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Interview of A-12 pilot, Frank Murray, Lt. Col. (USAF Ret.), by Ron Carrico, conducted 4-28-14. Frank Murray was one of 6 pilots who flew the A-12, a very secret aircraft CIA reconnaissance aircraft. The A-12 was a predecessor to the SR-71 built by Lockheed. From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/re... Please do not use for commercial purposes without permission. | Yes |
The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and western Syria on February 6, 2023, caused widespread destruction in both countries.
The initial earthquake emanated from a fault 18 kilometers (11 miles) below the land surface. The shallow depth meant the earthquake produced violent shaking that affected areas hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter. The first quake was followed by a 7.5 magnitude event about nine hours later, as well as hundreds of smaller aftershocks.
As news of the event spread, scientists at space agencies around the world—including NASA—began processing and analyzing satellite data relevant to the event.
Members of the disasters program area of NASA’s Earth Science Applied Sciences, as well as their national and international collaborators, are in the process of sharing the damage proxy map and the data used to generate it with organizations such as the U.S. State Department, the California Seismic Safety Commission, Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief, and the World Bank. The team is also participating in ongoing coordination calls hosted by the U.S. Agency for International Development to assess the needs of stakeholders in the region and provide scientific expertise to support risk assessment and recovery efforts.
Original Story by Adam Voiland. NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and ALOS-2 data from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/JAXAand the Earth Observatory of Singapore Remote Sensing Lab. | Yes |
The Alberta government has announced a state memorial will be held for Jim Prentice next Friday in Calgary.
The former Alberta premier was killed last week in a plane crash, along with 3 others enroute from Kelowna to Calgary.
The October 28th service will be held at the Jubilee Auditorium at 11am.
It is open to the public.
Meanwhile Transportation Safety Board investigators are wrapping up their work at the scene of the plane crash.
Investigators have collected all the required data from the crash site, about 10 kilometres northeast of the Kelowna airport.
Wreckage of the four-seat Cessna Citation will now be removed by helicopter and taken to a warehouse for further analysis.
The board says some of the work will include reviewing RCMP drone footage of the crash site, examining the plane’s instruments, and evaluating plane maintenance and pilot records. Some of the wreckage will also be sent to the TSB lab in Ottawa.
The Cessna crashed last Thursday and investigators have already said it could take as long as a year to determine a cause.
The aircraft did not carry, nor was it required to carry in-flight data or cockpit voice recorders. | Yes |
Abu Dhabi: The UAE has taken all steps to avoid any potential risks to its air passengers following Monday’s provocative action by Qatar, in which two Qatari fighter jets intercepted two UAE civilian flights.
“We are taking all possible legal actions within the framework of international civil aviation agreements [and other legal instruments],” said Esmail Mohammad Al Blooshi, Assistant Director General, Aviation Safety Affairs sector, at the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), at a press conference at GCAA headquarters in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
He said the GCAA has alerted the UAE airlines about the possible risks while flying near Qatari airspace and how to deal with such situations.
Al Blooshi said two UAE civilian aircraft – a big passenger jet and a helicopter – were intercepted by Qatari fighter jets on Monday in two separate incidents within the Bahrain’s Flight Information Region (FRI). The passenger jet was intercepted at 3.34pm and Qatari fighter jets chased the flight till 3.36pm.
The GCAA is still waiting for the details of the second incident involving the civilian helicopter, the official said.
Earlier, the UAE has stated that it will not change its civilian flight paths.
Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Chairman of the Federal Civil Aviation Authority told Reuters: “We have no plans at the present time.” | Yes |
Update: RIGOR Workshop in Anchorage, AK
In May 2019, Converge Strategies and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) developed and executed an Air Force-sponsored workshop in Anchorage, AK for the Regional Identification of Gaps in Operational Resilience (RIGOR) program. At this workshop, critical infrastructure owners from across the Anchorage region came together to identify shared concerns and vulnerabilities and develop project concepts to strengthen their resilience posture. The workshop involved cross-sector infrastructure modeling using INL’s All Hazards Analysis tool and human centered design facilitation.
The Air Force Office of Energy Assurance sponsors RIGOR which brings together public and private stakeholders for common threat prioritization and joint assessment of vulnerabilities and mitigation of life line systems. The workshop was the first to be executed under RIGOR and the Air Force plans to replicate the process at other installations and regions in the future. | Yes |
Landsat 9, a NASA satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface, successfully launched at 2:12 p.m. EDT Monday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Hitching a ride with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat 9 launch, two tiny satellites will tackle big questions.
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As we look forward to the Artemis program to the Moon and even one-day crewed missions to Mars, accessing resources like water will be crucial for humans to survive on other worlds. We sat down with Victor Glover, NASA Crew-1 astronaut, to talk about NASA’s Artemis program, what it would be like to... Read More
New NASA research shows that by releasing heat and moisture through a large hole in sea ice known as a polynya, the exposed ocean fuels the formation of more clouds that trap heat in the atmosphere and hinder the refreezing of new sea ice.
Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big picture of the Red Planet.
NASA invites learners of all ages, including students and teachers who recently returned to the classroom environment, to register for a special event ahead of the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Does NASA know about ALL the asteroids? We know about the vast majority of larger ones and none of those pose a threat, but space is big, so we're always on the lookout. NASA asteroid expert Dr. Amy Mainzer explains. Learn more: nasa.gov/planetarydefense Producer: Scott Bednar
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Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have hit its annual minimum extent on Sept. 16, after waning in the 2021 Northern Hemisphere spring and summer.
When NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in northern Chile gazed toward cosmic objects in this period, they found something odd: six early, massive, "dead" galaxies that had run out of the cold hydrogen gas needed to make stars.
Researchers will observe more than a dozen protoplanetary systems to gather data about their inner disks – where Earth-like planets may be forming.
NASA invites members of the media to register their interest in attending events in French Guiana ahead of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, a mission led by NASA in partnership with the European and Canadian space agencies.
Roman will combine the powers of imaging and spectroscopy to gain fresh insights into how the universe works.
NASA scientists are in Houston this month for an intensive air quality study exploring the effects of emissions and weather on air pollution, as well as the relationship between air quality and socioeconomic factors.
In 2023, NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will land near the western edge of the Nobile Crater at the Moon’s South Pole to map and explore the region’s surface and subsurface for water and other resources. | Yes |
LYNNWOOD, Wash. – Boston-based Spike Aerospace is moving a bit more slowly than planned on its process to pick the site for a supersonic jet factory, the company’s top executive said today.
Washington state is still in the mix, but so are seven other states, said Vik Kachoria, Spike’s president and CEO.
“We’re not moving to Washington state just yet,” Kachoria said here at the Governor’s Aerospace Summit, presented by the Aerospace Futures Alliance of Washington. “Each region offers something interesting that we want to explore.”
At one time, the company had hoped to start narrowing down the field from Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts and the Carolinas by the end of this year. But Kachoria told GeekWire that the “down-select” would have to wait until 2017.
He also the schedule for building a subscale supersonic demonstrator would slip from mid-2018 to early 2019. | Yes |
Drones could be delivering medicine to remote, rural Northland communities by March next year. Medical Drones Aotearoa plans to begin trialling the delivery of medical supplies to Mitimiti, near Hokianga, in November and aimed to start its first regular service by March, pending Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval.
According to Medical Drones Aotearoa founder Robyn Kamira 14 per cent of patients in low socio-economic and rural areas did not pick up their medicines and even more rationed their medicines to make them last longer. The medical and crisis-support drone trials will lead to a high quality, high value service that will make a real difference to people’s lives also focusing on supporting communities that may otherwise be overlooked when it comes to deploying leading-edge technologies for services.
Mitimiti is a small settlement in Northland, New Zealand. It lies close to the Warawara Forest, between the mouths of the Whangape Harbour and Hokianga Harbour on Northland’s west coast, 44 km west of Kohukohu.
The name “Mitimiti” is thought to come from a Māori term meaning “to lick”, a reference to the belief that the souls of the dead, on their way to Cape Reinga, paused here to drink at the mouth of the Mitimiti Stream.
Those living in Mitimiti faced a relatively bumpy three-hour return trip to the closest pharmacy making it difficult for residents to access even basic medical supplies. The trial would test drones, leaving from a few different launch sites, to deliver unrestricted medicine, like Pamol, to the Mitimiti marae where it could be picked up or delivered by trusted community members.
The company had already acquired the airspace to fly to Mitimiti to be used as a drone testing space.
Between March and September 2018 it is hoped to extend the service to other rural communities near Mitimiti. From there the model could be transferred to other parts of the country which could benefit lots of people. Also being most in need of the service, the airspace around rural areas was usually less congested making it easier to get CAA approval for the flights.
Trial to begin in November 2017
Medical Drones Aotearoa Stage 1 aims to begin flight trials under controlled conditions in a rural area in November 2017. It will gather data on the location, distance, payload (weight) and medical processes. This will generate useful information that will contribute to further development and may include investigating new efficiencies, sensor development, features of designed-for-purpose drones, and risk mitigation features. The company expects the trials to have international impacts in the sector.
The company was in the process of developing systems and protocols to ensure the medicines could not be stolen and authenticate the safety of senders and receivers. The trial would begin with unrestricted medicine that could be bought from pharmacies over the counter until the security systems could be proven safe.
The trial would include tests that explored the safe delivery of medicines and flights that were beyond visual line of sight and autonomous – with the ability for a pilot to take control of the craft remotely and also could have international impacts.
Medical Drones Aotearoa were also looking to provide crisis support to emergency services by delivering aid to difficult to access areas and helping with disaster recovery and search and rescue.
The drones could also eventually send information to off-site medical teams and enable communication with patients.
According to New Zealand Medical Association chairwoman and rural GP Dr Kate Baddock the use of drones was “full of potential”. Baddock acknowledged there would be issues around security with drones but believed they were not insurmountable.
Kamira is also chief executive of Paua Interface, the company which will manage the new 874sq km drone trial space in Northland called Incredible Skies.
Medical drones will be tested at a commercial drone trial space in Hokianga. It had been established as a commercial drone technologies testing platform and the company already had inquiries from local and overseas companies wanting to schedule trials. The Hokianga airspace was away from airports and already had permission from landowners underneath the projected flight paths. So watch out for a drone medical service to land on your roof in near future. | Yes |
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Elon Musk really wants you to go to Mars. So much so that he’s just released a free paper in the journal New Space outlining how he’s going to get you there, and what you’ll do on the way.
“In order to make it appealing […] it has got to be really fun and exciting – it cannot feel cramped or boring,” Musk writes.
“Therefore, the crew compartment or the occupant compartment is set up so that you can do zero-gravity games – you can float around. There will be movies, lecture halls, cabins, and a restaurant. It will be really fun to go. You are going to have a great time!”
We first learned about Musk’s plans to send people to Mars, and ultimately colonize it, in September 2016. In this commentary, he’s now put pen to paper on some of those ideas. As before, yes, a lot of it is a bit far-fetched – but there’s some serious science there too.
“History is going to bifurcate along two directions,” Musk begins in typical Musky fashion. “One path is we stay on Earth forever, and then there will be some eventual extinction event.
“The alternative is to become a space-bearing civilization and a multi-planetary species, which I hope you would agree is the right way to go.”
How he wants to achieve this is with his Interplanetary Transport System (ITS). Comprising a reusable rocket – the largest ever built – and a shuttle-esque vehicle, Musk envisions this transporting people on regular trips to Mars. Within a century, he wants 1 million people to be living on Mars.
Whether that will happen is up for debate. But the journey towards that goal does seem kind of possible. SpaceX hopes to start sending unmanned missions to Mars as early as 2020, with manned missions to follow down the line.
The main barrier to getting people to Mars, Musk says, is cost. “You cannot create a self-sustaining civilization if the ticket price is $10 billion per person,” he says.
“If we can get the cost of moving to Mars to be roughly equivalent to a median house price in the United States, which is around $200,000, then I think the probability of establishing a self-sustaining civilization is very high. I think it would almost certainly occur.”
Making this possible is several-fold. It includes making launch vehicles reusable, like SpaceX have been doing with their Falcon 9 rocket. It also involves finding ways to make propellant on Mars, perhaps using its carbon dioxide to produce usable methane and oxygen.
The transportation ship itself is probably the most controversial part of Musk’s plan. He wants the vehicle to be reusable 1,000 times, with up to 100 people on board. And he doesn’t want just one. Oh no.
“You would ultimately have upwards of 1,000 or more spaceships waiting in orbit,” he said. “Hence, the Mars Colonial fleet would depart en masse.”
The ships will need to be big, he says, to get enough people and cargo to Mars: “[T]o build everything from iron foundries to pizza joints to you name it – we need to carry a lot of cargo.”
And getting a million people on Mars eventually would be no mean feat. Assuming you go every two years, when Mars and Earth align for easy transit between them (Musk envisions travel time as short as 80 days with his system), you’d need 10,000 trips with 100 people on each ship. That’s quite a lot – although he notes that could be upped to 200.
“[I]t would take 40–100 years to achieve a fully self-sustaining civilization on Mars,” he says.
The giant rocket itself would be made of an advanced carbon fiber, presumably to keep weight down while still remaining kind of strong. It would ultimately be capable of lifting about 500 metric tonnes (550 US tons) in expendable mode (where the rocket is not recovered), and 270 tonnes (300 tons) in reusable mode. The Saturn V for comparison, the biggest rocket launched to date, could lift 140 tonnes (155 tons).
There are plenty more interesting tidbits in the paper, so it’s worth a read if you felt Musk’s talk was a bit light on some of the science involved in this endeavor.
He admits that they were “intentionally fuzzy” on when this might all happen. In four years, he plans to complete the first “development spaceship”. In 10 years, if things go “super-well”, the first Mars colonization missions could begin.
“There is a good chance we will not succeed, but we are going to do our best and try to make as much progress as possible,” says Musk. And it might not just be Mars – he has grander plans for sending people to Jupiter’s moons Europa and Enceladus, or Saturn’s moon Titan, or even Pluto.
“[Y]ou could travel out to the Kuiper Belt, to the Oort cloud,” he writes. “I would not recommend this for interstellar journeys, but this basic system – provided we have filling stations along the way – means full access to the entire greater solar system.”
Maybe let's take a few baby steps first though, eh? | Yes |
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This epic six-part global event series tells the inspiring story from the vantage point of a fictitious crewed mission to Mars in 2033.
In 2037, a devastating tragedy in the colony forces everyone on Mars and Earth to question the mission. While the Olympus Town settlement tries to cope and continue its mission, controlling groups back on Earth struggle with a potential decision to end the mission. In the present-day documentary, commercial space company SpaceX again attempts to pioneer the rocket technology that would help mankind reach the red planet.
In 2033, the first human mission to Mars enters the red planet’s atmosphere but the crew of the Daedalus faces a life-threatening emergency when the ship’s landing system goes offline. The crew’s commander risks his life to fix the problem as mission control monitors back on Earth. In the present-day documentary, SpaceX attempts to land the world’s first reusable rocket in order to pioneer the critical technology that will help humans reach Mars.
Mars is a documentary about travelling to and sustaining life on the planet Mars. The demonstration of this is created by a fictitious drama tale about a crew's journey to such end. Not only is this an engineering feet but a test of mental stability and faith in the human psyche. The story is legitimate and the experts from "Space X" are quite determined to make this a reality in our lifetime. An interesting and inspiring take on an interplanetary society... some may find this boring or an inaccurate take but I find this intriguing and eye-opening.
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7 August 1971: At 6:45 a.m., local time, 287 nautical miles (531 kilometers) north of Honolulu, Hawaii, the Apollo 15 command module Endeavour “splashed down” after twelve days in space. On board were Colonel David Randolph Scott, Mission Commander; Major Alfred Merrill Worden, Command Module Pilot; and Lieutenant Colonel James Benson Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot. All three were United States Air Force officers and NASA astronauts.
During the descent following reentry, one of the three main parachutes fouled. This did not cause any problems, though, as only two were necessary.
The spacecraft landed approximately 5.3 nautical miles (9.8 kilometers) from the primary recovery ship, the amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa (LPH-3).
Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission of the Apollo Program, and the fourth to land on The Moon. The total duration of the flight was 12 days, 7 hours, 11 minutes, 53.0 seconds.
This was the first mission that the crew were not quarantined after returning to Earth.
The Apollo 15 command module is displayed at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
26 July 1971: At 13:34:06 UTC, the Apollo 15/Saturn V (AS-510) was launched from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The three-man flight crew were David R. Scott, Mission Commander, on his third space flight; Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot, on his first mission; and James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot, also on his first space mission. This was the fifth manned lunar landing mission (though Apollo 13 did not land). The destination was the Hadley Rille.
On this flight, NASA was sending a powered wheeled transport vehicle, the Lunar Roving Vehicle, or LRV. This would allow the astronauts on the moon’s surface to travel farther from the landing point, spend less time getting where they were going, and with less physical exertion. They would also be able to return to their space craft with more geologic samples. The emphasis on this flight was to conduct a meaningful scientific examination of the surface. The astronauts had received extensive training in this regard. | Yes |
Washington, D.C. –The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association for the global information technology industry, is convening leaders from government and industry for the inaugural Americas Space Summit on April 28. The virtual event will feature engaging presentations from space leaders from key Latin American nations.
“The United States has made a concerted effort in the last decade to strengthen our ties with Latin American partners,” said David Logsdon, Senior Director of CompTIA’s Space Enterprise Council (SEC). “Latin America is a strategic market for U.S. space companies, with several long-time allies in the region. Latin America is considered by most experts as a hotbed for satellite technology innovation, particularly in the small satellite sector.”
Participating countries include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Paraguay. Leaders from NASA and the U.S. Department of State will also share remarks.
The Americas Space Summit will take place 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (U.S. Eastern) on Wednesday, April 28. Registration is open to all and there is no fee to attend. To register, go here.
The full agenda for the summit can be viewed here.
Leaders from the public and private sectors of the space industry in Latin America will share highlights of their respective space activities, technological innovations, and current and future challenges and opportunities.
“Our goal with the Americas Space Summit is to bring awareness to a burgeoning space marketplace and potential business development opportunities for U.S. and Latin American companies,” Logsdon said.
CompTIA’s Space Enterprise Council has developed strong ties throughout Latin America, with Memorandums of Understanding in place with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, as well as active engagement with several other countries. Through these relationships, the Space Enterprise Council creates opportunities for its member companies – and the U.S. space industry at large – to connect with their counterparts in these countries with the potential for further partnerships and collaboration.
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the more than 50 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world’s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for advancing the tech industry and its workforce. Visit connect.comptia.org to learn more. | Yes |
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United States 11th Airborne division, Boeing-29 super-fortress a four engine heavy bomber propeller aircraft flies over Tokyo bay. Various landing craft in bay heading toward shore. The Allied occupation of Japan begins. United States Navy and the U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division land in the country.
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After giving more than 7,000 free rides over the course of 40 years, Carl Unger still delights in recalling one of the first passengers on the airplane he and two friends designed and built: “She was wearing nothing but sandals,” he says with a laugh.
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It was 1965, and Unger, along with fellow Chicago-area corporate pilots Charles Roloff and Robert Liposky, had just finished the 40 hours of test flying the Federal Aviation Administration mandates for homebuilt aircraft. “The FAA drew us a corridor for the 40 hours over some sparsely populated area,” Unger says. “Nobody ever saw this airplane.” On his first day flying outside the corridor, he landed on a small strip south of Chicago surrounded by thick woods. While taxiing back to take off, he saw three women emerge from the trees, indeed wearing nothing but sandals.
Unger had landed at a nudist colony.
“The tall one waved and I waved back, so they came running out to the airplane,” he recalls today with a nod to his wife, who is sitting across the living room and knows the story well. Unger stopped the airplane and the women walked around it. They laughed and said, “It looks like us—it’s got nothing on!”
Before long, dozens of nudists were standing next to the naked airplane. “I remember meeting them and looking them right in the eye. I thought I handled myself pretty good,” he says with a wink. After a few minutes, one of the nudists asked if she could go for a ride. Unger was surprised that anyone other than his pilot friends would want to get on the airplane; this was a time long before ultralights, and the airplane looked like nothing else in the sky. But Unger figured, Why not? “Yeah, get on,” he said. The woman doubled her wardrobe by donning a pair of goggles, set down a towel, hopped onto the back seat—and Unger flew one of the first of what would be thousands of passengers in the Breezy.
Since that day, the Breezy has become most famous as an airplane that seems tailor-made for giving rides. Shortly after the visit to the nudist colony, Unger, dressed in the tidy red vest, tie, and slacks that would become his trademark, made his first flight to the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 1965 fly-in in Rockford, Illinois (now known as EAA AirVenture and held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin). That first year, the airplane was presented with a trophy for the most popular homebuilt, as well as an award for the most unusual instrument panel (it’s beneath plexiglass under the pilot’s feet). The Breezy, formally called an “RLU-1” for Roloff-Liposky-Unger, was a hit, and people asked how they could catch a ride. “Get on” was Unger’s simple reply.
The founder of the EAA and the man who helped usher in the homebuilt movement, Paul Poberezny, recalls those early years, and the decades that followed. “The Breezy has been one of the most popular airplanes [at Oshkosh] over the years, and Carl has given thousands of people rides at his own expense for many years at Oshkosh. I give him a lot of credit for [getting people excited about flying].”
The Breezy was never intended to fill such a role. The three designers all worked for the same corporation, flying twin-engine Beech 18s out of Midway airport in Chicago. Unger was in his 30s. “It was all right flying,” Unger says, “but it’s not like the basics.” The young pilots wanted to build something that would get them back to the fundamental stick-and-rudder flying that had lured them to the skies in the first place.
The first foray “back to basics” came when Roloff built a Benson Gyro-Copter from plans in 1963. He flew it many times, but Unger and Liposky weren’t totally enthusiastic. Eventually Roloff crashed the Gyro-Copter, escaping with a few bumps and bruises. Despite the crash, Roloff told the other pilots how much fun it was, sitting out in front of the engine with nothing around you. It was something Unger responded to, as he had always wanted an open-air pusher like those Glenn Curtiss or Lincoln Beechey flew in the early days of aviation. “Let’s build something that’s safe, where we’re sitting out there,” Unger said. “That’s really flying.”
In addition to all being pilots, Liposky was an engineer, Roloff was an aircraft inspector, and Unger was an expert welder who had been a helicopter mechanic in the Army. The three figured they had the skills to design and build an airplane on their own.
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) imposed a large financial penalty of Rs 30 lakhs on Air India.
This penalty follows an event in which an 80-year-old passenger tragically collapsed and died as a result of the lack of a wheelchair on the flight from the airplane to the Mumbai airport terminal.
This incident occurred in February at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, when an 80-year-old man who had arrived on an Air India flight from New York with his wife died from a collapse.
Due to a lack of wheelchairs, the elderly passenger was forced to walk about 1.5 kilometers from the aircraft to the immigration counter, despite the fact that both passengers had pre-booked assistance.
Despite having reserved wheelchairs before to their trip, only the wife received one. Walking with his husband, the elderly guy experienced a heart attack and collapsed at the immigration counter.
In reaction to the event, an Air India spokeswoman explained that the airline had urged the passenger to wait for wheelchair assistance owing to heavy demand. However, the individual decided to walk with his wife. Following the abrupt sickness, airport medical officials rushed the traveler to the hospital, and he was declared dead.
The deceased, an Indian-origin US passport bearer, was flying in economy class on Air India aircraft AI-116 from New York to Mumbai. This heartbreaking occurrence highlights the difficulty that passengers with mobility issues confront, as well as the significance of establishing proper wheelchair accessibility in airports to avoid such unfortunate events. | Yes |
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket has designed for an awe inspiring photography object since it has been waiting on a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before its second try to lift off for the milestone Artemis 1 mission.
A flurry of NASA photographers captured the imposing 322-foot-tall (98 meters) Space Launch System in the times following the scrapped first launch attempt on Monday (Aug.29). NASA called off the Monday launch shortly before lift-off because of an engine cooling issue, that was later traced to a faulty sensor.
NASA engineers cleared the moon exploration rocket for another go today. If all goes well, the rocket, having an uncrewed Orion space capsule atop, will blast off Launch Pad 39B at 2: 17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT) for a 37-day lunar test trip.You can view it launch live onlinestarting at 12: 15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT).
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The Skydiving Landing Explained
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The goal of every jump is to end with a safe skydiving landing. As such a pivotal part of the skydiving experience, often the parachute landing is fraught with considerable anxiety.
Old-school video reels of military jumpers crashing into the ground beneath round parachutes have given the skydiving landing a bad rap. But when it comes to civilian skydiving a lot has changed since then – like, a WHOLE lot. Improvements in equipment, the parachutes themselves, and the training involved have made it possible for the impact of the parachute landing to be pretty gentle.
Hopefully, after we’ve explained a few things about skydiving landings, you’ll feel confident and ready for your skydiving adventure! What do you say? This is the skydiving landing explained!
Basic Skydiving Landing Technique
In modern civilian skydiving, we use rectangular, RAM-air parachutes. Essentially, there are two layers of material that are sewn into elongated tubes (we call them cells). The cells are open at the front of the parachute and are sealed at the back. As the parachute moves forward, the cells fill with air. This provides structure to the “wing” and gives it shape.
A series of cascading lines are connected at different points on the parachute. The steering lines are attached along the back edge of the parachute. Four lines converge down to one on each side, ending in a loop we call the toggle – these lines are called the steering/brake lines.
These lines are utilized in the flaring portion of the parachute landing. Flaring the parachute slows the downward and forward momentum of the parachute and allows skydivers to come to a controlled stop.
Tandem Skydive Landing
The tandem skydiving landing differs slightly from the landing used for a solo sport skydiver simply because there are two people involved instead of just one. Because the student is attached to the front of the instructor, the tandem jump landing is quite technical and requires training and experience.
The landing technique your instructor will use will depend on your mobility, the wind conditions, and your comfort/skill level. It is very important to listen closely to the pre-jump briefing and any instructions your tandem instructor gives during the tandem skydive landing.
Generally, on a tandem landing, the instructor will prepare the student by asking them to lift their legs for landing. This helps to keep the tandem student’s legs free and clear of the instructor’s legs and allows the instructor to slide in the landing for minimum impact.
Student Parachute Landing
Getting the knack of the skydiving landing takes practice. In order to prevent injuries during the landing learning curve, solo student skydivers are taught the Parachute Landing Fall (PLF).
The PLF technique minimizes impact on the joints in the case of an abnormal or hard landing. In a Parachute Landing Fall, the student presses the feet and knees together, touches down first on the balls of the feet, then shifts to allow the side of the calf to come into contact with the ground, continuing momentum by rolling onto the outer thigh and the other side of the back.
Everyone builds their skydiving landing skills at their own pace. Mastering the Parachute Landing Fall helps to protect skydivers while they learn.
Sport Skydiving Landing
In the sport of skydiving, there is always more to learn. This is why even experienced licensed skydivers attend canopy courses to improve their landings and to learn new skydiving landing techniques, such as “swooping.”
Swooping is a form of canopy piloting where individuals turn the parachute quickly at certain degrees of rotation – depending upon the skill of the individual flying the parachute – in order to build speed. Then using inputs on the rear risers or brake lines, the individual changes the pitch of the canopy to glide across the ground at a high speed.
Some of these individuals can reach speeds of 60 to 70 mph! The current world record is held by a competitor named Greg Windmiller, who covered a distance of 70 meters in 1.960 seconds, or roughly reached a speed of ~95 mph!
High speeds reduce the margin for error, so, swooping should only be attempted by highly experienced skydivers who have first received training and canopy coaching.
How Hard is the Landing When Skydiving?
Many people wonder if any aspect of skydiving hurts. In the skydiving landing, timing is everything. With training, practice, and proper technique, the landing can be quite soft. Typically on a tandem skydive, landing features a gentle slide-in on your bum. On a sport skydive, the landing is akin to jumping off the bottom stair onto the ground.
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A B-52 Stratofortress, assigned to the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., prepares for an operational demonstration of the Quickstrike-ER (QS-ER) Naval mine project at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 28, 219. The QS-ER project was initiated by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command as part of ongoing efforts to modernize and enhance military readiness throughout the joint forces in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)
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Boeing has successfully tested a missile capable of knocking out electronic systems without blowing anything up or injuring anyone.
CHAMP, which stands for Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project, is a non-lethal missile capable of disabling enemy electronic systems without little to no collateral damage, Boeing said in a statement on Monday. The defense contractor confirmed that it conducted a successful test on Oct. 16 of the CHAMP missile on the Utah Test and Training range along with members from the United States Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate.
During the test, CHAMP approached its first target and fired hi-power microwaves into a two-story building containing rows of personal computers and other electronic systems. Almost immediately after the missile flew over the building, every piece of electronic equipment inside went dark. The television cameras set up inside to record the test also were affected, Boeing said.
“Seconds later the PC monitors went dark and cheers erupted in the conference room. CHAMP had successfully knocked out the computer and electrical systems in the target building,” Boeing wrote on its site.
Boeing tested CHAMP against seven targets over the course of one hour and it knocked out the electrical system in each building. The goal of CHAMP is to create a missile that can remotely paralyze electronic systems with minimal collateral damage. CHAMP is also designed to be very targeted so that only computers inside a specific building are affected, and not causing damage over a wider area.
There is a “real need” for a weapon capable of defeating a target without causing collateral damage to people and structures, Boeing said.
Boeing’s research team is currently analyzing data and telemetry from the test. CHAMP marks a “new era in modern-day warfare,” said Keith Coleman, CHAMP program manager for Boeing Phantom Works. This kind of technology may be used to disable an enemy’s electronic and data systems before the ground troops or aircraft arrive on the scene, Coleman explained.
“Today we turned science fiction into science fact,” Coleman added.
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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has officially declared that the Starship rocket is prepared for launch.
However, before the launch, the Federal Aviation Administration must first give SpaceX permission to conduct the eagerly awaited launch.
The Super Heavy rocket tested its first flight in April of this year, but a technical problem during the test mission resulted in a controlled explosion, ending the flight early.
The rocket collapsed under the tremendous force produced by the 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy, scattering debris far from the launch location.
This cutting-edge system, made of steel, was created with the intention of withstanding the extreme heat and force produced by the rocket as it departs the launchpad.
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Environmental organisations have raised concerns, claiming that the FAA was insufficiently aware of the harm that SpaceX’s rocket will do to the environment before its initial launch.
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Thunder City plans to launch a new modernization program for the Eurocopter SA330 Puma at the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2008 show, scheduled for Sept. 17-21 at Ysterplaat Air Force Base in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Cape Town-based company has developed the program to extend the life of the medium-lift helicopter. It involves what Thunder City said is a rigorous P4 inspection process and upgrades to the avionics through the installation of a "glass cockpit." The enhanced avionics would improve situational awareness for the pilot, the company said, increasing the safety of flight.
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New software fixes Mars glitches
The two Mars rovers have been refreshed with new software allowing them to travel longer distances and extend their missions until September, NASA said.
The new software will allow the rovers to travel through difficult terrain and recover from glitches such as the problems that plagued Spirit in late January.
Spirit will now be able to travel much further each day as it has to take fewer images and generate fewer new 3-D maps, NASA said.
The software will allow Opportunity to travel through the Meridiani Planum's rocky terrain.
"The current autonomous navigation software sometimes gets stuck when it detects a hazard that it can't navigate around," NASA said. "The new version will allow the rovers ... to find the best possible path."
The rovers will also go into deep sleeps to save energy while they are inactive.
NASA thought this necessary after a radiator switch was stuck in the "on" position, draining Opportunity's power.
With an option of going into a deep sleep, Opportunity's batteries cannot power the stuck switch.
Rover controllers will not trigger the deep sleep capability on Spirit unless necessary, NASA said.
NASA decided to extend the rovers' 90-day missions after Spirit completed its tasks.
Opportunity, which landed on Mars three weeks after Spirit, will reach the 90-day mark towards the end of April.
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Airbus has revealed that it is developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine. The propulsion system is being considered as one of the potential solutions to equip its zero-emission aircraft that will enter service by 2035. Airbus will start ground and flight testing this fuel cell engine architecture onboard its ZEROe demonstrator aircraft towards the middle … Continue reading Airbus Summit – Airbus reveals hydrogen-powered zero-emission engine
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) declared the traffic statistics for September this afternoon. Domestic air traffic crossed the 1 crore mark again with 1 crore 3 lakh (103.55 lakh) passengers flying in September 2022. This is an increase of 2.14% over August. However, August had 31 days while September had 30 and thus … Continue reading Air India gains momentum in September, industry set up for a great winter!
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It was an active week for the Gulf Coast aerospace corridor, with SpaceX announcing it will test a next generation engine at Stennis Space Center, Miss.; Italy's Comau Aerospace joining the Airbus team in Mobile, Ala., as the assembly line robotics supplier; a $5 billion order for A320s from Mexico; a Stennis Space Center partner chalking up a successful space mission; a $24.7 million contract modification for QF-16 drones for Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.; several F-35 contracts, including a $508 million deal for engines; and a key aerospace gathering in Washington state.
Here's your week in review:
Last week during an aerospace conference in Washington state, a reporter for the Puget Sound Business Journal asked Barry Eccleston, president and CEO of Airbus Americas, if Airbus will eventually establish a facility in Washington.
"We probably don't need another engineering center in the U.S. We're happy with what we are doing in Mobile," he said. That belief in Mobile and the Gulf Coast region affirms what Allan McArtor, chairman of Airbus Americas, has been saying for quite some time now.
Back in November during a meeting with the media, McArtor said he was excitement about the future of this region, and what the Mobile campus can be. "I intend to make this the example within Airbus," so when projects come along Mobile will be a strong contender.
Indeed, as recently as the Paris Air Show McArtor told the Seattle Times that in 10 years Airbus will build "more than just A320s in Mobile." He said that the wide-body A330 could still be in production then, and could be built in Mobile, perhaps as a military conversion to a freighter or a tanker.
So why was Airbus in Washington? Here are some figures that make that clear. According to the Washington Department of Commerce, that state has 1,256 companies in the aerospace supply chain and 131,000 workers. Nearly 75 percent of them supply Boeing, 40 percent supply Airbus, over 25 percent serve Spirit and another 20-25 percent Brazil's Embraer.
"What we do need from the state of Washington is a high-quality, innovative supply chain," Eccleston told the Puget Sound Business Journal. Airbus is spending $12 billion a year in the United States and expects to double that. Of that amount, Airbus buys about $180 million worth of parts from Washington suppliers, and it hopes to get that up to $300 million in seven years.
The number of suppliers in Washington can't help but intrigue Alabama and other states in the Southeast with a foot in the aerospace door. Alabama and South Carolina officials were also in Seattle to develop relationships with aerospace suppliers during the annual conference.
According to the Alabama Department of Commerce, Alabama Secretary of State Greg Canfield told the Seattle Times that he expects the aerospace industry to grow in Alabama in the same way the automotive industry has, through assembly plant expansions and the creation of an ever-widening supplier base.
"We fully expect the Airbus experience will be the same," he told the newspaper.
Canfield also told the Puget Sound Business Journal that the growth of aviation manufacturing in the Southeast means the region will become even more attractive to suppliers serving Airbus, Boeing and other companies.
All of this interest from the Southeast does concern economic development oficials in Washington state, according to the Seattle Times. The South has been a big player for years – it's where the military placed a lot of aviation-related bases and where NASA built facilities for the space program. But aircraft manufacturing is a concern in Washington state.
In addition to Boeing's 787 assembly line in Charleston, S.C., and Airbus' A320 assembly line in Mobile, Embraer has a plant in Jacksonville, Fla., and Gulfstream has one in Savannah, Ga. Even the latest iteration of aircraft assembly, unmanned aerial systems, have found homes in Moss Point and Columbus, Miss., among other locations.
No wonder Washington state is a bit concerned.
Italy's Comau Aerospace was picked by Airbus to supply the aircraft main assembly and test stations for the A320 plant being built in Mobile, Ala. The $600 million final assembly line will produce A319, A320 and A321 aircraft. Comau Aerospace will provide all jigs and tooling for the Mobile plant, and plans to open an integration center near the plant that will offer full project support.
Comau, a subsidiary of the diversified manufacturer Fiat Group, was founded in 1973. It makes automation systems for the aerospace and automotive industries and operates in 23 locations in 13 countries. Headquartered in Turin, Italy, its North American operation is in Southfield, Mich. (Post)
In addition, Hoar Program Management awarded the Mobile office of Terracon Consultants Inc. Terracon will provide construction material testing and special inspections to support the prime contractor for the $600 million project’s Package A, which includes the final assembly line hangar, logistics building and service building at Brookley Aeroplex. Terracon is an employee owned engineering consulting firm that employs more than 3,000 at 140 offices in 40 states. (Post)
-- Mexican budget airline VivaAerobus has ordered 52 Airbus A320-family jets in a record deal worth $5.1 billion. It includes 40 A320neo jets. Airbus said the deal was the biggest ever order for its aircraft by a single airline in Latin America. News that VivaAerobus would place a large order with Airbus was previously reported by Reuters as far back as June. (Post)
SpaceX, the first commercial company to successfully fly a cargo mission to the International Space Station, has chosen Stennis Space Center, Miss., for initial testing of its next generation Raptor methane rocket engine.
The E-2 test stand at SSC will be made methane capable, and testing will be in early 2014.
SpaceX is just the latest commercial spaceflight company to pick SSC for rocket engine testing. Orbital Sciences, which just last week successfully completed its resupply mission to the International Space Station, tests AJ26 engines that power its Antares launch vehicle at SSC. Commercial company Blue Origin also tests engine at SSC. (Post)
The Raptor rocket engine is significant. It's capable of generating nearly 300 tons of thrust in vacuum, around four times more powerful than the Merlin 1D used in SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle. And that's the engine that may well take SpaceX to Mars.
Nicknamed "Red Dragon" – SpaceX has made no secret about heading to Mars, even publishing a graphic of their spacecraft touching down on the Red Planet. The Raptor engine is a key element of that plan. According to Spaceflight.com, Raptor is a sea-change in SpaceX’s propulsion approach since it shuns RP-1 and liquid oxygen, currently used in the Falcon 9's Merlin engines, in favor of methane and liquid oxygen.
According to Spaceflight.com, initially the new engine was mentioned for a role powering an upper stage, but now it appears it will serve as the main engine for the first stage of a new rocket.
We'll keep a close eye on this one.
-- As I mentioned above, one of the commercial companies using engine test facilities at SSC, Orbital Sciences, celebrated last week its first successful resupply demonstration to the International Space Station.
The Cygnus spacecraft, loaded with items no longer needed at the ISS, burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere. Unlike SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, Cygnus is designed to burn up. Cygnus launched Sept. 18 atop an Antares rocket and docked with ISS on Sept. 29.
Dragon was the first private company to successfully dock with ISS.
Both SpaceX and Orbital Science have billion-dollar NASA contracts to deliver cargo to the ISS on multiple missions over the coming years. (Post)
-- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was at Stennis Space Center, Miss., to welcome employees back to work after the 16-day U.S. government shutdown. Bolden held separate meetings with SSC and NASA Shared Services Center workers. He also toured the B-2 Test Stand, which is being prepared to test the core stage of NASA’s new Space Launch System, which will carry humans deeper into space than ever before. (Post)
A decision on whether the University of Florida and the Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County will build a dedicated robot vehicle testing center is expected by early 2014.
UF and the EDC have been exploring building an unmanned aerial vehicle test facility just south of the college's Research and Engineering Education Facility outside Eglin Air Force Base.
Nathan Sparks, the EDC's executive director, said a decision could be made in the next two to three months. The project has an estimated cost of $4.5 million, but the college and EDC are evaluating ways to lower that.
Unmanned systems are of high interest to the Gulf Coast region. The military at Tyndall Air Force Base, Eglin AFB, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, all in Florida, Camp Shelby and Stennis Space Center, Miss., all work with unmanned systems. In addition, Pensacola’s Institute for Human and Machine Cognition is internationally known for its work with robotic systems. Also, Fire Scout unmanned helicopters and Global Hawk are built in part in Moss Point, Miss. (Post)
-- A full-scale mockup of Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned combat air system is now at the National Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. In May 2013 the X-47B made its first successful catapult launch from the USS George H.W. Bush, and in July it made its first successful arrested landing aboard the ship. In August the Navy decided to delay the retirement of the prototype aircraft and look for new testing opportunities. (Post)
-- Boeing of St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $24.7 million modification for an existing contract for QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target low rate initial production. The drones will go to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The contract modification is for the exercise of the low rate initial production option under the basic contract, and is for the purchase of 13 QF-16s, 12 drone peculiar support equipment, and integration engineering support. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/EBYK (Aerial Targets), Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Post)
-- Defense Support Services LLC, Marlton, N.J., was awarded a $14.9 million modification exercising option year five under an existing Aerial Targets contract to support live-fire weapons system testing with the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group in the testing for all air-to-air missiles for F-22, F-35, F-16, and F-15 aircraft. Work will be performed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and Holloman AFB, N.M., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014. (Post)
Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 training center and right now has more F-35s than any other location. As of the end of the week the 33rd Fighter Wing had 33 of the fifth generation fighters, and all three variants, on station. There were several F-35 updates during the week.
United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $508.2 million modification to the previously awarded F-35 Lot VI low rate initial production advance acquisition contract. It provides for the procurement of 18 F135 conventional take off and landing engines for the U.S. Air Force; six short take-off and vertical landing engines for the U.S. Marine Corps; and seven carrier variant engines for the U.S. Navy.
In addition, this contract procures three F135 CTOL engines for Italy; two CTOL propulsion systems for Australia; one F135 CTOL spare propulsion system for Italy; and one F135 spare propulsion system for Australia. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps (42 percent); the U.S. Air Force (41 percent); and the international partners (17 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Post)
-- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $30 million modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract to provide long lead-time parts, materials and components required for the delivery of two additional Low Rate Initial Production Lot VIII F-35 conventional takeoff and landing aircraft for the government of Japan.
Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in July 2014. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting authority. (Post)
Flightglobal reports that the $30 million contract will let Japan perform the local assembly of its first two F-35s. In December 2011 Tokyo picked the conventional take-off and landing F-35A for a 42-aircraft requirement.
The first four will be delivered from Lockheed’s Fort Worth site in Texas, with the remainder to be completed using a final assembly and check-out (FACO) line being established with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya. (Post)
The Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team is funded for 2014 and expected to return to a full demonstration schedule. The team is scheduled to perform 65 shows at 34 locations in 2014. They’ve been grounded most of 2013 due to sequestration. (Post)
-- Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, announced during the week the full operational capability of the command's five-center system. Prior to the reorganization, AFMC was made up of 12 centers. The Armament Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is under the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson, and Eglin's 96th Test Wing reports to the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Post)
-- The 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron of the 53rd Electronic Warfare Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., earned an Air Force Outstanding Unit award and five individual awards from the Association of Old Crows. (Post)
-- The 96th Test Wing reached an historic testing milestone this summer. The 2,000th sled test mission was conducted at the 96th TW's Kinetic Energy Munitions Test Facility at the Eglin Test and Training Complex Test Area C-74. (Post)
-- Officials at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in West Bay, near Panama City, Fla., hope to get a $17 million crosswind runway by 2017. The board during the week accepted a $5.5 million grant from the Department of Transportation that's the first step in the process. (Post)
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $26.7 million modification to the existing contract to retrofit fielded Mission Training Centers with Out the Window visual systems upgrade and night vision goggles capability. Effort includes upgrades for F-22 Training Systems at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and other bases. … Electronic Metrology Laboratory LLC, Franklin, Tenn., was awarded a $9.6 million contract for base operating support services at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla. Work is expected to be completed by November 2014. … Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc., Rancho Cordova, Calif., was awarded a $16 million contract for the procurement of a classified quantity of BLU-129 warhead casings. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity. … M1 Support Services, Denton, Texas, was awarded a $16.9 million modification to exercise option year two under a previously existing contract for T-38 support for the T-38 Companion Trainer program. Work will be performed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and other bases. … Asset Group Inc., Oklahoma City, Okla., was awarded $7.3 million task order under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract for renovations to building 600 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. Work will be performed in Pensacola and is expected to be completed by January 2015.
LCS 1: Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom suffered flooding in its bilge from discharge piping from a gas turbine motor lube oil cooler on Oct. 20. The Freedom class LCS ships are built in Wisconsin and the Independence class variants are built in Mobile, Ala. (Post)
Tug: Construction of Signet Maritime's seventh ASD tug in less than four years, M/V Signet VIGILANT, is underway at Signet Shipbuilding & Repair in Pascagoula. The 30 metric ton vessel will be the first Castleman Maritime design for Signet with delivery slated for July 2014. (Post)
Anniversary: Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., held a Family Day last weekend to commemorate 75 years of building ships on the banks of the Pascagoula River. Mississippi's largest private employer builds Aegis-guided missile destroyers, amphibious assault ships and amphibious transport ships for the U.S. Navy and National Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard. (Post)
Lockheed: Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Training, Moorestown, N.J., was awarded a $21.4 million modification to previously awarded contract for AEGIS Weapon System work on the DDG 51 class ships. Twenty-six percent of the work will be done in Pascagoula, Miss. (Post)
Somerset: Ingalls Shipbuilding in Avondale, La., delivered the amphibious transport dock Somerset (LPD 25) to the U.S. Navy. Somerset is the ninth ship in the San Antonio (LPD 17) class of ships Ingalls has delivered to the Navy. (Post)
NSC: The U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Hamilton was christened at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., Saturday. Hamilton is the fourth of eight planned ships in the Legend-class of technologically advanced multi-mission cutters. (Post) | Yes |
HAMBURG, Germany — microdrones has released a video demonstrating a new water rescue tactic it hs developed that uses drones. The company says it may revolutionize lifeguard rescue operations all over the world.
The Unmanned Safety Institute, a professional organization dedicated to the safe integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the U.S. National Airspace System, has partnered with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to provide training on the safety and security of UAS to the law enforcement community throughout the State of Florida.
The educational workshops are designed to train law enforcement officers on proper techniques for responding to unauthorized or unlawful UAS flight operations. [Read more…]
The FAA’s new regulations went into effect Aug. 29 for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), more popularly known as drones or remotely piloted aircraft. [Read more…]
The new FAA rule governing commercial operations of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) — also known as drones or remotely piloted aircraft — means more businesses and innovators will be able to fly, unlocking the “tremendous economic benefits of the new technology,” according to the top official of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). [Read more…]
A new story at Mashable reports that researchers in Australia have found that most drone accidents were caused by technology issues, rather than human error.
Led by Graham Wild, a senior lecturer in aviation at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, the researchers reviewed a sample of 152 global drone event reports between 2006 and 2015. The most common cause of accidents was a loss of communication or radio signal between the drone and controls, Wild told Mashable Australia.
The researcher also told Mashable that far more drone accidents occur, but few are reported. And when they are the reports don’t have sufficient details.
“It’s not mandated that you report all these details as it would be if you were flying at a general aviation airport,” he told Mashable. “A lot of the stuff with drones is literally just voluntary and sometimes people put in the bare minimum.”
Read the full story here.
Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus has joined with a Kansas-based company to launch three technology competitions that seek ways to improve the safety of flying drones, help pilots pass their color vision test, and aid NASA’s search to find life in the solar system.
Andrew Schmertz, a blogger at the Huffington Post, says in a recent post that the very thing that GA fears could actually save general aviation: Drones.
Also known as unmanned aerial systems and remotely piloted aircraft, drones are not only enticing kids into aviation, but also adults, who once they’ve gotten a taste of flight, want to try it in a “real” airplane. “And that’s the “a-ha” moment,” he says in the post.
Check it out here and let us know if you agree.
You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms. But painting murals?
That’s the idea behind a project in Paul Kry’s laboratory at McGill University‘s School of Computer Science.
Kry and a few of his students have teamed up to program tiny drones to create dot drawings — an artistic technique known as stippling.
It’s no simple feat. Programming the aerial robots to apply each payload of ink accurately and efficiently requires complex algorithms to plan flight paths and adjust for positioning errors. Even very slight air currents can toss the featherweight drones off course. [Read more…] | Yes |
As reported by the internet portal aviation21. Ru deputy prime minister Dmitry rogozin during his working trip to voronezh region enterprises visited, among other things, at the voronezh mechanical plant, where they were examined by site, which produced engines, inspected the aircraft factory vaso, where he listened to a report on the progress of works on creation military-transport aircraft il-112v. It was assumed that the first flight of the new light aircraft the military transport aircraft il-112v will happen no later than july 1, 2017. However, apparently, this date will be shifted to the right. According to the statement of the president of the united aircraft corporation yury slyusar, the first flight of the il-112v is expected before the end of 2017. Oak is going to produce a military transport aircraft il-112v rate of 12-18 per year. First flight of the il-112v is planned before the end of 2017 and the start of supply from 2021. - said yuri slyusar. 3 february 2017 was completed joining the wing to the fuselage on the first prototype of the il-112v and the aircraft entered the final assembly shop.
On february 22 ojsc "Il" started the installation of the experimental sample of a procedural trainer, necessary in the preparation of the first flight of the il-112v. 5 april 2017 vaso took the first engines tv7-117ст. On 11 april the management of jsc "Il" approved the transaction with lii. Gromov, for the equipping of the experimental aircraft il-112v set of kbti-m for testing. In connection with the missed deadlines, Dmitry rogozin, said on twitter: and here is the conversation on the voronezh aircraft factory was not pleasant.
Requested pogonazhny work schedule on the new machine. 3 feb 2017 15 april 2017:.
Day of veterans of internal Affairs bodies and internal troops of the MIA of Russia is a holiday of all those who honorably served his country, protecting the legal field citizens, participating in counter-terrorist operations, speaking at the guardian of law and order.
As reported by the Internet portal aviation21.
According to RIA Novosti, the head of the Supreme electoral Council (CEP) of Turkey Sadi güven announced the preliminary results of the constitutional referendum in the country, according to which the victory was gained by supporters of the transition to a presidential system of government. | Yes |
Rotortrade Services, a leading independent helicopter distributor is in the process to sign the renewal of the agreement for a further 3 years as Leonardo Helicopter Division sole pre-owned helicopter distributor.
Rotortrade has been exclusive worldwide distributor for AgustaWestland, now Leonardo Helicopter Division, for the past nearly 5 years and has sold 60 aircraft during this period making the partnership very successful. With six branches operated from the US, Mexico and Canada all the way to South East Asia, Rotortrade group has managed to sell an impressive 23 aircrafts since January 2017.
Capitalizing on this growth and through this partnership, Rotortrade is able to offer AgustaWestland models produced by Leonardo with manufacturer warranty translating into a reliable and cost/effective service ensured by the leading helicopter manufacturer’s full support and highest quality standards. To celebrate this event, Rotortrade has just committed to multiple orders in the short term for various makes and types from Leonardo Helicopters.
Philippe Lubrano, Rotortrade Chairman says “We are delighted and proud to extend our partnership with Leonardo which enables us to provide high value added services and the best deals for our customers. Rotortrade is expanding its footprint globally in order to serve customers better. This includes a growing network of RT offices, exclusive sales partners and maintenance facilities providing the best support standards for any type of helicopter we trade-in with Leonardo. This enables us to position pre-owned helicopters where demand is the highest”
- Teletronics awarded $45M contract for Acquisition of V-22 Data Hardware
- General Electric awarded $143M contract for Procurement of 22 T408-GE-400 CH-53K helicopter engines
- Bell awarded patent for Tiltrotor aircraft having spherical bearing mounted pylon assemblies
- Honeywell International awarded patent for surveillance system using micro mobile drones and IP cameras
- North Island Hospital opens new campus
- Russian Helicopters Concluded the First Export Contract for the Supply of Mi-171А2
- 150th H145 delivered to HTM
- Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence 2017
- Iron Mountain awarded $7M contract for Foreign Military Sales for the Utility Helicopter Project Office.
- Safran celebrates 40 years in Brazil
- ASU Obtains NVIS Transport Canada STC on AS350
- Abu Dhabi Aviation expands Leonardo AW139 fleet
- New FAA Guidance for Electronic Flight Bags
- Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Fleet Tops 400,000 Flight Hours
- S92 Helicopters Certified to Operate in Mexico
- Nova Scotia customer orders Bell 407GXP
- Abu Dhabi Aviation sign new PWC support agreement
- Helicopters of Russia handed over Mi-28UBs to the Russian Defense Ministry
- Conklin & de Decker Release Aircraft Cost Evaluator 17.2
- V-22 Osprey readiness rate is 48% | Yes |
Spaceflight Industries was founded in 1999 by Jason Andrews. While the company has not publicly discussed plans to participate in an IPO, one of its subsidiary companies, BlackSky, was listed on the NYSE in 2021. These comments should not be interpreted to mean that the company is formally pursuing or foregoing an IPO.
Spaceflight Industries is an aerospace company made up of two subsidiaries: BlackSky, a satellite imagery service, and LeoStella, a satellite manufacturer. The company sold its satellite rideshare business in 2020. In 2016, Spaceflight Industries acquired OpenWhere, an M2M information systems company. The company has raised more than $200 million in venture capital funding from investors including Mitsui & Co, AlleyCorp, Vulcan Capital, Mithril Capital, RRE Ventures, and Razor's Edge Ventures. | Yes |
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many airlines to temporarily ground aircraft. Due to its dry desert conditions, Arizona is a popular state for airlines and commercial aircraft lessors to park aircraft while not in active use. Airlines and commercial aircraft lessors should be aware, however, that Arizona's annual aircraft license tax may apply to an aircraft owned by a nonresident of Arizona if the aircraft is based in the state for more than 90 days in a calendar year.1 The annual license tax is administered and enforced by the Arizona Department of Transportation ("ADOT").
For aircraft based in the state for more than 210 days a year, Arizona aircraft license tax rate is one-half of one percent of the aircraft's value (determined by the average wholesale blue-book value for the make, model and year of the aircraft).2 For nonresident-owned aircraft based in the state for more than 90 days but fewer than 210 days, a reduced tax rate of one-tenth of one percent is imposed on the aircraft's value.3 A special flat annual license tax of $20.00 applies to aircraft stored in the state. However, to qualify for the $20.00 flat tax, the aircraft owner is required to file a sworn affidavit annually with the ADOT affirming the aircraft's storage in the state no later than the last day of February or within 60 days after the aircraft is placed in storage.4 Accordingly, if the sworn storage affidavit is not timely filed, then the ADOT is likely to impose the license tax at the standard rates of 0.5% (0.005) or 0.1% (0.001), as applicable.
The license tax does not apply to aircraft used in regularly scheduled operations by an airline company.5 However, the commercial aircraft exemption may not apply to aircraft indefinitely removed from regularly scheduled airline operations, aircraft stored in Arizona between leases with commercial airlines, or aircraft stored in Arizona as a source of spare parts.
Based on the foregoing, before deciding to store an aircraft in Arizona, the owner should consider whether the aircraft is likely to be in Arizona for more than 90 days, and, if so, whether a sworn storage affidavit should be filed with the ADOT to qualify for the $20.00 flat storage tax. Before filing the sworn affidavit, the aircraft owner should also consider whether storage of the aircraft in Arizona will trigger an Arizona use tax obligation. If the time for filing the sworn affidavit has passed, other aircraft license tax exemptions may be available to the aircraft and aircraft owner.
1. An aircraft owned by a nonresident who bases the aircraft in Arizona for a period of not more than 90 consecutive days or 90 day in any one calendar year, does not have to register the aircraft with ADOT or pay the state's aircraft license tax, if the aircraft is not engaged in intrastate commercial activity. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-8322(D)(2). The meaning of "based in" and "days" in Arizona for purpose of the state's aircraft license tax is being litigated in Arizona. In BSI Holdings, LLC v. Ariz. Dep't of Transp., 417 P.3d 782 (2018), the Arizona Supreme Court held that it could not determine the meaning of a "day" in Arizona for purposes of the state's aircraft license tax without also knowing what "based in" Arizona means, which was not considered by the lower courts. Thus, the Arizona Supreme Court remanded the case back to the tax court to address the meaning of "based in" in Arizona under section 28-8336. A "resident" of Arizona includes "[a]n individual, partnership, company, firm, corporation or association that maintains a main office, a branch office or warehouse facilities in this state and that bases and operates motor vehicles in this state." Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-8321; 28-2001(A)(1)(e).
2. Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-8335; 28-8342.
3. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-8336.
4. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-8337.
5. The aircraft license tax is in lieu of Arizona property tax. A.Z. Const. art. IX § 15. Because airlines are subject to property tax on airline "flight property," airlines do not pay the state's aircraft license tax on commercial aircraft, unless the aircraft is permanently removed from regularly scheduled operations. Id.; see also Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-8322(D)(1); Ariz. Admin. Code R15-4-302.
Originally published on 6 May, 2020
This article is presented for informational purposes only and is not intended to constitute legal advice. | Yes |
Philadelphia Here We Come
09 Apr 2018
On Sunday 25th March ASLI had its maiden flight on a new route for Aer Lingus from Dublin to Philadelphia. This marked the 7th North American destination operated by ASLI for Aer Lingus from Ireland and highlights the continuing strength in the relationship between the two airlines.
08 May 2017
Last week ASLI began a new route on the TNT/FedEx network. The ORB-GOT-LGG route will be operated by ASLI for the next few weeks with one of our newly acquired 737-400 freighters. This is a significant beginning to ASLI as it represents the start of our Scandinavian flying for TNT/FedEx albeit sooner…
Air Contractors shortlisted for Aviation Industry Awards
23 Apr 2015
Air Contractors is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the 2015 Aviation Industry Awards in the 'Aircraft Operator' category.
Our customer Aer Lingus thanks all for being part of 2014
06 Jan 2015
Great to see our B757s featuring so prominently in the Aer Lingus 2014 video. | Yes |
New Horizons detects surface features, possible polar cap on Pluto
For the first time, images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft are revealing bright and dark regions on the surface of faraway Pluto – the primary target of the New Horizons close flyby in mid-July.
Russia loses control of unmanned spacecraft (Update)
Russia said Wednesday it had lost control of an unmanned spacecraft taking supplies to the International Space Station and it is plunging back to Earth but is likely to burn up in the atmosphere.
NASA spacecraft to impact planet Mercury on Thursday
NASA's Mercury-orbiting spacecraft, Messenger, is going out with a bang this week, adding a hefty crater to the little planet closest to the sun.
Attempts to contact Russian spacecraft 'unsuccessful'
Russia said on Wednesday that attempts to contact an unmanned Progress spacecraft have so far been unsuccessful, raising fears the vessel could be lost for good.
Six things you didn't know about MESSENGER's Mercury crash
The MESSENGER spacecraft left Earth in 2004 carrying among its instruments a sensor built at Michigan Engineering's Space Physics Research Lab. Over the years, some 75 U-M researchers, including faculty members, ...
The fearsome foursome: Technologies enable ambitious MMS mission
It was unprecedented developing a mission that could fly four identically equipped spacecraft in a tight formation and take measurements 100 times faster than any previous space mission—an achievement enabled ...
Start of dwarf planet mission delayed after small mix-up
NASA said Friday observations of a dwarf planet have been delayed slightly after a communication glitch.
Ceres' bright spots come back into view
The two brightest spots on dwarf planet Ceres, which have fascinated scientists for months, are back in view in the newest images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Dawn took these images on April 14 and 15 from ...
Call to let the people decide new place names on Mercury and Pluto
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Dawn glimpses Ceres' north pole
After spending more than a month in orbit on the dark side of dwarf planet Ceres, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has captured several views of the sunlit north pole of this intriguing world. These images were taken ...
NASA spacecraft achieves unprecedented success studying Mercury
After extraordinary science findings and technological innovations, a NASA spacecraft launched in 2004 to study Mercury will impact the planet's surface, most likely on April 30, after it runs out of propellant.
Spacecraft circling Mercury will crash into planet April 30
After years of orbiting Mercury, NASA's Messenger spacecraft will crash into the planet at the end of this month.
Icy tendrils reaching into Saturn ring traced to their source
Long, sinuous, tendril-like structures seen in the vicinity of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus originate directly from geysers erupting from its surface, according to scientists studying images from NASA's Cassini ...
Pluto, now blurry, will become clear with NASA flyby
The best picture we have of Pluto is a blurry, pixelated blob, but that is about to change when a NASA spacecraft makes the first-ever flyby of the dwarf planet. | Yes |
"The Best Of The Best"
The National Association of Flight
Instructors (NAFI) takes pride in announcing a significant aviation
accomplishment on the part of these very special aviation
educators. Recently, they were all accredited as Master Instructors
by NAFI, their professional aviation education association.
There are approximately 91,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer
than 600 of them have earned Master accreditation thus far. As a
measure of the prestige conferred by this title, the last twelve
FAA National Flight Instructors of the Year were Master CFIs. In
addition, the FAA has approved the accreditation as an alternate
means for CFIs to renew their flight instructor certificates.
The Master Instructor designation is a national accreditation
recognized by the FAA that is earned by a candidate through a
rigorous process of continuing professional activity and peer
review. Much like a flight instructor's certificate, it must be
Aviation educators who earned the "Master" title during October
Raymond Wilbur "Ray" Brown, Master
CFI ( Renew: 1Oct07 )
Avon Lake, OH & Clermont, FL
Raymond Brown recently renewed his Master CFI
accreditation. Ray is the chief CFI and president of Top Gun Flight
at Burke Lakefront (BKL) and Ann Arbor (ARB) airports. He has
served as NAFI's Sun 'n Fun Chief Flight Specialist for 10 years
and is a FAASTeam rep with the FAA's Cleveland FSDO.
Shane Scott De Weese, Master CFI (Renew:
Shane DeWeese recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Shane
owns and operates Wings of the Ozarks flight school (www.wingsoftheozarks.com)
located at Graham Clark-Taney County Airport (PLK) in Lookout
Point. He also serves as AOPA's Airport Support Network
representative for Taney County Airport.
William Ralph "Bill" Gross, Master CFI ( Renew:
William R Gross recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Bill
is a professor of aviation and chief flight instructor for Kansas
State University's Part 141 aviation program (http://www.sal.ksu.edu/aviation/index.html)
at Salina Municipal Airport (SLN). He also serves as a designated
pilot examiner (DPE) and a FAASTeam representative for the FAA's
Julie Anne Hubner, Master CFI (Renew:
Julie Hubner recently renewed her Master CFI accreditation. Julie
is a flight instructor specializing in primary and tailwheel
training with Corporate Air Center (www.corporateaircenter.com)
at Burlington / Mount Vernon's Skagit Regional Airport (BVS). She
also serves as a FAASTeam representative for the FAA's Seattle
Dale Robert Wilson, Master CFI (Renew:
Dale R Wilson recently earned his Master CFI accreditation for the
5th time. Dale is a professor of aviation specializing in aviation
related college courses at Central Washington University (http://www.cwu.edu/~flight/)
and Bowers Field (ELN). He also serves as a FAASTeam representative
for the FAA's Spokane FSDO.
James Joseph "Jim" Ambrose, Master CFI
James J Ambrose recently earned his Master CFI
accreditation. Jim is an independent flight and ground instructor
specializing in primary and instrument training in the Syracuse
area. He also serves as chief flight instructor for the Syracuse
Flying Club (www.syracuseflyingclub.com)
at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR). | Yes |
Leasing giant AerCap is expecting to recognise an impairment on aircraft leased to Russian airlines which the company has been unable to retrieve.
It says this impairment could be made as early as the first quarter of this year, but it stresses that it has “not determined the amount”.
While sanctions over the Ukraine conflict have led to leases being cancelled, they have left lessors with the problem of repatriating aircraft still operating in Russian fleets.
AerCap is among the most exposed lessors to Russia, with about 5% of its fleet by net book value on lease to Russian carriers at the end of last year.
It says it intends to “fully comply” with the sanctions imposed on Russian carriers, and it has terminated all aircraft and engine leases with customers in the country.
AerCap says the situation in Russia is “manageable”. It states that it had 135 owned aircraft and 14 owned engines on lease to Russian operators, worth around $3.1 billion, at the end of 2021.
The lessor had removed 22 aircraft and three engines – collectively worth $400 million – by the end of March.
Of the $260 million in letters of credit relating to its assets leased to Russian airlines, the company has received about $175 million to date.
“We continue to make efforts to repossess additional aircraft and engines from our former Russian airline customers,” says AerCap.
“But it is unclear if we will be able to do so, or what the condition of these assets will be at the time of repossession.”
AerCap, which merged with US lessor GECAS in November last year, has a portfolio of about 3,700 aircraft, engines and helicopters.
Full-year net income for the lessor in 2021 reached just over $1 billion, in contrast to the near-$300 million loss in 2020. | Yes |
In concurrence with Pence's speech, the Pentagon laid out its plans to form the new branch of the U.S. military in a 15-page report, identifying immediate steps of action. In addition to angry comments denouncing the very idea and several attempts at memes, the responses contained alternate proposals for a Space Force logo - including the Federation symbol from Star Trek and the Galactic Empire logo from Star Wars.
The United States is a member of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which bars the stationing of weapons of mass destruction in space and only allows for the use of the moon and other celestial bodies for peaceful purposes. This will be the sixth service after the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force.
The President and Vice President are actively seeking to add a U.S. Space Force to the country, which would make it the sixth branch in the military. It will literally be called Space Force.
These announcements are part of Washington's drive to intensify space exploration.
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Senate lawmakers voted 38 to 31 against the measure, which would have allowed abortion for the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. Speaking during the debate, conservative Senator Marta Varela welcomed the mobilization of anti-abortion campaigners.
But with Russian Federation and China developing weapons that threaten USA satellites and investing in hypersonic technology, Pence said the nation could not afford inaction.
One possible benefit of such a service branch, she said, might be greater emphasis on basic and applied research that could help drive new discoveries.
The Pentagon submitted a report to Congress on Thursday detailing its space management changes.
Some were quick to pour cold water on the idea, noting that Congress would have to approve the creation of a new military branch in the 2020 military budget. Senator Bernie Sanders said via Twitter "maybe, just maybe" the government should guarantee healthcare "before we start spending billions to militarize outer space".
Pence said a new space development agency will be established to serve as a joint acquisition arm for space platforms and advance technology development through experimentation and prototyping efforts.
Here's how to see the Perseid meteor shower this weekend
The Perseids meteor shower is basically a mass of shooting stars, which light up the skies for avid stargazers below each year. The annual Perseid shower occurs when the Earth's orbit crosses the path of debris thrown off by Comet Swift-Tuttle.
The report calls for the creation of a new major unified Combatant Command called US Space Command, which would be akin to the operational commands that oversee US troops in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has endorsed steps to reorganize the military's space warfighting forces and create a new command, but has previously opposed launching an expensive new service.
Joan Johnson-Freese, a space security expert at the Naval War College, told Brumfiel that she doesn't think a Space Force is now necessary.
Backing his Vice President yesterday, Mr Trump tweeted: "Space Force all the way!"
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Cam Newton confronted Kelvin Benjamin before Thursday night's preseason game between the Carolina Panthers and Buffalo Bills . Anybody! Quarterbacks with knowledge, who know how to place a ball and give you a better chance to catch the ball. | Yes |
Having contributed to the success of numerous shuttle launches and ongoing operations for the International Space Station, Jon Cowart has been a key figure in America’s exploration of space for more than 30 years. On Saturday, October 20, Cowart will join other inspiring speakers at TEDxRiversideAvondale to share his uniquely informed vision for the future of space travel.
“I want to take the audience on a review of what has happened in space exploration in the last 50 years, but pretending our perspective is the year 2050,” explains Cowart. “I want to take plans NASA has on the books, and dream up a few more to help them know what our future in space exploration could be if we are simply willing to dare it.” (Cowart certainly isn’t afraid to dream big; his license plate, since 1984, reads “Go2Mars.”)
Cowart joined the Kennedy Space Center team in 1987 as a project engineer for space shuttle Atlantis. Since then, he has led many teams, including the International Space Station flight 2A and 3A processing teams, the orbiter docking system team, U.S. Destiny Laboratory and airlock processing teams, and shuttle Discovery engineering team. He has been in the launch control center for 65 Shuttle launch countdowns.
In 1993, Cowart was one of 50 people chosen from throughout NASA to participate in the Space Station Redesign. He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for that effort. In August 1995, Cowart worked on special projects for the chief engineer of NASA in Washington, D.C., including next-generation spacesuits and launch vehicle reliability.
Today, Cowart is the NASA partner manager working with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On May 25, 2012, SpaceX made history when its Dragon spacecraft became the first privately developed vehicle in history to successfully attach to the International Space Station. Previously only four governments — the United States, Russia, Japan and the European Space Agency — had achieved this feat.
Cowart is helping private companies build rockets and spaceships that will someday carry NASA astronauts into space–and soon thereafter, anyone who wants to go. At the same time, he is inspiring new generations who share his burning desire to explore the final frontier.
Jon is just one of many exciting, innovative and motivating presenters who will take part in TEDxRiversideAvondale. Organizers recently announced the inclusion of Roger Nierenberg, creator of “The Music Paradigm” and Bert Herring, MD, who will present “The Solution to Global Obesity.”
The inaugural TEDxRiversideAvondale will take place on Saturday, October 20 at the historic Friday Musicale. The theme is “Collective Genius” – sharing combined wisdom to effect positive change. | Yes |
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Alexa and Webex to hitch a ride around the Moon on Artemis I – what could possibly go wrong?
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As if NASA's troubled Artemis program didn't have enough to worry about, tech utilising Amazon's Alexa and Cisco's Webex is set to be on board for the first mission around the Moon and back to Earth.
Dubbed "Callisto" (after a follower of Artemis in Greek mythology rather than Jupiter's second largest Moon), the system will feature aboard the Orion spacecraft to be used in the first uncrewed mission. The platform will have Alexa working without an internet connection (presumably making it tricky for Amazon to know what to sell spacefarers) and Webex running on a tablet using NASA's Deep Space Network.
Because nobody will actually be onboard the first Artemis mission, the plan is to make use of a virtual crew.
In a nutshell, somebody barks into a microphone at NASA's Johnson Space Center, and the audio is sent to the Orion capsule and played out through speakers in the cabin. Alexa will then recognise the wake word and process the request using Local Voice Technology on the spacecraft.
Or, say, play something entirely inappropriate and totally disconnected from whatever was asked for (if our experience of shouting at the vaguely creepy black cylinder is anything to go by).
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To be frank, if an astronaut has to ask Alexa how fast the spacecraft is travelling, we'd contend the mission is already in trouble. Then again, whiteboarding a problem with Mission Control could prove a handy thing for spacefarers working through breakdowns or a blocked toilet.
For Artemis I, video and audio of the interactions will be transmitted back to Earth to allow engineers to analyse the performance of the systems.
"The Star Trek computer was part of our original inspiration for Alexa, so it's exciting and humbling to see our vision for ambient intelligence come to life on board Orion," said Aaron Rubenson, vice president of Amazon Alexa. One can but hope Rubenson was not referring to the computer's sentient antics in the late Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Emergence".
Nobody needs a repeat of that around the Moon. ® | Yes |
Space travel may drastically improve soon, thanks to something once deemed impossible by many experts. An American scientist has invented a fuel-less space drive, which has been given the seal of approval by NASA after being tested.
When a vehicle launches into space, it usually requires a heavy tank of expensive liquid hydrogen fuel that powers the thrusters that propel the spacecraft forward. But what if we could lighten the spacecraft's load, as well as make its launch less expensive?
The key to making that happen is fuel-less thrusters. But there's just one problem with that: until now, most scientists believed that creating such space drives were impossible. Roger Shawyer, a British scientist, claims that he's created such a system, but he's been shot down by experts who say that his system violates the laws of physics.
Scientist Guido Fetta, though, ignored the naysayers and built something similar: a drive that creates thrust by bouncing microwaves around inside a container, creating electricity. And now, after testing the engine, NASA is defending Fetta by stating that his system actually works.
Fetta's engine works by pushing against particles in what's called empty space, which in turn, creates thrust. Of course, space isn't actually empty, so, in theory, this works. The term for this is "quantum vacuum virtual plasma." In NASA's tests of the system, thrust happened without any need for fuel, making this engine the first of its kind to get the space agency's approval.
NASA's Johnson Center is now investigating the use of these thrusters. If testing goes well and we can actually use quantum vacuum for space travel, not only will spacecrafts become lighter and less expensive to produce, but they'll be able to travel farther into deep space without ever worrying about running out of fuel.
Of course, it's too early to get excited about this. There is still no proof that the system will actually work in space, where extreme conditions are the norm.
"Whenever you get results that have extraordinary implications, you have to be cautious and somewhat skeptical that they can be repeated before you can accept them as a new theory," says Intuitive Machines chief engineer Michael Baine. "Really, it's got to come down to peer review and getting that done before you can get any kind of acceptance that something exotic is going on here." | Yes |
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the near collision of a Southwest Airlines jet and a small private plane at Southern California's Bob Hope Airport.
Southwest's Flight 649, carrying 119 passengers and five crew members on board a Boeing 737-700, was landing at the airport's runway 8 on Monday while the Cessna 172, departing on runway 15, just cleared the jet.
The Cessna was performing a practice maneuver known as a "touch and go," in which the aircraft briefly lands before accelerating and going airborne again, the NTSB said.
Runways 8 and 15 intersect at the Burbank airport. The aircraft came within 200 feet of each other vertically and 10 feet laterally at the runway intersection, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Nobody was injured, and weather conditions were clear.
Improving runway safety is one of NTSB's "most wanted" goals. The deadliest U.S. runway accident occurred in August 2006, when Comair Flight 5191 crashed after taking off from the wrong runway, killing all but one of the 50 people on board. The worst involving two aircraft happened between a US Airways jet and a commuter plane in a February 1991 collision at the Los Angeles airport, killing 34.
The world's deadliest aviation accident also happened on a runway. In March 1977, two jumbo jets collided on a runway at the Canary Islands, killing 583 passengers and crew members. | Yes |
Young Valley pilot completes flight around world
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A young Valley pilot touched down in Fresno Saturday, completing his flight around the world, and breaking a world record at the same time.
Twenty- year-old Jack Wiegand landed Saturday evening, completing his mission to be the youngest person to fly solo around the world. Jack left Fresno Yosemite International Airport May 1 and logged about 150 hours in the air in a small single-engine plane.
A few mishaps and bad weather delayed his return but Wiegand said it was all worth it.
"It's been an amazing trip whether it be waiting three weeks in japan or trying to fly around thunderstorms in India or being intercepted by an F-18 fighter jet, it's all been amazing," said Wiegand.
Wiegand also received a proclamation from the City of Fresno naming June 28 Jack Wiegand day. Wiegand says while the trip a great experience he is very happy to be back home.
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Airlines flying from Chalkyitsik
Only one airline is flying from and to Chalkyitsik, which is Wright Air Service.
- Wright Air Service (8V)1 destination
Alternative airports to Chalkyitsik
Below you can find a list of alternative airports to Chalkyitsik (CIK). The nearest airports to Chalkyitsik (CIK) are Fort Yukon (FYU) and Birch Creek (KBC).
- FYUFort YukonUnited States42 mi / 67 km
- KBCBirch CreekUnited States63 mi / 101 km
- VEEVenetieUnited States76 mi / 122 km
- ARCArctic VillageUnited States112 mi / 181 km
- YOCOld CrowCanada123 mi / 198 km
Airport Info Chalkyitsik (CIK)
Chalkyitsik Airport (IATA: CIK, ICAO: PACI), also known as Chalkyitsik Airport, is a small domestic airport in United States. Chalkyitsik Airport has passenger flights scheduled to only one destination.
At present, there is one domestic flight from Chalkyitsik.
The only flight from Chalkyitsik CIK is a 42 mile (67 kilometers) non stop route to Fort Yukon FYU, which takes around 20 minutes. | Yes |
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What a lovely kit, and the aircraft itself. Swift. However, not agile.
Very pleasant to build, quite well fit of parts (except for the fuselage and wings joint at the underside). As for the extras, I only put a resin pilot seat from Pavla into the cockpit.
The camouflage painted using paper masks cut from the enlarged manual, MRP paints on top, White Aluminum AK Extreme Metal on the bottom, wells and the inner sides of the covers and flaps are painted with acrylic Silver paint from AK.
I hope you like it.
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The electromobility keep giving surprises. One of the fields explored is air travel, where some advances in vehicles that would circulate within a city are known. However, an electric plane was tested in the United States, reaching 2,257 kilometers of flight (1,407 miles).
To give us an idea, the result is close to the distance from Tacna to Tumbes (2,498 kilometers). However, in direct flight it is superior since the distance between these regions is only 1,952 kilometers, in about two hours.
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In this case, the Beta Technologies plane flew between New York and Arkansas. It was done in a total of 12 hours of flight and the two pilots in charge had to do several shifts to reach a successful conclusion, the media reported. Popular Science. His trip began on May 23, keeping the results in reserve.
The ship, named after Ali, It has a single propeller that is driven by two electric motors. “I think that with this type of flight, at a very high level, we changed the image of what electric aviation is,” said the company’s CEO, Kyle Clark. He also mentioned that the idea of the test was to demonstrate that longer flights could be made outside of a local area.
The mission took eight days. In that time, the vehicle made some stops and had to face some delays due to bad weather. “We ran into the weather, we operated from austere locations, we tested our charging network,” said Camron Guthrie, one of the pilots in charge of the test. According to the company, one of the goals is to demonstrate that piloted flights can be carried out, with cargo and at great distances. | Yes |
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Emirates Engineering has successfully completed the reconfiguration of the second Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in its fleet. The conversion of the aircraft from three to two cabin classes was executed fully in-house at the Emirates Engineering hangars in Dubai. The reconfigured aircraft also features new, wider Business class seats in a 2-2-2 format, a new social area in business class, as well as a fully refreshed Economy class providing customers a superior inflight experience.
The first reconfigured Emirates Boeing 777-200LR aircraft took to the skies in early March 2018. The eight remaining Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in Emirates’ fleet will be progressively reconfigured by mid-2019 and deployed to a number of other cities on the airline’s global network including Santiago, Chile- Emirates’ latest destination in South America. Emirates has invested over US$150 million to reconfigure the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in its fleet.
Working with internal stakeholders as well as external suppliers, it only took Emirates Engineering 22 months from the time the decision was made to reconfigure the airline’s Boeing 777-200LR fleet to the first reconfigured aircraft rolling out of the hangars ready for its first commercial flight.
Emirates Engineering undertook a complex process to ensure that the job was completed successfully and on time. This included detailed work to outline specifications, review designs and layout, manage procurement and contracts with suppliers, secure regulatory approvals, maintain a stock of raw materials, and the management of workflows, timelines and resources in the run up to grounding the aircraft and converting the interiors. | Yes |
With billions of euros in new funding backed by the European Union, the European Investment Bank is able to take on higher-risk projects such as new space technology development by hardware and service companies -- even smaller companies. The bank is now weighing several satellite broadband projects and is inviting the space sector in general to solicit bank support. Credit: European Investment Bank
BRUSSELS — The European Investment Bank is inviting both large and small space companies to apply for loans, saying the bank now has a much larger appetite for risk than it once had.
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There were thousands of families flying into the sky in ancient times, and now there is the "Chang'e" setting moon. For hundreds of years, human beings have never stopped exploring and looking forward to flying. With the upgrading of technology, human beings have realized the dream of flying to the greatest extent through different aircraft. In fact, the public cannot really feel the sensory experience and freedom of operation of flying. The DJI FPV launched by DJI this time is an FPV drone that can maximize the "human-machine integration". It is not a traversing machine in the traditional sense. It has powerful performance, friendly operation methods, advanced safety and other highlights, creating the most friendly FPV drone. DJI FPV is a subversive product that redefines flying.
FPV is the abbreviation of First Person View, that is, "First Person View". It promotes immersive flight with a first-person perspective. The user can control it by wearing flying glasses. The operator and the drone will perfectly realize the "human-machine integration", which is quite different from the mainstream aerial drones on the market.
At present, most of the FPV pilots that have emerged in the industry have independently designed and completed an FPV aircraft by assembling third-party accessories independently. But usually these machines are more "hard core", the assembly process is more cumbersome, and the learning cost is also higher.
As early as 2019, DJI released the "DJI FPV Digital Image Transmission System". The whole set of products includes FPV flight glasses, image transmission module, camera and remote control, and proposed a set of image transmission solutions that are different from analog image transmission. . As a pioneer in the UAV industry, DJI has paid attention to the FPV industry early on. And DJI FPV is the opening of the 15th anniversary of DJI.
As the drone "Xiaobai", I took the DJI FPV to fly in the sky some time ago, and personally experienced the joy of flying from the first perspective.
(4K 60 shooting, the image quality is compressed by the platform)
When I first opened the DJI FPV, I remembered my curiosity and expectations when I first encountered drones. The overall packaging is very simple, large in size, and heavy in your hand. It is similar to the packaging of the early "DJI Phantom" series.
After unpacking, the FPV machine is directly in sight. The black fuselage adopts an integrated design as a whole, with non-foldable wings and a high degree of integration. Through the protective cover on the top of the fuselage, you can also vaguely see the components inside the fuselage, and the overall design is technologically cool.
The included propeller is a three-blade design. After the blades are installed, the size of the whole machine is a circle smaller than that of the Mavic 2 Pro. It may be due to the design problem of the FPV machine structure. The folding design is not adopted, which is more inconvenient to carry when flying and playing.
The accessories of the DJI FPV are different from the previous aerial drones. In addition to the remote control and battery, the package version is also equipped with flying glasses, and the joystick that will subvert the control experience will also be launched at the same time. These devices have shaped the DJI FPV. Unique characteristics.
DJI FPV focuses on "immersive flight" from a first-person perspective. The controller needs to wear relevant flight glasses to experience it, which has a sense of sight as a "top player". DJI FPV is equipped with goggles V2, which is an upgraded version of the first generation of DJI FPV goggles. Compared with the previous generation, the flight glasses V2 has better image transmission quality, reaching 810p/120fps; the effective distance of the image transmission is upgraded to 10 kilometers.
The flying glasses V2 adopts an external battery-powered design, which reduces the weight of the glasses and increases the comfort of the wearer. In actual experience, the use time of the external battery is about 110 minutes, which can meet the requirements of flying three flight batteries. Among them, the flight glasses do not support third-party power banks for power supply. Small partners who need longer battery life can purchase multiple flight glasses batteries through the official website.
The remote control continues DJI’s consistent and simple design language, the joystick is detachable, and the signal device is also redesigned. From the appearance alone, there is even an internal flavor of the Switch Pro gamepad.
In addition to the conventional remote control for flight control, DJI is also equipped with a brand-new operating accessory this time-through the joystick. With the support of somatosensory technology, the operator only needs to control the flight through simple hand movements, and can complete the flight operation with one hand. On closer inspection, it looks a bit like a body temperature gun, dripping ~36.7°C, and the body temperature is normal!
In the actual flight process, I personally plant grass for this innovative human-computer interaction, which is similar to the experience of VR somatosensory games. I strongly recommend that friends can try it offline.
DJI FPV COMBO comes standard with a flight battery, which is officially claimed to last up to 20 minutes with a full charge. Friends can purchase a "Changfei Accessory Pack" according to their own flight needs, which contains two flight batteries and a charging butler.
Since there is no "folly-proof" design, when installing the blades, the corresponding blades should be disassembled and assembled according to the color of the motor. At the same time, it is necessary to tighten and perfectly jam the motor, and confirm again and again to prevent "shooting the propeller".
In addition, DJI FPV also comes with a green top case, users can replace it by themselves, and look forward to more personalized top case designs in the future.
This time, the DJI FPV machine adopts a non-foldable design and a variety of related accessories, which makes it more inconvenient to carry. For pilots, you can purchase the official "DJI Flying Goggles Multi-Function Backpack" when you go out, and you can easily install a full set of DJI FPV.
As DJI's first FPV drone, it must be flagship in terms of hardware parameters. The maximum speed of the aircraft is 140 km/h (due to domestic regulations, the maximum speed is 100 km/h), and it only takes 2 seconds to accelerate from 100 km/h. The biggest difference between DJI FPV and ordinary aerial photography aircraft is the sense of speed. Its powerful performance guarantees its high-speed flight. Adventure enthusiasts can experience exciting flying and immersive viewing experience through DJI FPV.
While enjoying the thrilling experience of high-speed flight, most people are most worried about the safety of FPV drones. Most of the self-assembled FPV machines do not have GPS positioning, obstacle avoidance and other advanced technologies to ensure flight safety, and the risk of bombing is high.
At the beginning of the design, DJI FPV is equipped with four sensors (two downward-looking sensors are responsible for detecting ground conditions, and two forward-looking sensors can automatically detect obstacles and slow down) to ensure the basic safety of flight.
Both the remote control and the joystick are designed with the "emergency brake hover" button. After pressing the button, the aircraft will brake suddenly and hover in place. At the same time, the machine is also equipped with a series of safety guarantees such as "out of control protection and autonomous return" and "safety assistance". The advanced safety features of DJI FPV make the public no longer "daunting" FPV drones.
It should be noted that DJI FPV flights are also controlled by the "No-fly Zones" and "No-fly Zones". You need to pay attention to the relevant safety regulations when flying.
The problem of "dare to fly" has been solved, and the problem of "ability to fly" must be overcome next. DJI FPV is equipped with DJI O3 image transmission (OcuSync 3.0). With the blessing of Goggles V2, it can realize high-definition low-latency images. Stable image transmission is inseparable from the anti-interference design of the aircraft and flight glasses, both of which use high-gain omnidirectional antennas, and stable signal transmission ensures a high-definition and smooth flight experience.
"Dare to fly" and "Able to fly" are basic guarantees for the problem of "flying". DJI has put forward its own solutions to the problem of "flying". Different from other FPV machines, DJI FPV has designed three flight modes: N gear (normal mode), S gear (sports mode), and M gear (manual mode).
N gear: The same flight mode as other drones of DJI, and the operation logic is consistent. It is suitable for novices without drone flight experience.
S gear position: S gear combines the advantages of N gear and M gear. While ensuring safe flight, you can experience exciting FPV flight immersively. It is suitable for users who have certain flying experience and pursue a more enjoyable flying experience.
M gear: FPV drone control mode, the highest maneuverability gear. When this mode is turned on, all flight assistance functions will be turned off. Users are required to master the control methods of FPV aircraft, which is suitable for FPV professional pilot users.
First, we experience remote control flying. In the N mode, the FPV flight operation and process are the same as those of other DJI drones. Link the frequency, install the propeller blades, check the status of the fuselage, confirm the GPS positioning, and take off "Inner Eight" or "Outer Eight".
The difference is that in the past, we used mobile devices or external screens to monitor the drone's flight image transmission in real time, while FPV used flight glasses to view it. Through the flight glasses, you can view the flight status of the aircraft in real time; set various functions of the flight, including camera parameters, image transmission recording, material playback, and so on.
In the N mode, after the FPV drone takes off, gently push the joystick, and through the first-person view of the flying glasses, you can feel the speed and excitement brought by the FPV. After turning on the S gear, the aircraft maintains its safety while increasing its flight speed, with a maximum speed of 27 m/s. You can further enjoy the immersive flight experience brought by FPV.
You can even connect a 3.5mm earphone to monitor the buzzing sound of the high-speed rotating blades and the ambient sound of the FPV aircraft in real time, which is more lively. Yes, this is DJI's first drone that can monitor and record sounds in real time. This further increases the proximity of FPV to stimulate the flight and the space for post-production video creation.
Next, let us turn on the M file mode. For safety reasons, it is necessary to confirm that the operator has traditional FPV flight control capabilities before turning on the M mode. Open the rubber of the remote control, tighten the F1 with the hexagonal screwdriver provided with it, and adjust the screw on the rear of the throttle lever until the rocker does not return to the center.
It should be noted that in the M mode, the "Inner Eight" or "Outer Eight" can no longer start the aircraft motors. You need to double-click the "Start button" on the remote control to complete the start of the motors.
The M mode is the machine's highest maneuverability file, which can control the aircraft with the greatest freedom and complete some aerobatics. It is very suitable for users who are proficient in control skills or are used to challenge themselves.
Different from the traditional remote control operation, this time DJI FPV is also equipped with a through joystick. The operator only needs to control the aircraft to fly easily through the sense of motion. Currently, the through joystick supports N gear and S gear. When using the through joystick to operate, the flight is more handy and the operation is simpler. While providing a new and convenient flight control experience, it further guarantees safety and lowers the threshold for novices.
The flying experience of FPV drones is unprecedented. In terms of image performance, DJI FPV has not lagging behind. In terms of hardware parameters, the camera uses 1/2.3-inch CMOS with a field of view of 150°, which brings users an immersive visual experience like extreme sports. Equipped with the RockSteady stabilization technology independently developed by DJI, it can effectively enhance the picture stability and eliminate the jelly effect. At the same time, it supports up to 4K/60fps video recording, 1080p/120fps 4 times slow motion recording.
In terms of video coding mode, H.264 and H.265 are supported; standard and D-CineLike color modes are supported to reserve more post-production space for professionals.
For an FPV drone, the overall image quality captured by DJI FPV is satisfactory. Considering that this is DJI's first FPV drone, higher pixels, higher frame rates, and larger camera sensors are all the upgrade points of the next-generation update.
"The combination of soft and hard" is DJI's traditional art, and DJI FPV has also joined the DJI Fly App family. Through the App, you can edit and view the material, upgrade the firmware, "find a plane" function, etc. These are all "basic operations".
One of the features that impressed me is that you can use your mobile phone to connect to the flight glasses to watch the flight screen in real time. Suppose my little friend dare not fly or can't fly FPV drone, he just wants to experience the excitement brought by FPV through flying glasses. At this time, there is no picture from the pilot to assist the flight. Now you only need to connect your phone to the DJI Fly App.
In addition, DJI also designed and developed a virtual flight app, a flight simulation app designed for novice users to further reduce learning costs. Novices can use the App to perform multiple simulation flights, gradually master the flying skills of FPV drones, and make flying more at ease.
More than 1 million years ago, mankind first came into contact with the use of "fire", opening a new process of human civilization. Today, "Iron Man" Elon Musk launches a Falcon rocket to explore the next possibility of human civilization. Curiosity drives us forward, but what changes can DJI FPV, a new species of drone, bring us?
After experiencing this period of time, in general, DJI FPV is a highly integrated FPV drone with a more balanced in all aspects. DJI FPV is not a traversing machine in a narrow sense. For the public, it is the most friendly FPV drone. Even if you don’t have the foundation of FPV, or even fly a drone, DJI FPV can achieve “start and fly”, further reducing the barriers to entry for flying and shooting, and making it easier to touch the immersive flight experience brought by the first-person perspective .
For professional users who want to challenge the limits of shooting and create content from a new and unique perspective, DJI FPV is a powerful quasi-professional FPV drone. Strong power, flagship cameras and relatively long battery life provide professional users with the basic guarantee for creation and enhance the value of high-quality content.
At present, consumer drone technology is becoming more mature. As a leader in the drone field, DJI is constantly thinking about the next possibility of industry development. Mankind’s original dream of free flight is now realized by DJI FPV in a way that is within reach, and it provides unlimited possibilities of "human-machine integration". More immersive flight experience, smoother control freedom, DJI FPV's revolutionary innovation, is precisely to cater to the needs of the development of the drone market, and is a new direction for the industry in the future.
As the opening work of DJI's 15th anniversary, DJI FPV is another blockbuster new product launched by DJI among drone users. It is not only a gift for users, but also their own "answer sheet".
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There are some people who get as much joy out of restoring an aircraft as they do out of flying one. Steve Noyes, an A&P/IA and commercial pilot from Newbury, Massachusetts, is one of those people.
Since 1985 he has operated Noyes Enterprises, which includes Birddogs by Noyes, a business dedicated to the restoration and modifications of Cessna L-19 Birddogs, the militarized versions of the C-305. One of the common uses of Birddogs is as a glider tower, so perhaps it’s understandable that a job maintaining tow aircraft led Noyes to the restoration of a 1942 Schweizer training glider, known as a TG-2. [Read more…] | Yes |
Finally the weekend is here again. Kick off your shoes, sit back, relax and enjoy this Week in Photos.
Photo: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mike Radcliff, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, inspects the exhaust of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft after a mission during Exercise Anatolian Falcon 2012 in Konya, Turkey, March 6, 2012. The U.S. and Turkish air forces were flying together during the exercise in an effort to strengthen relationships and ensure regional peace and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson) | Yes |
A health worker checks the temperature of a passenger at Karachi International Airport. File
A NOTAM (notice to airmen) issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that operations will resume from Aug.9 at 1900 hours.
“The government of Pakistan is pleased to allow all international passenger operations to/from all airports as available pre-COVID-19. International scheduled flight operations to/from Pakistan will revert to authorisations as per summer-20 scheduling season. However, international flight operations shall be conducted in accordance with established guidelines and applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs)."
“International cargo and special flight operations may also be conducted to/from Pakistan as per applicable SOPs,” it said.
In another NOTAM, the CAA said all types of domestic passenger operations would be allowed to and from all airports. A day earlier, the Aviation Division had announced that domestic flight operations would be restored from all airports in the country from Aug.6 midnight.
Aviation Division’s senior joint secretary, Abdul Sattar Khokhar, said all operators would be required to implement the established guidelines, SOPs, and that they would seek prior schedule approval from the competent authority.
Cargo, special flights and private aircraft operations would also be available for all airports subject to compliance with relevant SOPs, he had said.
Pakistan had suspended all international flights on March 21 and domestic flight operations on March 26 due to the spread of the novel coronavirus.Agencies
Passenger Zafar Iqbal told The Associated Press that the flight crew consoled passengers when the plane made unusual noises and "when the plane landed at the Karachi airport, then the crew shared only this information that there was a fault in a part of the plane but we safely landed.”
On April 19, PIA flight PK-8220 will depart for Dubai from Islamabad, while PIA’s return flight PK-8221 will arrive at Multan airport from Dubai on the same day. The PIA flight PK-8223 will go from Islamabad to Dubai and will depart from Dubai to Faisalabad on April 19.
The first flight PK9702 will carry more than 250 passengers from Manchester to Islamabad and the next flight PK9785 will airlift passengers from Islamabad to London are scheduled for Aug.14 and 15 respectively, PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said.
Most people recover within a few weeks, and monkeypox has only been fatal in rare cases.
It is noteworthy that the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the seriousness of the disease after it was detected in a number of countries, and the organisation called for a strong tracing of contacts of the infected cases.
Meteorologists had warned that heavy rainfall and hail were expected in western and central Germany on Friday, with storms producing wind gusts up to 130 kph (81 mph). Storms on Thursday had already disrupted traffic, uprooted trees that toppled onto rail tracks and roads, and flooded hundreds of basements in western Germany.
These included Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria; Jo?o Lourenço, President of Angola; Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of Ghana; Mohamed Hussein Robley, Prime Minister of Somalia, and His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. | Yes |
In a strong analysis titled, Sen. John Glenn’s statement regarding NASA manned space flight, former Senator John Glenn makes a strong case for a common sense human space flight program and concludes in part the following,
Extend the Shuttle. It is key to ISS ready access.
Phase-in new space access providers only as they become experienced and have proven reliability.
Develop a fully tested replacement heavy-lift capability.
Most importantly, pay for it.
We can only hope some who once worked for the Senator will follow that advice.
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“Under NASA’s very close direction, every manned U.S. spacecraft has been built by commercial companies. In fact, 83% of NASA’s budget goes to commercial entities. Depending on commercial companies is not new. That process has included strong NASA control, oversight and safety concerns. It is a procedure developed over many years and with great care. It has worked well. Change should be made with utmost caution and only if it brings some major advantage.
What is new is placing 100% confidence in smaller, less experienced companies if the Shuttles are retired, with no backup, for extremely complex missions. I am glad to see multi-company interest in commercial space development, but at this early stage of their experience they should be phased in only after they demonstrate a high degree of competency and reliability, particularly with regard to safety concerns.” Sen. John Glenn | Yes |
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The Marine Safety Forum has published the following safety flash regarding an incident in which a helicopter aborted an approach to a fixed installation because a supply vessel was positioned inside the ‘go around’ and take-off flight path.
Even though an engine failure is a rare and unlikely event, helicopters are always flown so that they can suffer an engine failure and safely ‘fly-away’ on its remaining engine. If a helicopter suffers a single engine failure at low speed (for example during the take-off and landing), then it needs to ‘dive’ on the speed and is likely to use all of the height between it and the surface to achieve this. Therefore, if a vessel is positioned within the helicopters ‘go-around’ flight path then there is a risk of collision during a single engine ‘go-around’.
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Saudi Arabia-based Nexus Flight Operations Services formed a new partnership with U.S.-based customer service experts ServiceElements International (SEI) to expand its training programs in the Middle East and Africa. Under the partnership, the companies will offer training courses in organizational resource management and other related topics which focus on the human elements and issues within the aviation and aerospace industries. Nexus–which provides trip planning, flight dispatch, crew and aircraft scheduling and planning automated solutions, security, maintenance management and global concierge services–also has a training partnership with FlightSafety International.
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Following the success of its mission to Mars, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to send a new spacecraft to an asteroid belt to investigate the history of the solar system and the potential origins of life.
The aim is for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) to visit its first asteroid in 2030. It will visit a number of asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter, following a launch in 2028, and will even land on one. The spacecraft will be named MBR after the ruler of UAE.
Studying asteroids is an important way to learn about the history of the solar system, as the material that makes up asteroids can be almost pristine, dating back to the formation of the solar system around 4 billion years ago. Recent missions like NASA’s OSIRIS-REx and Japan’s Hayabusa2 have demonstrated the feasibility of visiting asteroids and collecting valuable scientific data.
To extend current knowledge, the EMA mission will have four science instruments — two spectrometers, a high-resolution optical camera, and an infrared camera — which will be used to study features of the asteroids like their geology and composition.
The mission will first perform flybys of six asteroids: Westerwald, Chimaera, Rockox, 2000 VA28, 1998 RC76, and 1999 SG6. It will then touch down on asteroid Justitia by deploying a lander from the main spacecraft. Justitia is particularly interesting to scientists because it is thought to have originated from beyond the orbit of Neptune, and research has shown evidence of the presence of organic molecules, or the building blocks of life, there.
The UAE says the project will consist of a six-year development period followed by seven years of exploration by the spacecraft. “MBR Explorer’s journey to the the Asteroid Belt will span over 5 billion kilometers, surpassing Mars, as we explore 7 asteroids and ultimately land on Justitia in 2034,” the Dubai media office wrote on Twitter. “The remarkable journey will be 10 times the distance covered by the Hope Probe. For Emiratis, our motto will always be ‘nothing is impossible.’”
The UAE launched its first mission to Mars with the Emirates Mars Mission in 2020, making the Hope spacecraft the first interplanetary mission by an Arab nation. Since its arrival at Mars in 2021, Hope has made discoveries about the upper martian atmosphere and the auroras that exist at Mars.
The UAE also sent its first astronaut to the International Space Station in 2019, Hazza Ali Almansoori, followed by Sultan Al Neyadi, who launched in March of this year as part of SpaceX Crew-6 and who is still currently on board the station. | Yes |
An Iranian traveler plane wound up paunch down in the center of a thruway after purportedly sliding off the runway during a messed up landing.
Two of the 136 travelers on board endured leg wounds in the episode in the city of Mahshahr, surgeons said.
The Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was flying there from Tehran.
State TV cited a common aeronautics official as saying that the pilot “set down the airplane past the point of no return and this made him miss the runway”.
This “made the airplane overshoot the runway and stop in a road” beside the air terminal, Mohammad Reza Rezaei included.
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A journalist who was ready the airplane said that the back wheel of the plane had severed and that the plane had slipped on its fuselage.
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization said an examination was in progress.
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Iran has a poor aeronautics security record.
Sixty-six individuals were executed in a plane accident in February 2019, while handfuls were murdered when an IranAir plane broke into pieces after arriving in 2011.
The EU has either prohibited or confined two Iranian aircrafts from using its airspace over safety concerns.
Iran had planned to upgrade its ageing fleet after years of sanctions were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal signed with world powers. However, the US Treasury revoked licences for companies to sell passenger aircraft to Iran after President Donald Trump left the agreement in 2018.
Monday’s incident in Mahshahr comes two weeks after a Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 was mistakenly shot down by Iran’s armed forces near Tehran, killing all 176 people on board. | Yes |
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About the same time space shuttle Atlantis’ landing was waved off today due to continued rainy weather in Florida, the White House announced that former shuttle commander Charles Bolden Jr. will be nominated as NASA’s next administrator. President Obama also chose Lori Garver to be Bolden’s deputy administrator. Obama said, “These talented individuals will help put NASA on course to boldly push the boundaries of science, aeronautics and exploration in the 21st century and ensure the long-term vibrancy of America’s space program.”
Several different sources expect Bolden to be a strong proponent of manned spaceflight, since he has flown on the shuttle four times, with over 680 hours in space. Many believe he will also be strongly in favor of the Constellation program, as well as support the efforts of some members of Congress who would like to see the life of the space shuttle extended beyond 2010.
Bolden and Garver will have to be approved by Congress, which can sometimes be a lengty process. Let’s hope not – over four months without an official administrator is long enough.
Bolden will have his work cut out for him, as NASA has a lot on its plate, but no real growth in its budget. The fiscal year 2010 budget request of $18.686 billion includes $456M increase for science and $630M increase for Exploration. Some of that increase is because of the one-time Recovery Act stimulus money. Future budget proposals for fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013 also are also relatively flat. NASA Watch.com reported several sources say Bolden expressed concern at his meeting with President Obama because he was told that further cuts to human spaceflight in future budgets might be needed.
Meanwhile, the crew of STS-125 will stay on orbit another day. NASA officials are still hoping the shuttle can land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida rather than Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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The astronauts will have two opportunities to land in Florida Sunday and two at Edwards. The first Florida opportunity, the astronauts would fire Atlantis’ twin braking rockets at 8:58 am EDT with landing at 10:11 am. A second Florida landing opportunity is available at 11:49 am.
Friday’s landing attempt was also canceled because of rain, low clouds and lightning. The forecast for Sunday is marginal, with clouds and rain expected, but flight controllers are hopeful conditions will improve.
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“To Bolden go where no black man has gone before.”
Sorry, someone had to say it.
Hmm, an astronaut combined with further cuts doesn’t bode well for research. Instead the whole structure would probably need an overhaul, keeping the name and goodwill while trying out new ways of national and international competition and cooperation.
Oh well, at least it seems like a good choice of administrator, and breaking a wall to boot.
Weather cooperating, I’m hoping for a Florida landing since the track takes it near Tampa, so I may be able to hear the double sonic boom! It’s been awhile 🙂
I’m sure Mr. Bolden is competent. Unfortunately Mr. Obama talked about cutting NASA in favor of education before he was elected. And, now, there is talk of cutting the moon base/colony program. His new program seems to be Mars for the robots and the moon for China. How sad for the United States. China must be ecstatic.
Bolden is a competent test pilot and astronaut.
The question is if he’s got engineering cred?
The problem that NASA is having will be in defending the constellation program as it moves past every phase and each new hurdle (and, being a rocket, you know there will be kinks).
Hopefully Bolden will be able to successfully argue in favor of Manned spaceflight and the Moon/Mars program. Rather than turning those decisions over to an administration that is admittedly not interested in such pursuits.
I actually believe that this would be the best way to go, the fastest and most economical way forward for Real Science in space exploration.
Perhaps co-operate with the Chinese space agency to host an American experiment or two… perhaps in return for hosting Chinese experiments on those robotic Mars missions – laying to rest those (imo) silly National Prestige issues.
Look at the LHC as an example for what pooling resources an a grand international scale can achieve.
So, going against the general opinion trend of comments on the Internet, I’m hoping that NASA will adopt a policy of improved efficiency on many levels, especially economy, through broad co-operation with other agencies.
nice picture. looks very professional.
Great. Now maybe the new Administrator can begin using CFR-1275; Investigation of Research Misconduct filed by NASA in the federal register during the Bush administration. Since Griffin had very little incentive to use the law we can start with a new slate and move forward.
hi guys, great to meet you. expect some serious funding cuts at nasa soon 🙁
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Topic: Phobos-Grunt spacecraft
MOSCOW, December 9 (RIA Novosti)
- Space agency postpones Phobos contact until Monday
- Russia’s stricken Mars probe ‘contacted’
- Last attempt to contact Phobos-Grunt - European Space Agency
- Russian experts baffled by probe’s erratic behavior
- Last chance to send Russian Mars moon probe expires Monday
Russia’s troubled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft will fall back to Earth on January 9, the United States Strategic Command said.
Phobos-Grunt, launched on November 9, was designed to bring back rock and soil samples from the Martian moon Phobos. However, it has been stuck in a so-called support orbit since its engines failed to put it on course for the Red Planet.
The head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Vladimir Popovkin, previously said the probe would break up during reentry into the atmosphere and none of the fragments are likely to reach the Earth.
That includes the spacecraft’s 7.5 tons of fuel, which are stored in aluminum tanks that are bound to explode upon reentry.
According to NASA, Russia has failed in all 17 of its attempts to study the Red Planet close-up since 1960. The most recent failure before last month occurred in 1996, when Russia lost its Mars-96 orbiter during launch.
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The growing outright rivalry between the United States and China gives Russia more foreign policy weight, enabling it to assume the role of a balancer. So far it has been doing so rather skillfully. Today it may participate in a joint naval exercise with China that Beijing positions as outwardly anti-American. But tomorrow it can team up with the naval forces of the Old World. | Yes |
On August 7, 2014 the European Commission granted the first authorization under REACH to Rolls-Royce for the use of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP; CAS 117-81-7) in the manufacturing of aircraft engines. DEHP was previously placed on the REACH authorization list of substances of very high concern (Annex XIV). The authorization will be reviewed by 21 February 2022. Seven further applications for authorization of DEHP are still pending. Under European FCM legislation, the use of DEHP as plasticizer is currently authorized.
ChemSec (August 11, 2014). “Commission grants first REACH authorization.” | Yes |
The world’s first passenger drone made by the Chinese company EHang will soon begin testing in Quebec, Canada. The concept of the EHang drones was first unveiled in 2016 and since then the company has been testing the pilotless drone taxi around the world. The EHang 216 passenger drone has received a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) issued by the Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA). This is the first time EHang has received a limited period operational permit for its passenger drones.
The flagship passenger drone: EHang 216
EHang 216 is one of a kind pilotless drone designed for the purpose of commuting. The 216 is a two-seater drone that can carry a payload of up to 220 kg. The Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) can transport people or cargo in the range of 35 km. In China, EHang has not been authorized for commercial drone taxi operations. However, it was given the authorization to transport cargo in remote villages and hills in China. The 216 has also made its way to the US, Norway, and Spain. In September 2019, EHang showcased the 216 drone at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s 75th Anniversary ceremony in Quebec.
EHang Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Huazhi Hu said, “We are pleased to see EHang 216 receiving such an important certificate from TCCA, following consecutive flight approvals received from aviation authorities in different countries, including the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway and the Civil Aviation Administration of China. It conveys a positive signal from global regulators to establish a supportive and sustainable regulatory environment for the UAM industry. As a leader in the industry, EHang will continue to work with our customers and partners to provide safe, autonomous, and eco-friendly air mobility solutions to the world.”
The future of urban air mobility
The authorization of EHang 216 drone marks a revolutionary point in urban air mobility. Drones have always been looked at as remotely controlled photographic tools. However, with AAVs such as the 216, that paradigm is rapidly changing. Commutation through the passenger drone will work like calling an Uber. Through an app, a traveler can book the drone and board it through the nearest droneport and then commute to any destination within 35 km of range.
Through successful rapid testing in varied geographical conditions, EHang may soon receive a commercial license to commence its drone taxi operations. The company has already demonstrated the drone’s safety and efficiency in civilian airspace. Therefore, in a span of 5 years, with the advancement in UTM technology, drone taxis will become the new normal. | Yes |
At the last launch of the CMASS season, Mr. Kenn Blade of Amesbury, MA launched a mid-power rocket. Your intrepid reporter from the CMASS Picayune was there to record the event. It was a cold day, temperatures in the 30's for most of the day with clear skies. The winds were light to moderate, although blowing toward the homes on the northside of the field, which limited high power flights.
The rocket that Mr. Blade launched was an Estes Scion. It has been independently confirmed that the rocket was a gift to Mr. Blade by members of CMASS, with the stipulation that he launch the rocket at some point during the 2022 CMASS season. Mr. Blade fulfilled that obligation. Although it should be noted that Mr. Blade launched the Scion rocket at the last launch of the season with 90 minutes left to closing of the launch field. The Scion was launched on a Road Runner E25-4R single use motor, to loud cheers by the many spectators. Mr. Scott Clement of Springfield, MA said "I never thought I'd see the day!". Ms. Debra Zeigler of Haydenville, MA commented "Well, it just took my breath away!", and Mr. James Moe of Stratham, NH commented "It makes you proud to be a CMASS member". This was Mr. Blade's first launch in two years when it was reported that he launched 'a rocket on a B motor' (information supplied on background as the individual was not authorized to comment on the subject). Christie's Auction House in Manhattan has confirmed that it has been offered the launch card for auction. No estimates yet as to the price that the launch card could obtain at auction.
Mr. Blade's launch was one of 212 launches that Saturday with motors ranging from 13mm A to I. There were 9 high power flights and, as yet unconfirmed reports of three CATO's. There were close to 100 people in attendance at the maximum, and included the U. Mass Amherst SL1 team and the Westboro High School TARC team. The Westboro team had several practice TARC launches and sold baked goods as a fund raiser for their team. Other notable flights that day included a drag race of two Upscale Deuce's Wild, each flying on two CTI F79 Smokey Sam motors by Curtis H. A somewhat tipsy Princess Leia was launched by Scott Clement. Howard G. launched his Aerobe Hi as an initial try at using the Apogee Components new RC Gliding Parachute System. Unfortunately, the rocket lawn-darted; hopefully the electronics survived for another try. Your reporter took time out from his journalist duties to launch several rockets including his 'Bird of Prey'.
The field closed down a little earlier than usual so as to set up for the annual CMASS Night Launch. The night launch is a joint launch with NORG and was a well-attended. The skies were clear as the temperature dropped after the sun went down. There were about a dozen launches with motors ranging from A through F.
Acknowledgements to Kenn, Guy, Matt, Scott, Tony, Howard, Ed, John P. and everyone else that helped with set-up, take-down and food sales. Pictures are in the Gallery.
The next CMASS launch will its annual 'Winter Follies' sometime in January (date to be announced) and will be reported here in your CMASS Picayune. | Yes |
Summer 2019 years сообщалосьthat the automobile engine of the Cortege family can become aviation. Since then, very little time has passed, and now, it became known that the Central Institute of Aviation Motors named after P.I. Baranov (TsIAM), is a member of the SEC “N.E. Zhukovsky ", completed the research work" Adaptation ".
The details of the transformation of the automobile engine into an aircraft were shared with RIA News CIAM employees. It is noted that engine tests as part of a propulsion system with a propeller were successful.
The head of the TsIAM department, Lev Finkelberg, explained that an assessment was made of the possible use of such an engine on twin-engine nine-seat and single-engine six-seat aircraft of local airlines. According to him, the most difficult thing was to adapt the fuel system, ignition and control systems to aviation regulations. But CIAM engineers were able to solve these problems, despite the design features of the units and their location on the engine.
The main difficulty was to obtain the required characteristics, since in the “aviation” modes the car engine almost never works
- said Finkelberg.
It should be added that the tests were carried out on the screw stand of the Voronezh LLC “Experimental Design Bureau of Motor Engineering” (LLC “OKBM”) by the specialists of CIAM, NAMI (developer of “Cortege”) and the mentioned OKBM. During the tests, engine characteristics were obtained in the range from small earth gas to take-off mode, its starts and throttle response were checked. So the results confirmed the specific characteristics declared in the technical task for liter power, fuel consumption and engine weight. Studies of the APD-500 demonstrator, created on the basis of the Cortege automobile engine, will be continued. Ahead of testing in the TsIAM thermal pressure chamber and testing on an experimental aircraft. | Yes |
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MOSCOW, February 19, (ITAR-TASS) - Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will make a working tour to the city of Mirny, Arkhangelsk Region, and visit the Plesetsk space launch center. A government press service official said that at the cosmodrome proper, the Preier would inspect facilities designed for preparing and launching spacecraft.
The Head of Government will also hold a conference on the development of the space rocket system Angara and discuss readiness for the testing of the new multifunctional carrier rocket.
Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Vladimir Bulavin, plenipotentiary presidential representative in the North-Western Federal District, representatives of Federal executive government bodies and space industry officials will take part in the conference.
The creation of the space rocket system Angara is one of priorities in the development of the cosmodrome Plestsk as part of a national system of launch services fully based on the use of exclusively Russia's research and industrial potential.
In November 2013, the fully functional mockup of the light-class carrier rocket Angara was put on the launch pad of the northern cosmodrome for the first time. The mockup constitutes a working rocket desigined for ground testing, not for launching. In particular, the mockup was used to drill the priming of the carrier rocket with fuel on the lauch pad.
Work to develop ground infrastructure facilities, prepare and launch the Angara is being done under the Federal purpose-oriented programme "The Development of Russian Cosmodromes in the 2006-2015 Period" while efforts to develop and manufacture space rockets are made under the State programme for Armament, and under the Federal Space Programme of Russia for 2006-2015.
The Angara is a new-generation carrier rocket based on a universal rocket module with oxygen-and-kerosene engines. The rocket family includes carrier rockets of light and heavy-duty classes within a range of payload lifting from 1.5 to 25 tonnes. Work on the Angara has been under way since 1995. The Khrunichev state space research and production center is the leading developer and manufacturer of the rockets of this family.
The first launch of the light-class carrier rocket Angara and the start of testing of the space rocket system are scheduled for the second quarter of 2014 from Plesetsk cosmodrome. In 2015 the rocket is to lift off from the cosmodrome Vostochny (eastern) which is under construction in Amur Region. | Yes |
A Saturday liftoff? It looks promising as Orbital Sciences Corp. rolled out the Antares rocket and Cygnus space freighter to the launch pad at Wallops Island.
It's an hourslong process that began in the wee hours Thursday, from the rocket barn - or the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) - to the pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA Wallops Flight Facility.
Barring bad weather or a technical glitch, the Antares is due to fly at 1:40 p.m. Saturday on Orbital's second mission to resupply the International Space Station.
The Cygnus is loaded with about 3,700 pounds of crew provisions, hardware, science experiments and spare parts.
The Antares booster is a big boy, and its launches are visible not only throughout Hampton Roads, but up and down the mid-Atlantic Seaboard. | Yes |
Later this year, we are anticipating the brightest comet in 500 years (Comet ISON). Before the main course, however, you have the opportunity to enjoy a little appetizer. The Strategic Air & Space Museum is hosting a special Star Party on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, from 7:30 to 10:00PM for all to enjoy faint views of Comet PanSTARRS. Throughout the evening, we will also view a number of other beautiful objects such as the planet Jupiter, the Orion Nebula, and much more. Be sure to arrive during the first hour to see Comet PanSTARRS sitting near a very young crescent Moon. This event is open to the general public at no charge, and is sponsored by the Strategic Air & Space Museum and the Omaha Astronomical Society.
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President Trump’s directive to establish a new branch of the United States Military tasked specifically with orbital defense is not without controversy within the United States, but some of the most interesting responses to this initiative have come from foreign competitors. Russia, in particular, has been particularly vocal in their condemnation of an American Space Force, immediately postulating that such an enterprise could only mean the placement of nuclear weapons in orbit — a clear violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty banning such activity.
In June, Viktor Bondarev, the head of the Russian Federation Council’s Defense and Security Committee, had this to say about America’s pursuit of a space-specific branch:
There is a major risk that the Americans would commit grave violations in this field … if one takes into account what they do in other spheres. Of course, let’s hope that the American political elite still has the remnants of reason and common sense, but if the US withdraws from the 1967 treaty banning nuclear weapons in outer space, then, of course, not only ours, but also other states will be followed by a tough response aimed at ensuring world security.”
Russia’s assumption that a Space Force would almost certainly lead to violations of longstanding treaties between them and the United States, however, may seem ironic considering Russia stood up the most recent incarnation of their own space branch of the military nearly three years ago. It seems unlikely that Bondarev is unaware of an entire branch of his nation’s armed forces, of course, seemingly suggesting that Russia’s public statements regarding the new American military force are aimed not at lawmakers and politicians, but rather at American media outlets that can sometimes be eager to paint Trump-led initiatives in a negative light. Much like Russia’s attempts at influencing American voters during election cycles, Russia’s information operations utilize a combination of legitimate-seeming media reports and concerted social media efforts to sway public perception rather than policy, aware that on an extended timeline, that perception among voters will serve as a stronger influence on policy than direct pressure ever could.
Of course, Russia’s the narratives peddled in these disinformation campaigns often run in complete contrast with actual Russian policy. Their efforts to portray the formation of a “Space Force” as a unilateral American militarization of orbit fails to acknowledge the standing branches of both Russia’s and China’s military already devoted to that very endeavor, and now, new statements made before the United Nations by Yleem D.S. Poblete, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, offer greater perspective into the breadth of Russia’s ongoing military activities in space. These activities include, as may come as little surprise, what may already be offensive platforms in orbit above earth today, as well as at least one intended to target and destroy satellites using lasers that are not in orbit.
Poblete did not pull any punches when offering a brief summary of Russia’s efforts to expand its military capabilities in orbit in recent years, despite their efforts to paint America’s late entry into the realm as unprovoked aggression:
The United States has raised concerns over many years that the Russian Federation is actively pursuing the development and deployment of anti-satellite weapons. Since 2009, the Russian Ministry of Defense officials have repeatedly and publicly confirmed that anti-satellite weapons development is being conducted in Russia. And as recently as February 2017, a Russian Air Force Squadron Commander stated that Russia is developing new missiles with the express intent of destroying satellites. Furthermore, we have read statements from the Russian Ministry of Defense that it is working on creating ‘a mobile attack anti-satellite system.’ The Russian Ministry of Defense recently announced that its Space Troops have received a mobile laser system, which Vladimir Putin announced to the world on March 1 of this year. Russia’s leader has himself alluded to space weapons being more “acceptable in the political and military respect.”
One element of Russia’s ongoing space operations that has drawn particular concern is a platform referred to as “Space Apparatus Inspector.” This system, announced by Russian officials in October, has demonstrated erratic behavior in orbit that is seemingly indicative of a mobile platform that could potentially be used to interfere with or even destroy other satellites.
Its behavior on-orbit was inconsistent with anything seen before from on-orbit inspection or space situational awareness capabilities, including other Russian inspection satellite activities. We are concerned with what appears to be very abnormal behavior by a declared ‘space apparatus inspector.’ We don’t know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it. But Russian intentions with respect to this satellite are unclear and are obviously a very troubling development – particularly, when considered in concert with statements by Russia’s Space Force Commander who highlighted that ‘assimilate[ing] new prototypes of weapons [into] Space Forces’ military units’ is a ‘main task facing the Aerospace Forces Space Troops.’”
Like in the realm of hypersonic missile technology, experts agree that the United States is currently years behind the offensive space programs under development in Russia and China. This technology gap, coupled with America’s reliance on orbital assets for everything from communications to navigation, is largely the driving force behind the political endeavor to stand up a Space Force.
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Raytheon Technologies Corp. is an aerospace and defense company, which engages in the provision of aerospace and defense systems and services for commercial, military, and government customers. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and currently employs 182,000 full-time employees. The firm is advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems, and developing technology solutions. The firm operates through three segments: Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Collins Aerospace segment provides technologically advanced aerospace and defense products and aftermarket service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, and regional, business and general aviation, as well as for defense and commercial space operations. Pratt & Whitney segment supplies aircraft engines for commercial, defense, business jet and general aviation customers. Raytheon segment provides advanced air and missile defense systems, effectors, hypersonic, sensors and radars, cybersecurity services, and integrated space solutions for government and commercial customers.
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[WORLDKINGS - ALMANAC EVENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS 2022] Important successes throughout 106 years of development The Boeing Company (1916)
(worldkings.org) The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services.
[WORLDKINGS] The Constant World Records Seeking Journey (P.183) Wilbur and Orville Wright (United States): Make world's first successful piloted engine-powered airplane flight
(Worldkings.org) The Wright brothers—Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912)—were two American aviation pioneers. By making the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, 4 mi (6 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, World Records Union (WorldKings) officially declared Wilbur and Orville Wright is the two making the world's first successful piloted engine-powered airplane flight.
Unique architectural constructions around the world (P.30) - Airplane home (USA) : The fascinating idea of living in a comfortable home made from a retire airplane
(WorldKings.org) Although not in plain sight, it is a plane to see; buried deep within 10 acres of woods just outside Portland, Oregon is a retired Boeing 727 that has been transformed into an unearthly living space.
(Worldkings.org) The Wright brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
[RECORD NOMINATIONS] America Records Institute (AMRI) – P1. Mason Andrews : The youngest American pilot to circumnavigate the globe alone in an airplane.
(WorldKings.org) Mason Andrews is the youngest American pilot to circumnavigate the globe alone in an airplane.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America – DHC-2 Beaver: The world’s first commercial electric airplane
(Worldkings.org) DHC-2 Beaver is the world’s first commercial electric airplane.
WORLDKINGS - Daily Highlighs - May 18, 2018 - Self-cleaning airplane seats could soon become a reality
(Worldkings.org) A German-based company is currently developing a self-cleaning airplane seat that promises to destroy almost every germ it comes in contact with.
(WorldKings) In the morning of March, 7th, 2017, World Records Union conferred the World Record Certificate on VietJet for the record title 'World's first golden model of airplane'.
(WorldKings) The international low-cost airline from Vietnam VietJet (VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company) has achieved a new World Record title for the first golden model of airplane in the world. | Yes |
This P-63 was delivered in May 1944 to the USAAF with the serial 42-69080 and served as an instructional airframe in OR and CA until disposal in Oct. 45. Now on display with 'Fatal Fang' nose art at the superb Yanks Air Museum.
This Jug is now displayed inside the USAF Armament Museum at VPS. She is painted in the colours of 44-88129 'Expected Goose', a 463 FS/507 FG aircraft stationed at Shima Island near Okinawa. She looks good to me!!
On display at Aerospace Museum of California in Sacramento, CA - (This Twin Beech was originally built as SNB-5 and later converted to UC-45J configuration. The Navy Bureau number was 51291. It is displayed as a USAF C-45J, 42-51291) | Yes |
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- The shortest nonstop flight time from Hong Kong to Nanjing is 2 hours, 10 minutes on Dragonair, China E.
- The shortest connecting flight from Hong Kong to Nanjing is 1212 km on China S.
- The smallest aircraft operated by Dragonair flying between Hong Kong and Nanjing is a 32S with 158 seats.
- Beijing, CN is the most popular connection for one stop flights between Hong Kong and Nanjing.
- 73 flights per week fly out of Hong Kong connecting to Nanjing.
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ExecuJet Malaysia signs first aircraft
A Gulfstream GIV-SP will be based out of Kuala Lumpur.
ExecuJet Malaysia has signed its first aircraft under management since announcing a joint venture with D’Nest Aviation in September 2010. The aircraft, a Gulfstream GIV-SP, will be based out of Subang International Airport in Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft is privately registered and was sold and signed to ExecuJet for full management in January this year.
It is ExecuJet’s second aircraft under management in the Asia region with a Gulfstream G5 currently under management in Singapore, and managed in Sydney by ExecuJet Australia.
ExecuJet Malaysia has a part 145 maintenance rating and was recently appointed by Bombardier as an AOG authorised service centre. ExecuJet currently has four locations in Asia in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Tianjin in China. | Yes |
One morning, I turned into a leaf person. I went outside. A wind blew me away—far away. Another heavy, heavy wind blew me everywhere in the whole world. It never stopped! Then it blew me to outer space. I was floating in space. I went to Mars, but I saw nothing.
I went back to Earth. I didn’t know where I was, so I went on a rocket, back to space, to the moon. When I landed there, there was nothing but crust, holes, and craters. Then there was another special wind. It was special because it blew from land to space. I was floating in space again!
原版评语：In Bowen’s story, he imagines himself as a leaf. He gives lots of details about being blown around by the wind. | Yes |
Airpull Aviation Academy carries out its training from its privately owned base which is Requena’s Aerodrome (LERE). This is the ideal setting both for pilot training and general aviation recreational fling – we also run other fling based activities, together with offering an informal club atmosphere at our facility.
Due to its outstanding location, Requena’s Aerodrome has a huge amount of fling hours available (more than 85% of days per year are sunny) so the weather in Requena is ideal for both VFR and IFR fling. However, to offer the best possible experience to our pilots, Flight Training is also carried out in other areas and at other airports throughout Spain with similar weather conditions. Among just a few of them are Valencia, Soria, Reus, Ibiza, Alicante, Sotos (Cuenca), Castellón...
The huge advantages offered by operating one’s own airport in an area with an outstanding climate is clearly one of the main advantages that Airpull Aviation Academy has on offer to its students. With this arrangement, we can truly guarantee a full on service by providing all those resources needed by any student pilot for carrying out his or her quality training, such as the airfild, aircraft, ground school facilities, instructors, maintenance, and so on. This arrangement also allows us to work within all laid down fling progress time schedules and to complete our training commitments in just one place.
Requena’s Aerodrome is today a benchmark for other aerodromes, both in the area of flght services and pleasure fling, as well as in the filds of quality and safety – the latter being topmost in Airpull Aviation Academy’s operating philosophy. | Yes |
Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Taylor, Texas, April 10, 2008–The NTSB ruled that the probable cause of the accidental death of a mechanic was the failure of the pilot and mechanic to ensure that the airplane was fully depressurized before opening the cabin door. Contributing to the accident was a failure in the airplane’s vacuum system.
Innovative Solutions & Support is preparing to submit the FAA paperwork necessary to secure a supplemental type certificate allowing installations of the Exton, Pa. firm’s AdViz Cessna Citation retrofit avionics system.
A Citation V completed its first test flight with the IS&S cockpit in April, following two years of development. STC approval is expected this month.
The economic downturn is giving manufacturers and operators of very light jets (VLJs) more time to prepare for the airplanes’ widespread entry into service, according to speakers at the Royal Aeronautical Society’s corporate, air taxi and personal jets conference in London on March 18 and 19.
FlightSafety International has commissioned the first Gulfstream G450/550 simulator equipped with the synthetic vision-primary flight display (SV-PFD). Specific additional training in the use of SV-PFD (which overlays a computer-generated view of the outside world on the flight displays) isn’t required by the FAA, but pilots have been asking for the chance to become familiar with the technology in the simulator.
Carson Helicopter Services, Sagem Avionics and Vector Aerospace will jointly celebrate a supplemental type certificate issued to Carson for a five-display glass cockpit on its Sikorsky S-61 fleet at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Static Display No. 25. The “Discover the New Sikorsky S-61 Tour” event will include VIP tours of the helicopter immediately following the celebration.
Appareo Systems of Fargo, N.D., and Eurocopter plan to unveil today a flight-data monitoring system scheduled to be certified for the AS 350 B2/B3 by the end of this year or in the first quarter of next year. Called Alerts Vision 1000, it is the latest extension of Appareo’s Alerts (aircraft logging and event recording for training and safety) product line.
Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Page, Ariz., March 26, 2008–The NTSB concluded that the flight crew’s unprofessional behavior and deviation from standard operating procedures was the cause of the in-flight emergency when the aft cargo door came open and the crew had to return to Page Municipal Airport to land.
Marcus Schrenker, a 38-year-old financial manager under investigation by the SEC, apparently attempted to fake his own death on Sunday by parachuting from his Piper Meridian before the turboprop single crashed at about 9:15 p.m. in a swampy area near Milton, Fla., according to an FAA preliminary report.
The launch of the super-midsize Gulfstream G250 in October added yet another program to the growing list of contract wins for the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system, an advanced cockpit now under development by the U.S. firm that is due to start appearing on the flight decks of new airplanes in 2011.
Korry Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Esterline Corp., is at Booth No. 2976 showing the cockpit control panels it has been selected to supply for the HondaJet. Korry will provide 12 control panels per aircraft to Honda Aircraft Co. to complement the HondaJet’s all-glass flight deck. Each panel features 5⁄8-inch | Yes |
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An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off during Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis AFB, Nevada, Feb. 5, 2020. A recent ground test conducted at Nellis proved that Air Force personnel could safely and securely take data output from a flight test instrumentation system and convert the F-35’s data to communicate with mobile applications running on a connected commercial tablet. The test was part of the Fighter Optimization eXperiment (FoX), a project that seeks to rapidly integrate advanced software and hardware technologies to maximize the F-35’s lethality and survivability, while creating an agile development test tool and fielded combat multiplier for all DoD aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by William Lewis)
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Hijack hoax delays flight, triggers panic at Mumbai airport
A hijack threat call delayed the departure of a Jet Airways flight from here to Bangalore this afternoon.
A hoax call about a flight being hijacked delayed a Jet Airways flight at Mumbai airport on Monday.
Sources confirmed to MiD DAY that the anonymous caller was the same person who gave a similar hoax call on May 7th.
Jet Airways' 9W 2105 Mumbai-Bangalore-Mumbai flight, which had 45 passengers on board, was ready for final takeoff when the officials decided to deplane passengers after a hoax call of an alleged hijack was received.
“All formalities related to departure of flight 2105 were completed but the flight could not take off due to a hoax call claiming possible hijack. Security officials were rushed to the spot and passengers were frisked before being deplaned as a security measure,” sources at Mumbai airport informed this newspaper.
“He (the caller) was identified as the same one who gave a similar hoax call of hijack during May,” sources further revealed. The caller had revealed his identity as Vikash Yadav.
On May 7, the caller had identified himself as Vikash Yad, sources further revealed. On May 7, Jet Airways 9W483 Mumbai-Bangalore flight was delayed for over two hours after an anonymous hijack threat call.
Sources further added that security agencies are currently investigating the matter and efforts are being made to track the caller following the details of call received. The rescheduled departure of flight 2105 is likely to happen after 7.30 pm Monday.
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Another day, another news story that makes it seem like NASA is never actually going to send astronauts back into space. The administration has been having a heck of a time getting its commercial partners to stay on track, with both SpaceX and Boeing facing countless delays in the building of the spacecraft that will eventually ferry NASA astronauts into the heavens. Now, Boeing is announcing yet another setback.
As the Verge reports, a recent briefing with reporters confirmed what many already suspected: Boeing’s recent engine test which ended with a propellant leak has prompted the company to push back its timeline for its first official test flight.
According to the company, the first unmanned test flight of the spacecraft is now expected to take place as late as 2019 after originally being planned for this month. The propellant leak during the engine tests was significant because the system is supposed to provide power to the Starliner’s abort systems. Those systems push the crew pod out of the way in the event of a catastrophic failure, so it’s obviously an incredibly important piece of the puzzle.
Boeing previously stated that it was working with NASA to hammer out any issues with the spacecraft, and that it didn’t believe a significant redesign was needed to fix the leak issue. Still, it’s yet another setback for a program that has seen more than its fair share.
Many presumed that Boeing would easily beat SpaceX to the test launch phase of its program, but now it’s unclear which company will be first to launch its spacecraft. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule has seen delays of its own, and both companies are well behind schedule.
Boeing, for its part, says it doesn’t care how SpaceX is doing and doesn’t see itself as being in a “race” at all. “I really have no visibility into SpaceX progress or the fidelity of the SpaceX schedule,” John Mulholland, program manager on the Starliner project, told reporters. “Our entire focus is… to make sure we do everything we can to ensure a safe vehicle and meeting the schedule parameters that I’ve laid out.” | Yes |
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Despite the overcast skies and light sprinkling of rain, hundreds of people made it out to AOPA’s annual Wings and Wheels this Saturday, May 5 2018. Rows of classic cars and rare airplanes lined the airfield, each more spectacular than the last.
At Frederick Flight Center’s booth, CFI Adam took eager passengers on discounted Discovery Flights while mechanic, Ynez, and receptionists, Danielle and Sophia, showed off the school’s Cessna 172. Attendees had the opportunity to enter a raffle for a FREE Discovery Flight, offered at a later date.
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In the next booth over, CFI Nathan from Advanced Helicopter Concepts offered introductory flights in an R-44 helicopter. Advanced Helicopter Concepts has a great reputation for training helicopter pilots in the greater Maryland area, and the amount of interest in helicopter training is growing. Advanced Helicopter Concepts recently merged with Frederick Flight Center, a move that promises to bring a wealth of aviation education to the greater Frederick area.
Attendees also had the chance to glance inside the warbird TB-30 Epilson or check out the World War II era Howard DGA-15, owned by Mark Baker, the CEO of AOPA. On the Wheels side, guests could glance inside a fully restored 1930 black Ford or gaze at the cherry red Ferrari Testarossa, both a testament to how automobiles have changed in less than a century.
Certainly, the star of the show was the fully operational B-25 bomber, offering rides around the Frederick area. This B-25 is a World War II era military plane that flew missions in Japan. It was recently restored in 1980 and has been civilian owned ever since. It is currently on display at Delaware Aviation Museum in Georgetown, DE.
Rain started to pour by the event’s ending, but even so, the trip was well worth it to see the fantastic vehicles on display at Wings & Wheels 2018. Thanks to AOPA for putting on the event and all who made it out. | Yes |
James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
This photo from 2005 shows the view upon entering the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Visible objects include the Space Shuttle Enterprise (center), Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (directly above), and Manned Maneuvering Unit or "MMU" (above left). Enterprise was replaced by Space Shuttle Discovery in 2012.
Image Number: 2005-3754
Credit: Image by Dane Penland, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) is the largest defense contractor in the world and has dominated the western market for high-end fighter aircraft since 2001. The company engages in the research, design, development and manufacture of weapons, security and aerospace products and services worldwide. The four segments of the company are aeronautics, missiles and fire control, rotary and mission systems and space. Lockheed Martin primarily serves the U.S. government, and therefore, policy decisions are closely tied to the companys prospects.
Increased spending on defense will aid Lockheed Martin
As one of the global superpowers, the U.S. often gets involved in wars around the rest of the world. Toward the end of last year, the U.S. government approved one of the largest defense spending bills in history at a value of $777.7 billion. This gives a direct advantage to the contractors who land more work as part of these massive defense spending bills. With its presence in every U.S. state, Lockheed Martin will undoubtedly land a lot of government contracts as per usual.
The share price of the company has surged 18.15% since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as this conflict is likely to result in many governments boosting their defense bills. Defense equipment manufactured by Lockheed Martin is already seeing increasing demand as the U.S. and its allies are purchasing this equipment to send to Ukraine. For the next fiscal year, the Biden Administration has proposed an $813.3 billion defense budget, which is even higher than the amount allocated for this year.
F-35 is a growth catalyst
The aeronautics segment of Lockheed Martin focuses on research, design and development of advanced military aircraft and related technologies. In 2021, this segment generated 68% of net revenues.
The F-35 aircraft is a key growth driver for the hugely profitable Aeronautics segment. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the company delivered 52 F-35 aircraft to bring the annual deliveries to 142, and the increasing geopolitical tensions are likely to keep this demand steady in the coming quarters.
Since the program's inception in 2001, the company has delivered 753 F-35 aircraft. There are 230 aircraft in backlog as of the end of last year, and the company expects to deliver 148 to 153 units of the aircraft this year. The production under the program has long-term sustenance given that the government has ambitious inventory targets for F-35 aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy.
The Biden Aministration proposed about $12 billion in procurement funding for the F-35 program through its 2022 defense budget for 48 F-35As for the Air Force, 17 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps and 20 F-35Cs for the Navy and Marines and other modifications. Further, an $11 billion expenditure on 61 F-35 fifth-generation joint strike fighters is allocated out of the fiscal year 2023 defense airpower budget.
Strong international demand
Many nations are strengthening their defense systems, which does not come as a surprise considering recent geopolitical tensions. In 2021, 28% of Lockheed Martins net sales came from the international segment. Its tactical missile and strike missile products are key areas that are experiencing strong international demand.
The company received orders for precision fires systems from Germany and Taiwan and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles from Australia. It has been witnessing strong interest from its international customers for its PAC-3 family missiles, with 14 nations, including the U.S., Germany, Kuwait, Japan and Saudi Arabia, choosing PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement to strengthen their missile defense capabilities.
Also, Lockheed has been experiencing increased demand for its THAAD missiles, which are designed to protect against high altitude ballistic missile threats, and the demand remains strong among Gulf countries. Recently, Ukraine requested THAAD missiles from the U.S. as well.
Last December, the Israeli Ministry of Defense signed a letter of offer and acceptance to procure 12 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters by paying up to $2 billion.
With nations around the world strengthening their defense spending, Lockheed Martin is likely to see strong demand for many of its products in the coming years, which should translate into attractive revenue and earnings growth.
Valuation and dividend
Lockheed Martin is valued at a forward price-earnings ratio of 17.45, which is well below the five-year average of 22.17. Lockheed Martin is one of the best-performing stocks so far this year, rising more than 32% year-to-date while major indexes have tumbled due to macroeconomic and geopolitical worries. Even on the back of these gains, the company still seems to be valued attractively in the market given that recent policy decisions paint a promising picture for the next five years.
The company pays a quarterly dividend of $2.80 per share as well, which translates to a dividend yield of 2.4% at the current stock price of around $468. Lockheed Martin has increased the annual dividend payout in each of the last 20 years, and this strong track record is likely to remain intact in the foreseeable future.
The U.S. governments decision to boost the defense budget will help Lockheed Martin grow in the next couple of years. The company is also seeing strong demand for the international segment. On a global scale, not many companies can compete with Lockheed Martin, which paves the way for the company to enjoy consistently growing profits. The company seems to be valued fairly in the market in my opinion, but investing in a great company at a fair price is not a bad deal given how expensive stocks are these days.
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. | Yes |
SAN DIEGO, June 12 (UPI) -- A pod-carried multiple capability communications system for aircraft has been demonstrated by Northrop Grumman in California.
The system is called the SmartNode Pod and is based on the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node Technology, which enables image, video, voice and digital messaging.
"By using proven technology developed for the BACN program, the lightweight SmartNode Pod is ready to mount on many different military aircraft and provides a much-needed capability controlled by the deployed commander," said Claude Hashem, vice president of Network Communications Systems for Northrop Grumman Information Systems.
"The pod can connect to the high-altitude BACN platforms, ground operational centers or other pods for beyond-line-of-sight connectivity and access to high-level ISR and command and control information."
Northrop demonstrated the system using its Firebird aircraft, a pilot-optional vehicle that carries multiple payloads for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
Flight testing verified the direct transmission of encrypted data and voice information to mobile ground units and command centers.
The SmartNode Pod, which can be used on a variety of aircraft, would support the planned Joint Aerial Layer Network, a high-capacity communications network management system planned by the U.S. Defense Department.
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