long vehicle with an endurance of up to 4.5h and ceiling of 18,000ft. Its new variant is to fly for 7h.

The smallest Israeli UAV making its debut is the Micro-Falcon I. Designed for being carried and operated by one person it weighs 6kg and carries the MicroBat 275 electro-optical payload developed by Bental Industries. This lightweight payload is expected to extend the mini-UAV's endurance to 2h.


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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2009, 03:47:52 pm »

16.06.2009.

Egipat kupuje 3 helikoptera AgustaWestland AW109 Power za svoje RV dok Indonezijska kompanija Pudjiastuti Aviation - poznata i pod nazivom Susi Air kupuje jedan AW119 Ke i jedanA W109S Grand.

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PARIS AIR SHOW: AgustaWestland helis bound for Egypt and Indonesia
By Niall O’Keeffe

The government of Egypt has placed an order with AgustaWestland for three AW109 Power light twin helicopters.

The helicopters will be operated by the Egyptian Air Force to perform emergency medical services on behalf of the nation's ministry of health.

Meanwhile, Indonesian carrier Pudjiastuti Aviation - also known as Susi Air - has ordered one AW119 Ke single engine and one Grand light twin helicopter. These are the first helicopters to be ordered by Susi Air, which was created by Susi Pudjiastuti and Christian von Strombeck in late 2004, with an original mission of transporting fish from Western Indonesia to other markets in Asia. To this it has added scheduled commuter services and on-demand services for VIPs and passengers as well as cargo. It also offers flight surveying and pilot training.

In addition to securing new orders from Egypt and Indonesia, Finmeccanica-owned AgustaWestland has delivered a AW139 medium twin to Bel Air. The Danish helicopter operator will use the AW139, its first, to perform offshore transport operations.


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« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2009, 03:57:05 pm »

16.06.2009.

Rafael danas predstavio novi podvesni kontejner Recce-U sa izviđačkom opremom namenjen bespilotnim letelicama. Ovaj podvesni kontejner je zasnovan na onom namenjenom borbenim avionima pod nazivom RecceLite i u stanju je da obezbedi slike visoke rezolucije noću i danju u vidljivom i u infracrvenom delu spektra.

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PARIS AIR SHOW: Rafael unveils new Reccelite variant for UAVs
By Arie Egozi

Rafael has unveiled its new Recce-U reconnaissance system for use with unmanned air vehicles.

A scaled-down version of the Israeli company's successful Reccelite pod, which equips manned fighters such as the Lockheed Martin F-16, the new derivative can collect high-resolution images by day or night and across a wide field of view.

Lova Drori, Rafael's vice-president of marketing, says the Recce-U payload is available in two configurations. The first is suitable for carriage by medium-altitude, long-endurance systems such as the General Atomics MQ-9 Predator B/Reaper or Israel Aerospace Industries' Heron TP, while the other will fit smaller UAV designs.

Rafael says the payload's free-moving turret will provide continuous photography of an area of interest, irrespective of air vehicle manoeuvres. Its multiple operating modes include the "routine" scan of a pre-defined area, plus spot, stare, strip and line search coverage.


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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2009, 04:20:46 pm »

16.06.2009.

Prvi helikopter Sikorsky S-70i (International) Black Hawk je sklopljen van SAD, u poljskoj fabrici PZL Mielec, ranije ovog meseca, objavljeno je danas na salonu u Buržeu. Delovi su stigli iz Turske (repna sekcija) i iz američke kompanije Kaman Aerospace (kabina).

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PARIS AIR SHOW: First international Black Hawk assembly completed in Poland
By Niall O’Keeffe

The major components of the first Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopter have been assembled at PZL Mielec's facility in Mielec, Poland.

This is the first time a Black Hawk helicopter has been assembled outside the USA. The first major join of components was completed earlier this month when the first cabin produced at Mielec was fitted to a Turkish Aerospace Industries tailcone and a cockpit section produced by Kaman Aerospace.

Launched by United Technologies-owned Sikorsky Aircraft at the Farnborough air show in 2006, the S-70i Black Hawk helicopter is intended to provide multi-mission, 10t utility lift capability at a price comparable to helicopters in the 6-8t class.

PZL Mielec, a Sikorsky company, is the S-70i's final assembly location. The helicopter is designed with a modular platform, a glass cockpit, an active vibration control system, a dual global positioning system/inertial navigation system with a digital map, and a General Electric T700-GE-701D engine with -701C controls.

The first S-70i assembled at Mielec is due for delivery at the end of 2010.

Meanwhile Sikorsky has delivered the first of three UH-60M helicopters to the US Federal Bureau of Ivestigations. The UH-60M incorporates a new composite-spar wide-chord blade providing 225kg (500lb) more lift than the UH-60L's blade, as well as the new T700-GE-701D engine. It is the US Army's third standard baseline Black Hawk helicopter version in the 30-year history of the programme. The -60A was delivered from 1978 and 1989, and the -60L from 1989 until 2007.

Sikorsky is working on an upgrade to the UH-60M helicopter. It will feature fly-by-wire flight controls, full authority digital engine controllers, and enhanced cockpit displays.


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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2009, 04:28:29 pm »

16.06.2009.

AESA radarska tehnologija koju je Northrop Grumman razvio za borbene avione kako bi im obezbedio informacije o pretnjama u vazdušnom prostoru je prepakovan za potrebe kopnenih trupa kako bi njima obezbedio iste te informacije, a demo ove zemaljske varijante je predstavljen danas na salonu u Buržeu. Northrop Grumman nudi ovaj radar američkoj armiji i marincima.

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PARIS AIR SHOW: Northrop's fighter radar tech demo'd for ground service
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Radar technology developed to alert US Air Force fighter pilots of other aerial threats has been repackaged to provide the same service to ground troops.

Northrop Grumman is to demonstrate the new ground-based fighter radar to serve as an air defence alerting system on a high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle. The active electronically scanned array (AESA) is being offered to the US Army and Marine Corps.

The demonstration of the 360° sensor took place at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Northrop says.

Northrop also builds the APG-77 AESA for the F-22 and the APG-81 for the F-35.


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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2009, 04:36:44 pm »

16.06.2009.

General Electric/Rolls-Royce predstavljaju alternativni motor za pogon borbenog aviona F-35 pod nazivom F136, koji ima 190kN potiska, a razvija se verzija od 200kN. Konkurentni Pratt & Whitney F135 koji trenutno pogoni F-35 ima potisak 180kN, a sledeće godine bi trebalo da se pojavi unapređena varijanta sa 190kN potiska.

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General Electric/Rolls-Royce claims the F136 alternate engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be introduced with a major power advantage over its rival propulsion system.

The F136 engine core has been sized to enter service with a maximum rating of about 43,000lb thrust (190kN), and could be further upgraded over time to 45,000lb, says Mark Rhodes, senior vice-president for the F136 joint venture Fighter Engine Team.

By contrast, the Pratt & Whitney F135 has demonstrated about 41,000lb thrust in hover pit tests for the short-take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) variant in April. That system will be upgraded by 5% next year, raising the F135 to 43,000lb thrust.

Rhodes says the F136 was designed in the aftermath of the weight growth problem that delayed the F-35 development schedule by two years, so the company was able to size the engine core and fan to provide a higher level of thrust from the beginning.

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That built-in advantage should make the F136 more desirable over the next decade as operators add more capabilities - and weight - to operational F-35 fleets, he says.

"The experience has been you always need more thrust," Rhodes says.

Further, an R-R executive last week also noted that the F136 would be in line for a dramatic thrust upgrade around 2020, when either his company or GE would be prepared to introduced variable cycle engine technology.

Those arguments could figure largely into the ongoing debate about the future of the F136 funding account.

In response to the Pentagon's decision to remove funds for the F136 for the fourth year in a row, Congress has again moved to restore the programme's budget, says Jean Lydon-Rogers, president of the Fighter Engine Team.

Last week, a House armed services subcommittee added $603 million to the DoD's authorisation bill, which includes $463 million to continue development and $140 million to buy the first four production engines.

It was not immediately clear if the added funding would require the F-35 programme to buy fewer jets next year.

Meanwhile, the process of clearing the F136 for first flight in February 2011 on the conventional take-off and landing AF-1 prototype has recently begun, Lydon-Rogers says.

A second test engine is scheduled to begin testing in July, and a third engine should run by the end of the year, she adds. By next July, the first six F136s should be delivered to Lockheed.


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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2009, 04:44:40 pm »

16.06.2009.

Antonov pokušava da pronađe kupca za svoj transportni avion An-70, a u svetlu problema koji su zahvatili sličan projekat Airbus A400M, nadaju se da će uspeti.

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Activity on Antonov An-70 airlifter has been dormant for several years, but a model of the Ukrainian-built heavy airlifter nonetheless appeared in the company's exhibit area. Two prototypes of the turboprop-powered An-70 were developed more than a decade ahead of the similarly sized Airbus A400M, but failed to find its market in the region's turbulent post-Soviet era. With the A400M's current developmental struggles, Antonov perhaps sees hope for a market revival.


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« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2009, 04:51:23 pm »

16.06.2009.

Raytheon je predstavio raketu AIM-9X Sidewinder u verziji zemlja-vazduh. Ova sasvim nova uloga ove rakete je demonstrirana na poligonu 16. maja kada je oborena bespilotna letelica - meta, a raketa je lansirana sa lansera LAU-7A/D montiranog na terensko vozilo Humvee.

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PARIS AIR SHOW: Raytheon demonstrates surface-launched AIM-9X
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Raytheon announced yesterday it is demonstrating the AIM-9X Sidewinder as a surface-to-air missile, potentially opening a new mission for the short-ranged, air-launched weapon.

A second intercept test on 16 May engaged an unmanned air vehicle in a demonstration series sponsored by the US Marine Corps, Raytheon says.

"A ground-based AIM-9X missile system makes perfect sense from a value and capabilities perspective," says Harry Schulte, Raytheon Missile Systems vice-president of Air Warfare Systems.

The UAV's position was provided to the telemetered AIM-9X using an off-board sensor, Raytheon says. The missile launched from a LAU-7A/D launcher mounted on a USMC Humvee, and guided to "within lethal range" of the target.

Raytheon is currently producing the AIM-9X Block 1, which includes a reprogrammable guidance unit. A block II version would add lock-on-after-launch, an better fuze and a one-way forward quarter datalink.

Raytheon says either variant could be used as a SAM.


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« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2009, 05:06:15 pm »

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Izraelska kompanija Aeronautics Defense Systems je objavila da će njihova nova bespilotna letelica Orbiter 3 prvi put poleteti u avgustu. Letelica će imati 3.6 metara raspon krila i moći da ostane u vazduhu do 8 sati. Ova verzija bespilotne letelice se razvija za delovanje sa vojnih brodova. Poletače uz pomoć katapulta, a sletati na vodu pomoću kombinacije padobrana i vazdušnih jastuka koji služe da letelicu održavaju na površini vode.

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PARIS AIR SHOW: Aeronautics' Orbiter-3 to make first flight in August
By Arie Egozi

Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems Orbiter-3 unmanned air vehicle is to make its first test flight in August. The Orbiter-3 UAV will have a 3.6m (11.8ft) wingspan and up to 8h endurance.

It will operate with a Controp-developed 3kg (6.6lb) electro-optical payload that has a laser pointer. According to Aeronautics president Avi Leumi, Orbiter-3 is designed for operation on naval vessels.

It is launched by catapult and lands on the water using a combination of parachute and airbags that also serve as floating devices.

Leumi added that the payload will be water proof and that the Orbiter-3 will be ready for another launch shortly after recovery.


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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2009, 05:15:07 pm »

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Francuska kompanija Aeroart je predstavila svoju prvu jeftinu bespilotnu letelicu pod nazivom Featherlite. Ceo sistem sa kamerom i kontrolnom jedinicom košta 7900 eura. Leetlica je dugačka 1.2 metra, ima raspon krila od 1.9 metara i masu od svega 1.5 kilograma. Korisni teret može biti do 200 grama a u vazduhu može da provede od 1 do 1.5 sati.

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By David Learmount

Southern France-based Aeroart has announced its first product at Le Bourget - a very low cost micro unmanned air system dubbed Featherlite. The company's business development manager Serge Versillé says that the entire system, including control, visual systems and an on-board video camera, costs €7,900 ($11,400).

The Featherlite unmanned air vehicle is 1.2m (4ft) long, has a 1.9m wingspan, weighs 1.5kg (3.3lb), has an electric engine and can carry a 250g payload for between 1h and 1.5h, depending on the weather conditions.

Versillé says the system has a built-in safety factor in that it operates at low speed and is constructed of deformable material - an aerated plastic - so even in the event of collision any damage it would cause would be minor. He predicts customers will buy the Featherlite for training UAV pilots as well as for surveillance work or photography.


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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2009, 05:24:01 pm »

16.06.2009.

Pratt & Whitney se zalaže za politiku jednog dobavljača motora za avion F-35, kako bi izbacio iz trke konkurentni projekat F136 kompanija General Electric i Rolls-Royce. Pored činjenice da PW F135 ima već skoro milion sati rada na avionu F-35, trenutna ekonomska kriza ugrožava projekat F136, tako da se vodi teška bitka za nastavak finansiranja za koje se tvrdi da će poskupeti ceo program tko da se strahuje da će ovo možda odbiti neke kupce F-35 ili smanjiti postojeće narudžbine.

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Pratt & Whitney (hall 5) is touting the benefits of a single supplier strategy for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, countering the efforts of a rival team involving General Electric and Rolls-Royce.

Citing the development advantage held by the lead JSF engine, Warren Boley, vice-president F135 programme for Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, says: "The F135 core will have over one million [flight] hours by the time the F-35 enters service."

More than 100,000 operational hours have already been recorded on F119 engines powering the US Air Force's Lockheed F-22 Raptors, with the current design to provide the core for the F135.

P&W expects an F-35B to perform its first vertical take off around September, and says the F135 "passed all criteria" during recent hover pit tests conducted by Lockheed in Fort Worth, Texas. Three test aircraft have now logged almost 130 flight hours in 99 sorties with the design.

The GE/R-R Fighter Engine Team continues to urge US Congress to reinsert funds for the alternative F136 in the Department of Defense's fiscal year 2010 budget, saying a propulsion system choice will reduce costs over the life of the programme.

P&W is meanwhile optimistic of securing further sales linked to the F-22, despite a DoD plan to halt production of the type after 187 aircraft. Congress could soon add eight Raptors through a supplemental spending bill, and the possibility of export sales - primarily linked to Japanese interest - has also resurfaced within the last few weeks.

"We're not talking about shutting down any time soon," says Bill Begert, head of business development. However, P&W says clarity is needed within the next year on Washington's long-term plans for the fighter.

Military Engines president Tom Farmer also confirms that the company is interested in participating in Embraer's C-390 tactical transport programme. "We are in discussions," he says. "We see that as a very good air system." Part of Boeing's team promoting the KC-767 to meet the USAF's KC-X tanker requirement, P&W is also "anxious to see a draft request for proposals within a few weeks to compete again".


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