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https://executivegov.com/2021/01/boeing-wins-2b-usaf-contract-to-deliver-kc-46a-tankers/ | 2023-02-06T19:31:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500357.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230206181343-20230206211343-00101.warc.gz | 0.924522 | 481 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__178259526 | en | Boeing has been awarded a $2.1 billion contract to deliver 15 KC-46A tankers to the U.S. Air Force, the company reported on Thursday. With the award, the U.S. Air Force will expand its fleet of aircraft, which will help enable the integrated digital battlespace.
“The KC-46’s adaptability is going to be a game-changer for the U.S. Air Force,” said Jamie Burgess, Boeing KC-46 tanker vice president and program manager. “We know our defense customers will need to transform how they fight and win in the modern era. That’s why Boeing is focused on making sure the KC-46 grows and changes with them.”
Boeing’s KC-46 will connect air forces to data needed to maintain the decision advantage and increase success rate on the battlefield. The KC-46 has been designed for state-of-the-art air refueling, cargo and medical transport. Boeing is now on contract for 94 KC-46A tankers.
Boeing delivered the first KC-46A to the U.S. Air Force in Jan. 2019. Since then, the company has delivered 42 tankers to bases across the nation. Boeing’s next-generation KC-46 will feature new capabilities and operational flexibility, which the company will provide to the U.S. Air Force and international customers.
“Our KC-46 fleet is growing, and we’re ready to extend the reach of next-generation air refueling to more of our Airmen,” said Col. Jason Lindsey, U.S. Air Force KC-46 System program manager.
In April 2020, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have agreed to incorporate the final design for the remote vision system into KC-46A Pegasus contract requirements. The agreement calls for the implementation of the RVS 2.0 technology with a laser ranger designed to measure distance of the refueling aircraft, larger operator screens and 4K-color cameras
Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security segment and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the advancements are intended to prepare the tanker for future functions such as autonomous refueling and to support other programs as well. | aerospace |
https://www.militaryhire.com/jobs-for-veterans/job/1927578/Helpdesk-Specialist-Public-Address-System/state/Maryland/city/Andrews-Afb/ | 2018-12-14T03:07:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376825349.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20181214022947-20181214044447-00522.warc.gz | 0.865344 | 242 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__34147929 | en | The CENTECH GROUP (www.centechgroup.com)
full-time employee contract
THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. (CENTECH®) is seeking a Help Desk Specialist to contribute to the Air Force National Capital Region (AFNCR) Network Infrastructure Support Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) Program, Andrews AFB, MD, to assist users with issues associated with the public address system, and events requiring the use thereof.
Qualifications are as follows:
Candidate must meet the requirements presented above
Candidate must have one (1) years experience
Candidate must have a Secret Security Clearance
Candidate must have a Security+ certification
The duties and responsibilities of our Help Desk Specialist will be to provide assistance to users for the public address system, and events requiring the use thereof.
Must have a broad, deep Customer Service orientation and professional demeanor
Must possess above average verbal and written communication skills
Must possess expertise in 1+ years of experience managing audio visual systems and familiarization with Anchor portable systems and Yamaha MG166C soundboards
Must have schedule flexibility to work varying hours
Demonstrated experience interfacing with the Air Force is highly desired | aerospace |
https://www.skf.com/cn/en/industry-solutions/wind-energy/requirements/design-for-lighter-nacelles/skf-nautilus.html | 2020-02-28T21:53:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875147647.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20200228200903-20200228230903-00424.warc.gz | 0.92689 | 296 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__105549784 | en | Proven reliability and performance
The original SKF Nautilus double row tapered roller bearing is one unit that does the work of two, eliminating the need for a main shaft by connecting directly to the gearbox or generator and to the hub. No main shaft means substantial reductions in nacelle dimension and weight. The original SKF Nautilus also operates with much less friction than a main shaft supported by two bearings.
Now with more design options than ever
The next generation of SKF Nautilus bearing solutions incorporates knowledge gained from many SKF Nautilus-equipped designs developed with turbine manufacturers and design consultants. The result is an expanded range of SKF Nautilus solutions that gives designers many new turbine design options, including those with gearboxes or direct drives, or outer or inner ring rotation.
Integrated seal and pre-greased solution
SKF Nautilus bearings with integrated sealing carriers help reduce weight and associated costs, plus the risk of bearing contamination during turbine mounting. They also make it easy to replace seals on top of the turbine, without dismounting the carrier.
Bolted inner ring
Building on the standard bolted outer ring of the original, SKF Nautilus bearings are now available with a bolted inner ring. The bearing is simply bolted to the rotor hub and to the mainframe, enabling significantly higher operational reliability and safety while eliminating the need for time-consuming mounting of all single components on-site. | aerospace |
https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/agbo.htm | 2022-12-08T10:53:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711286.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20221208082315-20221208112315-00717.warc.gz | 0.940747 | 2,255 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__106062545 | en | AGBO Aeroballistic hypersonic combat equipment
Aeroballisticheskoe Giperzvukovoe Boevoe Osnashchenie
The Boost-glide concept was first studied by the German engineer Eugene Sanger, whose "Silver Bird" antipodal bomber was intended to bomb New York City. During the early years of the Cold War the Soviet Union investigated a variety of such mixed propulsion configurations, including rocket boosted cruise missiles and rocket launched boost glide vehicles.
The priority development of a hypersonic weapon is on a par with high-precision, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the defense industry issues of the government. In his opinion, the one who will own hypersonic weapon "will change the principles of warfare." And, of course, the relevance of this theme highlights the priority in Russian President Vladimir Putin. During his meeting with the students of the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", which took place in 2014, the President drew attention to the importance of the development of new materials in the context of just this military equipment. "Modern hypersonic missile systems that provide several Mach speed, it is impossible to imagine without modern materials, - said Vladimir Putin.
According to the president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, the appearance in Russia's own hypersonic weapons will restore the balance of power, as there is practically no means of protection against such weapons. At the same time, as stressed by the head of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, a key task for such weapons can be to destroy enemy missiles when the main thing is "to have time to react."
As explained by the "joint venture", military expert and editor in chief of the portal Militaryrussia Dmitry Kornev , the correct technical name of the tested aircraft is "aeroballistic hypersonic combat equipment" (AGBO). Its peculiarity is that most of the flight unit moves along the boundary of Earth's atmosphere. And it is this aerodynamic movement at high speed is termed "hypersonic flight" with a seed up to 7 kilometers per second. It is important to understand that the machine "4202" in itself can not fly. To start it necessarily need a ballistic missile. The "Pretty pictures" often encountered on the web depicting some futuristic hypersonic aircraft, some vehicles with wings, with a pronounced tail and so on, and not the reality. Most likely, the "Objekt 4202" looks not much different from the usual combat unit. Nevertheless, it is able to create additional points by maneuvering airfoils. This is the main innovation of hypersonic unit.
Boost-glide technologies mate a rocket booster with a hypersonic glide vehicle, which may or may not incorporate an air-breathing supersonic-combustion ramjet. A Maneuvering Reentry Vehicle (MARV) is a ballistic missile reentry vehicle, with no propulsion system, equipped with its own navigation and control systems capable of adjusting its trajectory during reentry into the atmosphere. In the 1970s the three measures that were proposed in the United States for increasing hard-target, counterforce capability were: Refine the existing guidance system for the Minuteman III; Initiate engineering development of a larger yield warhead (MK-12A) that could be placed on the Minuteman III; and Initiate advanced development of terminally guided maneuvering reentry vehicles (MARV), such as the Evader MARV as an anti-ABM warhead for deployment on 100 TRIDENT I missiles by the early 1980s.
Long range BGVs start at orbital speed of nearly 8 km/s and have therefore rather more kinetic energy to dissipate than do ICBM RVs. The RV traverses the entire 8 km “scale height” of the atmosphere at an angle to the horizontal of 22° in a few seconds, while the BGV supports itself aerodynamically for 10,000 km at near-orbital speed for 1,200 seconds. The heating due to lift is concentrated on the lower surface of the BGV rather than uniformly around the axis of the RV. This would typically require a very thick layer of ablative material on the lower surface of the BGV. The function of the inner layer is simple insulation rather than ablation, so much of the protection system could be in the form of non-ablating material such as the “tiles” on the space shuttle.
The intense heating of the BGV during the whole of the glide phase provides a strong infrared signal to defensive systems designed to detect it or to use it for an infrared homing intercept. A simple terminal maneuver for a ballistic missile will allow it to deny sanctuary to structures and locations shielded by a near-vertical launch interceptor. At intermediate range this can require a 45° maneuver that with an L/D = 2.2 would result in a reduction of warhead speed to 0.7 of the initial speed. If performed at 10 g transverse acceleration (0.1 km/s2), the maneuver could take on the order of 30 seconds. An alternative would be to have a high-drag RV to greatly reduce speed to, say, Mach 3 (1 km/s), so that a 45° maneuver could be accomplished in a few seconds (slowdown to turn). The simple kinematic considerations of this appendix indicate the value of the engineering design of a variable-geometry RV, and the competition between the longer-term “better” and the earlier and perhaps “good enough.”
Separated in flight component of the head of the strategic missile (GV), the combat unit of a rocket (BB) designed to directly destroy the target. The missile includes the body with the combat charge and automatic system placed in it, as well as other systems and devices that provide the required conditions for their use as intended. The warhead of the main part of strategic missiles uses, as a rule, a thermonuclear warhead.
The warhead body defines its aerodynamic shape and is designed to accommodate the combat charge and the automation system and protect them from external influences during operation and combat use, including for thermal protection in the atmospheric descent section and ensuring strength when subjected to aerodynamic loads and undermining the anti-missile.
The warhead casing consists of a power structure, heat-protective or multifunctional coating, as well as devices providing the required composition of the gas medium in the warhead casing. The power structure of the housing warhead perceives the bulk of the mechanical loads acting on the warhead during ground operation and combat use; consists of a power shell, frames and other reinforcing elements, bottoms, etc.
The warhead can be uncontrollable, controllable and penetrating. The uncontrolled warhead (NBB) after separation from the MS platform does not change the flight path to the target. The NBB may contain means for targeting and stabilizing with respect to the center of mass as part of the NWB twist motor relative to the longitudinal axis and the oblique pylons at the tail end. To reduce the probability of recognizing the warhead among false targets, the NBB may have a means of distorting radar characteristics in the form of inflatable or reticular reflectors.
Guided [Managed] warhead (UBB) is designed to change the flight path relative to the ballistic one after separation from the MS platform. For this purpose, the UBB has a control system that can be combined with the automation system of the warhead, and controls.
UBB can be homing (SNBB) and maneuvering (MBB). SNBB is designed to correct the flight path in order to improve the accuracy of hitting the target. The flight path is changed at the atmospheric descent due to aerodynamic quality of the SNBB. For this purpose, the command controls from the homing system provide the required angles of attack and slip of the SNBB.
MBB is designed to change the flight path in order to evade the enemy's missile defenses (anti-missile). Maneuvers are usually carried out at the atmospheric section of the flight path due to the aerodynamic quality of the MBB. Maneuvers can be programmatic and adaptive, taking into account the information received about the functioning of the means of intercepting and destroying the enemy's antimissile defense. UBB can simultaneously carry out both a maneuver of evading anti-missiles and homing on the target.
Penetrating warhead (PBB) is designed to penetrate into the ground to a depth of more than 10 m and the implementation of an underground explosion. For this purpose, the PBB has an elongated shape and increased strength of the hull, a cannon-type combat charge and an automation system.
Initially the theme of "Avangard" included the development of various breakthrough themes that give Russia a great strategic advantage. As a result, the hypersonic maneuvering and planning device for delivery of combat blocks, both conventional and thermonuclear, small, medium and high power (and on heavy ICBMs - heavy) remained under this name. "Vanguard" is the heir of the previous generation of these weapons, tested in the 1990s, and then - even the Soviet theme "Albatross".
The ABC was tested on the basis of the liquid medium MBR UR-100NUTTX , in common parlance "Sotka" , and it will also be deployed on it. Thus, the aging third generation ICBM (Voyevoda and the old Topol - 4th generation, Topol-M, various Yarsy and Sarmat - is the 5th) got a chance for a second life as the carrier of the world's first serial model of a "rapid global strike" weapon . Now it's clear why Russia at one time exchanged gas for Ukraine's "dry", unregulated and encapsulated UR-100NUTTX. Moreover, these missiles have not been installed in the mines, but lie in the arsenal.
The hypersonic aeroballistic aerial warhead "Dagger" (GZUR, or X-47M2), has a relationship with the missile of the Iskander-M complex. More precisely, with one of its modifications. By the way, on the 2018 video presented it was carried by the MiG-31 interceptor with the airborne number 592 - this is a famous airplane. The machine of one of the first series, the first of the refueling system, the first to visit the North Pole, participated in a variety of tests, and now - in tests of such a formidable product as a maneuvering hypersonic missile.
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https://www.kitplanes.com/author/luca-perazzolli/ | 2023-12-10T05:13:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679101195.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210025335-20231210055335-00469.warc.gz | 0.963799 | 176 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__291787291 | en | Luca “Luke” Perazzolli earned his pilot license in 1989 and has logged more than 1500 hours in 25 different types of aircraft. He currently owns a Van’s RV-8 that he built in 2010. Luca flies aerobatics and is a mountain glacier pilot, with ratings for snow and uphill landings. He is also an LSA instructor, Italian EAA technical counselor, flight advisor, DAR, and experimental aircraft flight test pilot. As president of EAA chapter 1581, he is very focused on Young Eagle activities. Luca also teaches flight testing, metal building, and aircraft electrical systems for the Italian EAA.
This month Barnaby Wainfan turns his attention to the control system and how various aspects such as linkages, the elevator planform and tail aspect ratio, and trailing-edge treatments affect pitch control. | aerospace |
https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/has/kit_has_10808.shtml | 2023-03-25T09:10:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945317.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325064253-20230325094253-00337.warc.gz | 0.944847 | 798 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__267975660 | en | Hasegawa 1/200 KC-767 World Tanker Combo Kit First Look
By Michael Benolkin
|Date of Review||November 2014||Manufacturer||Hasegawa|
|Subject||KC-767 World Tanker Combo||Scale||1/200|
|Kit Number||10808||Primary Media||Styrene|
|Pros||Easy build, nice details||Cons||Nothing noted|
|Skill Level||Basic||MSRP (USD)||$54.99|
At the beginning of the 21st Century, the US Air Force released a long awaited requirement to replace the aging KC-135 tanker. The KC-135 was based on the 367-80 (Dash 80) jet airliner prototype to provide an all-jet air refueling solution to a growing fleet of pure jet fighters and bombers. While Boeing was scaling up the Dash 80 into the first Model 707 airliners, they chose a smaller airframe as the solution for the KC-135 mission. While never officially designated as the Model 717, the KC-135 was similar in size to the Model 720 which was also a scaled-down 707 for the commercial market. The KC-135 entered production in the mid-1950s and the last production tanker came off the line in 1965. Where the KC-135 was a specially-designed tanker solution, this time the Air Force wanted a tanker based upon a commercial airframe and the 767 was selected.
The Air Force awarded a contract to Boeing in 2002 for the tanker but this soon ran afoul of politics and the contract was scuttled, opened for competition which brought the Airbus A330 as an alternative which won that competition. Once again politics scuttled that award and Boeing won the third (and final) attempt. In the meantime, Boeing had already pushed forward on the KC-767 concept and sold the first four tankers to the Italian Air Force. Japan followed with four tankers for the JASDF while the Airbus A330 tanker was adopted by other air arms. Columbia acquired their own tanker from a 767 converted by IAI.
Here is Hasegawa's 1/200 Boeing 767-200 kit set up as the KC-767 and perhaps we'll see this kit again as the KC-46A once the US Air Force takes delivery of its own belated tankers. The kit is molded in light gray styrene and presented on five parts trees. Actually there are ten parts trees as Hasegawa provides two complete tanker kits in this box. The kits offer the following features and options:
- Simple construction
- Cockpit bulkhead serves as mount for heavy screws used for ballast
- Landing gear is posed extended only
- Two types of refueling drogue pods included (Italy or Columbia)
- High speed refueling boom included (Italy and Japan)
Markings are provided for three aircraft:
- KC-767A, 14-01/N767TT, Italian Air Force
- KC-767 MMTT, 1202, Columbian Air Force, 'Jupiter'
- KC-767J, 87-3602, 404 SQ/1 TAG, JASDF
The decal sheet has a nice set of maintenance stencils for the airframe as well as the distinctive markings for each of the subjects above.
Overall, this really is a nice kit which provides some well-thought-out options with the two different types of refueling pods and refueling boom to mix and match as needed to render each of the subjects above. With two tanker kits in this box, you can render two of the three subjects above or build one of them as a KC-46A (using your own decals...). Have some fun and give this release a turn on your bench!
My sincere thanks to Hasegawa USA for this review sample! | aerospace |
https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/19876 | 2022-06-24T23:22:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103033816.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220624213908-20220625003908-00588.warc.gz | 0.891582 | 413 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__219019136 | en | Passive flow control of dynamic stall via surface-based trapped vortex generators
Journal of the American Helicopter Society , Volume 63 - Issue 3
A novel passive flow control concept—based on the local modification of an airfoil’s surface—is proposed and examined via computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the mitigation of the negative effects of dynamic stall, i.e., for the reduction of peak negative pitching moment while not deteriorating significantly the original lift and drag characteristics. Two-dimensional CFD simulations of a NACA 0012 airfoil exposed to a freestream of Mach 0.3 and Re = 3.76 × 106 and undergoing a 15? ± 10? pitch oscillation with a reduced frequency of 0.101 were conducted. The baseline airfoil simulations were carefully verified and validated, showing excellent agreement with wind tunnel data. Twenty-six different local geometry modifications were proposed and examined, all functioning as a trapped-vortex generator. The surface modifications were examined on both the upper and lower surfaces. In the case of the upper surface modifications, the best geometries could reduce the peak negative pitching moment by as much as 37–63%, while sacrificing only 2–10% of peak lift and reducing drag by 14–38%. On the other hand, the lower surface modifications demonstrated the ability to increase lift by 4–16% with only minor penalty in pitching moment and drag.
|Journal of the American Helicopter Society|
|Organisation||Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering|
Al-Jaburi, K. (Khider), & Feszty, D. (2018). Passive flow control of dynamic stall via surface-based trapped vortex generators. In Journal of the American Helicopter Society (Vol. 63). doi:10.4050/JAHS.63.032005 | aerospace |
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20080425/281724085277988 | 2018-06-21T07:28:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621055646-20180621075646-00488.warc.gz | 0.926039 | 557 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__74321687 | en | Israel’s ninth satellite lifts off
ISRAEL YESTERDAY was scheduled to launch Amos 3 — a telecommunications satellite designed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries — from a site in Kazakhstan.
It reinforces Israel’s status as a satellite superpower, which can also monitor Iran and its Arab neighbours without relying on other countries’ goodwill.
The satellite will stay in stationary orbit at an altitude of 36,000km, offering services to commercial clients throughout the world. Spacecom, an American service provider which will operate the satellite, announced this week that it already had orders worth $160 million (£80m). Amos 3 joins a stable of eight Israeli c o mmunic a - tions and reconnaissance satellites currently orbiting the Earth. Israel is one of only seven countries — or in the case of Europe, groups of countries — that build their own satellites and are capable of launching them.
Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, the chairman of Israel’s space programme, told the JC: “Israel is self-sufficient in space. There are about 50 countries involved in space.
“Most of them buy their satellites from those seven. Israel is one of the seven. The world market for space services is already worth $150 billion (£75bn) a year. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t have 5 to 10 per cent of that.”
Israel specialises in micro-satellites, weighing 300-400kg. “The lighter the satellite, the cheaper it is,” explained Professor Ben-Israel, a former director of research and development in the Defence Ministry.
“The launch doesn’t cost so much. The sub-systems cost less. So we found ourselves with the capability of building sophisticated satellites that are relatively cheap. The world started to show an interest.”
Earlier this year, Israel launched the TecSAR, a revolutionary surveillance satellite.
Instead of an optical camera, it uses advanced radar technology, which does not need light. It can send back high-definition images taken at night and through cloud.
With French financial support, Israel is now developing the Venus, a scientific satellite which will be put to use monitoring the environment and pollution.
“Satellites are perhaps the best source of monitoring global warming,” explained Professor Ben-Israel. “They can take photographs of fields, for instance, and identify certain diseases in plants.
“You can look at the sea with multispectral cameras, which can detect and identify all the chemicals in the water.
“The scientists will use those measurements in order to build or verify or change the model which can predict all these phenomena.” | aerospace |
https://jonathanesmith.blogspot.com/2011/07/final-shuttle-launch-sts-135.html | 2017-04-30T20:36:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125849.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00594-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.946243 | 307 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__204946617 | en | The final details have come together for our STS-135 launch trip. All the spots are filled at the private location where I will be viewing the launch from. I am interested in Causeway tickets but am not willing to pay the greedy prices currently being listed on eBay. This will be a fun trip as I connect with friends from the launches of STS-132, 133 and 134. I'm also looking forward to a tour of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - a place I have been once....secretly.
This launch is history in the making as our great nation, which just celebrated its 235th birthday, gives up the ability to fly humans into space and instead chooses to rely on our former Space Race competitors in order to reach low earth orbit.
As we watch the last space shuttle escape Earth’s gravity I wonder how history is going to repeat itself. The last manned flight from the Apollo missions was in 1975 and the first space shuttle mission didn’t take place until 1981. Will our gap only be 6 years or will political and economic factors make the gap longer? What role will the private sector play? Will NASA be relegated to a government regulations industry overseeing private space flight or will NASA again lead the world in launching humans into space? What role does national pride play in modern space exploration? And what about the Chinese, could that be the next great Space Race?
Only time will tell but as I watch the final space shuttle mission these and other thoughts will be going through my mind. | aerospace |
https://tgdaily.com/web/security/us-air-force-launches-high-altitude-uas/ | 2023-12-01T07:39:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100276.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201053039-20231201083039-00186.warc.gz | 0.872869 | 274 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__182047200 | en | The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have completed a successful test flight of the Global Hawk AF-18.
The high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flew for approximately two hours from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Global Hawk program director Steve Amburgey explained that the next-generation UAS is equipped with an advanced, all-weather multi-platform radar technology insertion program (MP-RTIP) sensor.
“[The sensor] provides game-changing situational awareness for our warfighters with its unprecedented capability to detect, track and identify stationary and moving targets,” said Amburgey.
According to Amburgey, Global Hawk’s range, endurance and large payload capabilities are well suited to provide persistent surveillance of the enemy.
“Flying at altitudes up to 60,000 feet for more than 32 hours per sortie at speeds approaching 340 knots, the MP-RTIP-equipped Block 40 Global Hawk can persistently see through most type of weather, day or night.”
??”As the world’s first fully autonomous HALE UAS, Global Hawk is the platform of choice for a wide variety of sensors, foreign and domestic, meeting the global need for persistent ISR.” | aerospace |
https://airport-fort-lauderdale.com/flight-hrt92-chartright-air-fll-to-yyz/ | 2023-12-03T01:41:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100476.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202235258-20231203025258-00556.warc.gz | 0.778242 | 138 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__101251646 | en | Flight HRT92 – Chartright Air HRT92 FLL to YYZ Flight Status
Chartright Air Flight HRT92 connects Fort Lauderdale to Toronto, taking off from Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and landing at Lester B. Pearson International Airport (YYZ).
Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport
Departure: October 11, 2023
Landed – On Time
Arrival (HRT92 Flight Schedule)
Lester B. Pearson International Airport
Arrival: October 11, 2023
The current flight status of HRT 92 is landed.
The average flight duration from Fort Lauderdale to Toronto is 4 hours and 8 minutes. | aerospace |
https://en.alhaya-aviation.com/about-us/ | 2023-11-30T06:43:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100172.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130062948-20231130092948-00234.warc.gz | 0.941382 | 287 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__59311162 | en | On August 7, 2019, Al Haya Aviation received its Air Operator Certificate from the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority making Al Haya Aviation the only Iraqi dedicated Air Cargo operator.
Al Haya Aviation currently owns and operates CRJ 200F and narrow-body aircraft for the middle east region with a variable payload capacity, Al Haya Aviation has the capability of providing air cargo charter services both domestically and internationally. Al Haya Aviation will be adding in a near future a wide-body Cargo Aircraft according to Iraqi Markets demand.
Aircraft currently is based at the Sulaymaniyah International Airport and Sharjah International Airport and we can fly to any routes and destinations required for Cargo pickup and delivery as chartered air cargo operations, meeting your air cargo needs and schedules.
Alhaya Aviation has a very expert and skills team for running the Cargo Aviation
Alhaya Aviation has its own IATA Code for issuing AWBs under number 164 with
IATA Code HA.
Finally, Alhaya participated with SITA.
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https://mak-iac.org/en/rassledovaniya/an-2-ra-84566-18-09-2016/ | 2023-11-30T21:21:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100232.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130193829-20231130223829-00367.warc.gz | 0.897322 | 429 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__68753184 | en | |Aircraft registration number||RA-84566|
|Place of aircraft departure|
|Airport of departure|
|Intended Airport of arrival|
|Accident site||in the area of Tatarskoe Uraikino locality of the Ulyanovsk region|
|Aircraft owner||"Avia-partner" Ltd|
|The date of the completion of the investigation (report)||04.09.2017|
|Number of fatalities||0|
|Degree of aircraft destruction||aircraft substantially damaged|
report_ra-84566.pdf (1.51 MB)
The accident with An-2 Ra-84566 aircraft owned by "Avia-partner" Ltd occurred in the area of Tatarskoe Uraikino locality of the Ulyanovsk region on September 18, 2016. According to the available information the aircraft sustained substantial damage.
The Interstate Aviation Committee has assigned the Investigation team of the accident in accordance with the Russian Aviation Legislation. The Investigation team has started its work.
Investigation team of the Interstate Aviation Committee has completed the investigation of the accident with An-2 RA-84566 aircraft owned by Aviapartner, Ltd occurred in the Ulyanovsk region (RF) on 17.09.2016.
Most probably, the accident with An-2 RA-84566 aircraft was caused by the destruction of the nose gear mount attachment bolted-type connection resulted from one-time off-design load as a result of obstacle in-flight collision occurred during the areal works performance, that resulted in the separation of the mount attachment from the fuselage in course of landing. Thereby the gear design integrity was broken that resulted in the fuselage damage.
Most probably, the contributing factors were:
In violation of the Air Code of the Russian Federation, article 96, the aircraft owner provided to the Investigation team neither the PIC information, nor the aircraft documentation.
Appropriate safety recommendations based on the investigation results were developed. . | aerospace |
http://netermpaperafvi.isomerhalder.us/hot-air-balloon-ride.html | 2018-10-15T22:01:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583509845.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20181015205152-20181015230652-00332.warc.gz | 0.887058 | 636 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__84112399 | en | Balloon america is tucson's only balloon tour company accredited and approved by the better business bureau with an a+ rating with 34 years in business. Our basic hot air balloon ride near seattle is, by far your best bet for getting a truly exciting experience if you are on a budget. Hot air balloon rides are the best way to see lancaster county create a memory give the ultimate gift for any occasion. Revel in 360-degree views of earth's most scenic landscapes, hovering high and low on a thrilling hot-air balloon ride only the adventurous.
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http://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/133110 | 2015-03-02T01:22:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-11/segments/1424936462577.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20150226074102-00320-ip-10-28-5-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.91181 | 309 | CC-MAIN-2015-11 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-11__0__69029271 | en | Innovative Lightweight Onboard Aerodynamic Palliatives for Helicopter Brownout Dust Abatement
Agency / Branch:
DOD / USAF
Rotorcraft brownout, which is caused by the entrainment of dust and ground debris by the rotorwash during take-off and landing, is a critical operational problem, and has caused a significant number of military helicopter accidents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Brownout affects safe operations due to the reduction of visibility, in addition to damaging engine components and rotor blades. Recent experience gained from operations in brownout with a variety of rotorcraft configurations, as well as ongoing work with validated analyses, indicates that aerodynamic modifications to the aircraft may offer a true solution to the brownout problem, at least in terms of pilot visibility. Therefore, the effort proposed herein seeks to develop innovative lightweight onboard aerodynamic solutions to brownout that can be retrofitted to current rotorcraft and incorporated into future designs without degrading performance or requiring additional onboard equipment or consumables. This effort will leverage work for the US Army developing physics-based analysis tools for the engineering simulation of rotorcraft brownout conditions and expertise in rotorcraft aerodynamic design, testing and performance analysis, to demonstrate that lightweight active aerodynamic solutions to brownout are not only viable, but also practical and cost effective without posing a risk to performance, operations or personnel.
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CONTINUUM DYNAMICS, INC.
34 Lexington Avenue Ewing, NJ 08618
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https://talker.news/2022/11/22/check-out-nasas-artemis-spacecrafts-stunning-selfies/ | 2022-12-07T03:36:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711126.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20221207021130-20221207051130-00542.warc.gz | 0.904169 | 785 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__151859399 | en | By Dean Murray via SWNS
As NASA's Artemis spacecraft arrived at the Moon Monday, November 21, the spacecraft snapped some amazing selfies.
Jaw-dropping portraits saw the lunar surface in close proximity as the flight control team used cameras on Orion's solar wings to do a thorough inspection of the spacecraft.
Orion’s entry into the lunar sphere of influence made the Moon, instead of Earth, the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.
The maneuver saw flight controllers conducting an outbound powered flyby burn to harness the force from the Moon’s gravity, accelerate the spacecraft, and direct it toward a distant retrograde orbit beyond the Moon.
Orion re-acquired signal with NASA’s Deep Space Network at 12:59 GMT after successfully performing the outbound powered flyby burn with a firing of the orbital maneuvering system engine for 2 minutes and 30 seconds to accelerate the spacecraft at a rate of more than 580 mph.
At the time of the burn, Orion was 328 miles above the Moon, traveling at 5,023 mph.
Shortly after the burn, Orion passed 81 miles above the Moon, traveling at 5,102 mph.
At the time of the lunar flyby, Orion was more than 230,000 miles from Earth.
The outbound powered flyby burn is the first of two maneuvers required to enter the distant retrograde orbit around the Moon.
The spacecraft will perform the distant retrograde orbit insertion burn Friday, November 25, using the European Service Module.
Orion will remain in this orbit for about a week to test systems. The distant retrograde will take Orion 40,000 miles past the Moon before it returns to Earth.
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NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin lifted off for the International Space Station at 2301 EDT Monday, May 14 (0901 Baikonur time on May 15), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Acaba, Padalka and Revin are scheduled to dock their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft to the Poisk module of the station at 2339 EDT Wednesday, May 16. They will join Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineers Don Pettit of NASA and André Kuipers of the European Space Agency, who have been aboard the orbiting laboratory since Dec. 23, 2011. The six astronauts and cosmonauts will work together for about two months.
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Applications Of Drones With Cameras
There are so many useful applications of drones that they have become indispensable for human beings. Apart from using them as toys or get amazing aerial views, drones are used for –
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https://www.cheapflights.com/flights-to-winston-salem/michigan/ | 2023-03-24T03:11:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945242.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20230324020038-20230324050038-00386.warc.gz | 0.9027 | 305 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__16603690 | en | Cheap flights from Michigan to Winston-Salem (INT)
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If you book a flight to Winston-Salem from Michigan, you will be flying to Smith-Reynolds, which is the city’s only airport. Winston-Salem Smith-Reynolds (INT) is located 2.7 mi from the center of Winston-Salem.
These are just IATA (International Air Transport Association) codes. They are used in aviation to identify and differentiate airports. That’s why a Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Winston-Salem Smith-Reynolds Airport flight would often be abbreviated as a DTW to INT flight. Grand Rapids Gerald R. Ford Intl Airport (GRR), Flint Bishop Airport (FNT), Traverse City Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), Lansing Capital City Airport (LAN), Kalamazoo Intl Airport (AZO) are other airports near this flight route and their unique identifiers/IATA codes. | aerospace |
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This paper aims to enhance the understanding of UAV cost metrics and their uses. The paper is organized into three main areas: (1) overview of current approaches for aircraft, (2) life cycle issues with UAV cost estimation, and (3) cost metrics and model approach as applied to UAVs. As a result of this work we hope to provide a better understanding of the cost factors influencing the recently publicized scrutiny of UAV cost overruns. More importantly, we hope to begin the foundation for the development of Cost Estimating Relationships (CERs) that can potentially lead to the development of a parametric cost model for UAVs.
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), cost metrics, cost estimating relationships (CERs)
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KC-X." The he goes on to tell the gathered reporters:
"This is no small matter, and it's not just an Air Force issue. In an environment of fewer contractors and fewer but larger contracts, we can expect protests like these. It is essential for the department, working with Congress, to maintain both internal and public confidence in our acquisition process. Air Force and DOD officials are ready to brief appropriate congressional committees on additional details of the KC-X
competition, which still includes protected source selection-sensitive information, and we will protect the integrity of this process going forward...
The Air Force needs to rapidly apply the lessons learned from this experience and move forward. Other Air Force acquisition decisions are on the horizon. __GAO's [Government Accountability Office] conclusions show that even in a large, complex procurement with considerable staff resources and oversight, work accomplished by our contracting personnel, our warfighters and our engineers is not always adequately prepared to withstand the detailed audits and the legal challenges that we can now expect. I've asked Sue Payton, the Air Force's assistant secretary for
Acquisition, and her team to ensure that GAO's findings are fully understood and accounted for in preparation for other pending program decisions. __
In sum, restoring confidence in our acquisition process, addressing the
GAO's concerns in the source selection directly to get the best value for the warfighter and the taxpayer and rebuilding the Air Force's internal capabilities and credibility going forward look like the right priorities to me. (emphasis mine)
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Blast Off! At Eureka! This February Half Term
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https://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=49256 | 2017-01-22T22:43:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00382-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.89989 | 696 | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-04__0__59606748 | en | Laser Downs Unmanned Craft
DÜSSELDORF, Germany, Nov. 29, 2011 — Rheinmetall AG has demonstrated the operational potential of combining a powerful laser weapon with an advanced air defense system. It recently used a high-energy laser weapon to down an unmanned aircraft at a proving ground in Switzerland.
At a live fire laser demonstration, international guests viewed two laser weapon demonstrators in action, each featuring different performance parameters.
For example, a 10-kW laser was integrated into an air defense system consisting of an Oerlikon Skyguard 3 fire control unit and a Skyshield gun turret. Modular and scalable, the laser weapon itself consisted of two 5-kW modules.
Closeup view of 10-kW laser turret. (Images: Rheinmetall)
In addition, a 1-kW laser weapon module was displayed, specially mounted on a TM 170-type vehicle for the purpose.
Both laser weapon demonstrators were deployed in different scenarios: as a means of providing protection from asymmetric, terrorist-type threats; in a counter rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) context; and in an air defense scenario with an unmanned air vehicle serving as the target.
The 1-kW laser weapon demonstrator sank a moving rubber raft (a substitute for an enemy speedboat) and destroyed improvised explosive devices (IEDs); the demonstrator also neutralized unexploded ordnance from a safe distance.
In the C-RAM scenario, the 10-kW laser weapon demonstrator revealed that doubling the laser output from 5 kW (the design status in 2010) to 10 kW results in substantially improved performance against mortar rounds, reducing the required engagement time by approximately 50 percent.
A highlight in the air defense scenario was the engagement of a Tier 1-class unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The air defense system, equipped with a 10-kW laser weapon demonstrator, detected, tracked and engaged the target, destroying the UAV in flight.
Rheinmetall’s high-energy laser downs an unmanned aircraft at a proving ground in Switzerland.
In cooperation with its partner, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) in Jena, Rheinmetall holds the public world record for spectral coupling of laser pulses with an 8-kW laser output and excellent beam quality.
The latest live fire demonstration, a joint effort by Rheinmetall’s Weapons and Munitions and Air Defense divisions, shows that the group possesses the skills to develop complex laser weapon systems. Through its work on behalf of the German government and an application of its own resources, Rheinmetall has acquired expertise in this field in recent years.
Rheinmetall expects a high-energy laser weapon system with an output of 100 kW to be available within the next three to five years. Currently, the modular, scalable design can meet a variety of requirements, the company said.
Along with precision, ease of integration into various platforms and scalable escalation, laser weapons in the future will offer the principal advantage of reduced cost, since material consumption and wear and tear with laser effectors is naturally low, Rheinmetall said.
For more information, visit: www.rheinmetall.de
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https://brainmass.com/statistics/probability/binominal-distribution-2808 | 2022-07-04T08:22:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104364750.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220704080332-20220704110332-00283.warc.gz | 0.901239 | 102 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__189931462 | en | A new component for an airplane is being manufactured. Each has a 70% probability of working properly. A sample of 8 components is sampled. Find probability that:
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The solution discusses a new component for an airplane is being manufactured. | aerospace |
https://dommagazine.com/argus-international-honors-dominion-aviation-platinum-elite-operator | 2024-04-17T18:43:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817171.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417173445-20240417203445-00701.warc.gz | 0.94061 | 453 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__43159025 | en | ARGUS International Honors Dominion Aviation as Platinum Elite Operator
ARGUS International, Inc., a member of the SGS Group, honors Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion Aviation Services, Inc., as a Platinum Elite operator. Dominion Aviation Services, Inc. has been an ARGUS Platinum-rated operator since 2006.
Having proven itself as a company focused on safety, quality and service, Dominion Aviation was invited to elevate its operations by meeting the highest worldwide standard in the industry, Platinum Elite, an industry-changing program available to select ARGUS Platinum-rated operators. At this level, operators simultaneously meet the ARGUS Platinum standards and agree to be continuously monitored by the ARGUS team. The program features real-time operational safety performance-monitoring and timely visibility to significant operator changes. While traditional audit programs require audits every two years, Platinum Elite offers continuous evaluation.
"Dominion Aviation obtaining Platinum Elite proves their commitment to safety and quality as a top operator, joining an elite group of 14 operators. All of us at ARGUS International, Inc., have been impressed with their operation and proud to have them as a Platinum Elite-rated operator," says Mike McCready, ARGUS International president.
Since inception in 1983 as an aircraft management and charter company, all decisions at Dominion Aviation are based on safety, quality, and a strong commitment to customer service. Offering aircraft management, charter, maintenance, and complete FBO services, Dominion Aviation brings an entire suite of aviation services to the central Virginia area. The company operates a diverse fleet of aircraft ranging from turboprops, light, mid-size, super-mid and large-cabin jets.
"Dominion Aviation is excited to be part of the ARGUS Platinum Elite program. We believe safety is an integral part of our everyday culture. Our team looks forward to working with the ARGUS team to maintain our Platinum Elite rating," says Thomas T. “Mike” Mickel, founder and chief executive officer, Dominion Aviation. "This type of continuous audit program is really raising the bar for all operators in the business-aviation industry.”
For more information, visit www.ARGUS.aero. | aerospace |
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Luca Parmitano Life story
Colonel Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency. He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a Colonel and test pilot for the Italian Air Force. He is the first Italian to command the International Space Station during Expedition 61.
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https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/03/04/uks-maritime-patrol-aircraft-tasked-to-shadow-russian-navys-vessels-in-mediterranean/ | 2024-02-28T05:52:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474697.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228044414-20240228074414-00667.warc.gz | 0.963664 | 336 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__117488197 | en | UK’s maritime patrol aircraft tasked to shadow Russian Navy’s vessels in Mediterranean
A Royal Air Force Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has joined other NATO ships and aircraft to locate and track Russian Navy warships in the Mediterranean Sea.
Deployed to the region on a training exercise, the aircraft was reassigned to support a coalition of NATO warships tasked with the shadowing of Russian vessels.
The Russian Navy’s warships, which included Slava-class cruisers, Udaloy-class destroyers, and their support vessels, were monitored from a discrete distance as part of the NATO collective defence mission.
“We were able to use Poseidon … to support our allies by getting in close and identifying those ships. As one of the only nations within NATO with this platform, our involvement enhances the ability of the Alliance to monitor Russian activity,” the Royal Air Force noted.
“It was also important to show that we’re standing alongside our NATO partners and other nations, contributing to the security of the Alliance.“
The officials emphasized that through the search radar, together with a video camera and other advanced sensors that allow detection of radars and other emissions, they could “quickly produce a picture of exactly what’s happening on the surface of the sea.”
Boeing’s Poseidon P-8A is a multi-role maritime patrol aircraft, equipped with sensors and weapons systems for anti-submarine warfare, as well as surveillance and search and rescue missions.
A contract for Poseidon development was granted in June 2004, and first flight followed on 25 April 2009. | aerospace |
https://ladailypost.com/physicist-brent-budden-builds-flight-simulator-and-donates-to-los-alamos-civil-air-patrol/ | 2023-12-09T11:13:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100909.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209103523-20231209133523-00202.warc.gz | 0.924305 | 239 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__298093515 | en | Brent Budden, left, receives a certificate of appreciation Monday at The Los Alamos County Airport from Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Caleb Britton for building and donating a flight simulator to the Los Alamos Civil Air Patrol. Courtesy/CAP
Physicist Brent Budden, right, instructs a CAP cadet in the operation of the flight simulator. Courtesy/CAP
Dr. Brent Budden of White Rock donated a flight simulator Monday to the Los Alamos Civil Air Patrol (CAP) for use in aerospace education by the CAP cadets.
Budden, a physicist, built the simulator over the last seven years at a cost of more than $5,000 in materials. The simulator is used to simulate both space and atmospheric flight.
In addition to cadet use in aerospace education, the simulator may be used as a procedure trainer for CAP mission pilots.
Civil Air Patrol is the official auxiliary of the United States Air Force. It has been a volunteer organization since its formation in 1941 and is known for service through search and rescue, response to natural disasters as well as work with the nation’s youth with Cadets and through Aerospace Education programs in public schools. | aerospace |
https://www.newson6.com/story/5e3681292f69d76f6209564c/two-generals-in-charge-of-deciding-whether-to-shoot-down-threatening-jetliners | 2023-09-29T17:40:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510520.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20230929154432-20230929184432-00701.warc.gz | 0.952415 | 544 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__202581362 | en | Two generals in charge of deciding whether to shoot down threatening jetliners
<br>WASHINGTON (AP) _ Two Air Force generals have been authorized to order the military to shoot down any civilian airliner that appears to be threatening U.S. cities, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Two Air Force generals have been authorized to order the military to shoot down any civilian airliner that appears to be threatening U.S. cities, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
Seeking to reassure America's travelers of their safety, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said: ``There are a lot of safeguards in place.''
He said he had crafted the new rules of engagement with Gen. Henry H. Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Asked at a Pentagon press conference what assurance passengers would have against mistakes, Rumsfeld said:
``The rules of engagement are addressed on a continuing basis with a great deal of care and sensitivity.''
Michael Perini, director of public affairs for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, stressed that only under the most extraordinary circumstances could the generals act without having consulted with the president, secretary of defense or other higher-ups _ only as a last resort and only if there simply was not enough time to consult.
From NORAD offices in Colorado, Perini said he could not discuss a specific situation in which the regional commanders might take such action because it would reveal too much about military planning for the defense of U.S. airspace.
The move follows revelations by Vice President Dick Cheney that in the hours after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush had ordered the military to intercept and shoot down any commercial airliners that refused instructions to turn away from Washington.
After receiving warnings that commercial planes had veered off course, military fighter jets scrambled over Massachusetts and Virginia on the day of the terrorist attacks. But they were unable to respond in time, officials have said.
Maj. Gen. Larry K. Arnold at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., would have authority to order the downing of a threatening commercial flight over the 48 contiguous states. Lt. Gen. Norton A. Schwartz at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, would have authority for Alaska.
Following the terrorists' attacks, Rumsfeld ordered fighter jets at 26 bases nationwide to be prepared to take off on 10-minute notice.
Reserve units have been called up to supplement the effort in which F-15s and F-16s fly 24-hour patrols over dozens of American cities. | aerospace |
https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/ca-astra-space-inc?publisherId=90456&releaseId=13657856&lang=en | 2022-09-30T23:40:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335504.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930212504-20221001002504-00663.warc.gz | 0.851446 | 683 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__188890796 | en | Astra Announces Spacecraft Engine Contract with Airbus OneWeb Satellites
Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR), a provider of space products and launch services to the global space industry, today announced that it has been selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites, LLC (“AOS”) to supply the Astra Spacecraft Engine™ for integration into the portfolio of Arrow commercial small satellites manufactured by AOS.
Airbus OneWeb Satellites LLC is a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb. AOS manufactures satellites for the OneWeb commercial constellation and Airbus customers in Merritt Island, Florida. AOS is producing satellites for Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc., in support of U.S. government programs.
Astra’s mission is to Improve Life on Earth from Space® by creating a healthier and more connected planet. Today, Astra offers one of the lowest cost-per-launch dedicated orbital launch services of any operational launch provider in the world, and one of the industry’s first flight-proven electric propulsion systems for satellites, Astra Spacecraft Engine™. Astra delivered its first commercial launch to low Earth orbit in 2021, making it the fastest company in history to reach this milestone, just five years after it was founded in 2016. Astra (NASDAQ: ASTR) was the first space launch company to be publicly traded on Nasdaq. Visit astra.com to learn more about Astra.
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nounthe sound barrier
The increased drag, reduced controllability, and other effects which occur when an aircraft approaches the speed of sound, formerly regarded as an obstacle to supersonic flight.
- ‘They are streaking by at speeds that come close to breaking the sound barrier.’
- ‘It wasn't until the following year that Concorde finally broke the sound barrier, and another six until it entered commercial service, but the technology was sixties through and through.’
- ‘In 1952, Lean undertook his first production for Alexander Korda: The Sound Barrier - a well-received film about a pilot who manages to break the sound barrier.’
- ‘Flying just below the sound barrier, the ride tends to be bumpy and unpredictable because shock waves form around the airplane as it approaches Mach 1.’
- ‘As a result, an aircraft creates a sudden discontinuity in pressure and temperature called a shock wave as it breaks the sound barrier.’
- ‘On its third flight, the aircraft broke the sound barrier, reaching a speed of Mach 1.1.’
- ‘Despite its name, the sonic boom cloud doesn't always come with a sonic boom, and it's not a shock wave of the sound barrier being broken.’
- ‘If you want to see something really cool, check out this very short video clip of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier - in slow motion.’
- ‘Perhaps part of the whip moves faster than the speed of sound, around 750 miles an hour, and the clap of noise comes as the sound barrier is broken.’
- ‘The shock waves set up when you go through the sound barrier also add to drag.’
- ‘In 1969, Concorde prototype 001 broke the sound barrier on a test flight in France.’
- ‘To get a plane to fly through the sound barrier, this shockwave has to be tamed.’
- ‘You only get some vibration, you get a fair bit of wing-tip vibration as you come back down through the sound barrier, but by then you're almost home anyway.’
- ‘Seniors and aerodynamics aficionados might remember that on this day in 1947, a maverick U.S. Air Force pilot broke the sound barrier.’
- ‘That is a jet supposedly breaking the sound barrier.’
- ‘If all goes according to plan, she'll break the sound barrier on the way down - becoming the first human to do so without help from a plane or rocket.’
- ‘Stearns will break the sound barrier in her record-setting jump as she plummets toward the earth at more than 800 mph.’
- ‘Concorde 001 broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight in France.’
- ‘Their sound system starting up was like having Concorde breaking the sound barrier above your head; it was absolutely deafening.’
- ‘But wait a few seconds and you'll definitely hear and feel something: the shock it creates when breaking the sound barrier.’
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https://www.etcusa.com/training-for-the-future-of-spaceflight-starts-with-basic-space-training-at-the-nastar-center/ | 2024-03-03T22:00:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476399.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303210414-20240304000414-00486.warc.gz | 0.914387 | 617 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__80701140 | en | Training for the Future of Spaceflight Starts With Basic Space Training at the NASTAR Center
Southampton, PA, USA. April 2, 2012 – The NASTAR® Center, the premier commercial aerospace training and research center in the world, restructures its most popular space training course with updated material and content to better prepare upcoming commercial spaceflight participants for space. The course prepares prospective spaceflight participants for the acceleration forces, vibrations, sights, sounds, and expectations involved during coming commercial spaceflights.
Basic Space Training is an entry-level, two-day course which provides the core knowledge and skills necessary to introduce space travelers to suborbital spaceflight. Through a combination of academic instruction, hands-on exercises, and realistic simulated space flight exposures, participants will become safe, confident, and capable space passengers.
“Space will soon be accessible to all of mankind for the first time in history,” explains Brienna Henwood, Director of Space Training and Research at NASTAR Center. “Since each of our 250 space trainees handle the physical, mental, and emotional impacts of space differently, the NASTAR Center Basic Space Training course is really a must for anyone considering going to space so you know what to really expect during flight.”
Participants will receive a mission kit including course book, team photo, certificate of completion, and a personal DVD of their spaceflight experience as well as a NASTAR Center Suborbital Passenger Card and certificate of achievement from NASTAR Center, an FAA Safety Approved Center.
The National AeroSpace Training And Research Center, located just outside Philadelphia, PA, has been in operation since 2007 and was the first training center approved by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA AST) to provide Commercial Spaceflight Training. Thus far, the NASTAR Center has trained over 240 people for upcoming commercial spaceflights.
For scheduling information and to register for this course, or other NASTAR Center Space Training courses, visit www.nastarcenter.com or call 1(866) 482-0933.
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https://www.outthere.travel/swiss-space-tourism-boris-otter-out-of-this-world/ | 2023-12-02T21:55:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100452.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202203800-20231202233800-00013.warc.gz | 0.931694 | 358 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__23891941 | en | Though we at OutThere have travelled to many a remote corner in the world, we’ve yet to go on the most escapist adventure of them all: trading in the pale blue dot we call Earth for the vastness of space. Luckily for us – and for daring experientialists everywhere – a new competition launched by Swiss Space Tourism might just change that.
Founded by airline pilot Boris Otter, the Switzerland-based association is set to give five future cosmos explorers the chance to hop on one of the first ever commercial flights into the Earth’s orbit in 2020. Competition winners will board the New Shepard, a rocket developed by Blue Origin (you know, Jeff Bezos’ little side-project) and shoot up straight to the internationally recognized boundary of outer space, known as the Kármán line.
Sound enticing? Entering
the space race is as easy as becoming a member of Swiss Space Tourism by paying
a nominal fee of $100 and passing a medical test to ensure you’re fit for fun
of the extra-terrestrial sort (no more skipping leg day for us). There’s also a
motivational text to write, but who wouldn’t find inspiration in the prospect
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If you’re wondering how a
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https://ee-paper.com/electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing-vehicle-is-a-technical-solution-independent-of-runway-to-meet-transportation-needs/ | 2021-11-30T20:55:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964359073.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20211130201935-20211130231935-00222.warc.gz | 0.949625 | 572 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__139056295 | en | From traditional aviation giants to agile start-ups, companies around the world believe that electric vertical takeoff and landing (evtol) aircraft is a runway independent technical solution to meet our transportation needs. They can give full play to the potential of traditional engine aircraft in urban areas, and have the advantages of strong operability, high efficiency, environmental improvement and noise reduction. Therefore, a new generation of innovators are working to develop about 250 advanced evtol concepts and strive to bring urban air traffic (UAM) into life.
A series of new multi rotor, fixed wing and inclined wing air taxi concepts loaded with sensors, cameras and radar are being developed to autonomously connect cities and even regions. Some of them are still in the test stage, while others have conducted thousands of test flights around the world to obtain certification. From experiment to limited service, and then to ordinary service, a series of technical obstacles must be overcome, including the size, weight and power balance of evtol, propulsion, efficiency and endurance.
Technology needs to ensure airworthiness and infrastructure, provide safety and demonstrate efficiency – all of which need to be cost-effective. However, these challenges have led to cooperative efforts. Uber is working with major manufacturers to develop evtol aircraft for air carpooling. NASA has signed Space Act agreements with 17 airlines to promote the AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) national sports technology demonstration program, solve safety and integration obstacles, focus on operational challenges, determine system development requirements, and test the program next year. The air force’s agile master program aims to accelerate the development of the commercial market. In fact, evtol technology seems to be ready for a new transportation ecosystem. New era avionics Honeywell aerospace is one of the companies that “go all out” to support UAM. Because its products and services are suitable for commercial, defense and space shuttles, the Charlotte based company is working with UAM leaders to apply its advanced avionics technology to their evtol design.
Mike Ingram, vice president and general manager of Honeywell Aerospace cockpit systems, said: “UAM has a good prospect at present, but these are small electric vehicles, so it is a huge technical challenge for our team.” “we are meeting this challenge.” for Ingram, evtol provides an opportunity, Re imagine flying in a new and exciting way – beyond the heavy parts and pulley system of the past. “Old aircraft have many interfaces, but with these new aircraft, we can define high-speed interfaces, connections and protocols in an unprecedented way,” he said Provide state-of-the-art avionics, solutions and flight systems to help them overcome evtol constraints and operate independently in complex urban environments.
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https://www.environics.com/2011/03/14/environics-post-bid-28131-effects-of-hypoxia-on-pilots-at-high-altitudes/ | 2023-12-04T23:03:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100535.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204214708-20231205004708-00155.warc.gz | 0.94247 | 323 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__164460126 | en | Hypoxia is a condition brought on due to inadequate oxygen and it can have dire consequences. Pilots who fly at high altitudes are at risk of becoming hypoxic, and it is critical that they are properly trained on how to recognize the earliest symptoms both in themselves and in others. In 2005, Helios flight 522, bound for Athens, Greece, crashed killing all 121 people on board. Investigators determined that the cabin never pressurised during the ascent to 35,000 feet, the crew was incapacitated by hypoxia preventing them from flying to lower altitudes and attempting a landing.
When the body is deprived or starved for oxygen due to altitude, the impairment can prevent the pilot from recognizing the hypoxia and from reacting properly. The below video shows the serious effect of hypoxia on a pilot undergoing training in an altitude chamber.
The initial symptoms include a general dulling of the senses, clumsiness or drowsiness. Some compare the feeling to being slightly intoxicated.
Without suplemental oxygen or flying to lower altitudes, the symptoms then worsen. Pilots may suffer from any combination of the following symptoms:
- tingling in the skin
- racing heart
- changes in vision
- bluish tint to the lips
Due to the effect on the brain, however, the pilot may be completely unaware that they are having any problems.
Next week, I’ll review the way that pilots are trained to recognize and respond to hypoxia using either an altitude chamber or a reduced oxygen breathing device (ROBD) system. | aerospace |
https://www.businessairnews.com/mag_story.html?ident=26347 | 2024-04-16T16:09:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817103.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416155952-20240416185952-00876.warc.gz | 0.914604 | 666 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__171544856 | en | The AW169 light intermediate twin engine helicopter's operational capabilities and configuration options have grown further with the recent EASA certification of the skid undercarriage and unique IFR, single pilot, Advanced Search and Rescue Modes. These latest achievements follow other enhancements such as the introduction of the Phase 8 core avionics software release combined with HTAWS (helicopter terrain awareness warning system) Offshore Modes.
The introduction of skids adds to the existing retractable and fixed landing gear options, providing the market with all three undercarriage solutions. This makes the AW169 the only modern CS29-certified aircraft able to offer all options, further demonstrating the versatility by design of the type. This certification will enable the start of aircraft deliveries with the skid configuration, the initial handover is planned for Italy's law enforcement operators.
The Advanced Search and Rescue Modes introduce dedicated FMS (flight management system) search patterns enabling the aircraft to automatically fly along a pre-defined search path, which reduces pilot workload in the search phase of an SAR mission. The AW169 is the only helicopter in its weight category that features Advanced SAR Modes. The high level of automation that is delivered allows for single pilot capable SAR modes certification, making the AW169 the world's first civil-certified helicopter with this capability. Further ongoing developments to expand the range of options and kits also include a 700-880kg capable modular fuel tank installation or a three seat installation in the third seat row, increasing the number of passengers in the cabin to 11 and providing operators with an even greater degree of freedom to maximise mission versatility in terms of payload and range. These latest enhancements add to the performance increase packages, which were certified in late 2021 and deliver greater performance in all conditions for all applications, making the AW169 the helicopter with the best power-to-weight ratio in its class.
Designed with the principle of maximum flexibility, the AW169 continues to provide all new capabilities to operators looking for an ideal combination of light helicopter cost with higher category performance, payload and cabin space, all combined with comprehensive and ever-growing support and training services.
The introduction of the AW169 has further strengthened the competitiveness and market position of Leonardo in the world helicopter market. It has expanded Leonardo's presence in the emergency medical service market and added more operators for law enforcement, disaster relief and fire fighting duties. It further reinforces the company's leadership in the multi-engine VIP market, providing operators with one more option fitting between the popular AW109 series and the bestselling AW139 models. It adds one more solution for shorter range operations supporting the energy sector and allows Leonardo to play a growing role in the new wind farm support field. Moreover, its dual-use design has responded to a range of government, homeland security and defence requirements in Italy and abroad for missions like surveillance, troop transport, combat operations, disaster relief and emergency response, fire fighting, training, mountain rescue and medevac.
Over 300 AW169s are on order today, with around 150 units delivered from the Vergiate final assembly line in Italy to operators in 25 countries. The global fleet has logged in excess of 125,000 flight hours in all kind of operations and conditions. The fleet leader has exceeded 3,000 flight hours in EMS operations in Sweden. | aerospace |
https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/military-plane-crash/index.html | 2022-05-21T23:32:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662541747.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220521205757-20220521235757-00706.warc.gz | 0.977909 | 1,221 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__27317413 | en | The pilot of a Blue Angels jet was killed Thursday during practice for a weekend air show, hours after a Thunderbirds F-16 crashed following a flyover at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony attended by the President, officials said.
The Navy said the Blue Angels pilot died from injuries suffered in the crash in Tennessee.
The Thunderbirds pilot safely ejected before the plane went down in Colorado, officials said.
Witness Becca Burgess told CNN affiliate WKRN that the Blue Angels jet seemed low.
“I looked up and saw it coming down, and I thought maybe they were doing dips,” Burgess told the Nashville station. “Then I saw a huge ball of orange fire, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, he’s crashed. I cried. I mean, the first thought was fear for the pilot.”
A Navy statement said the service was in the process of notifying the pilot’s family and the pilot’s name was being withheld.
The crash occurred at the beginning of practice, just after the pilot took off, the Navy said. The plane went down about 2 miles from the Smyrna airport.
None of the five other Blue Angels jets was involved in the incident.
“My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of the Blue Angels after this tragic loss,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said. “I know that the Navy and Marine Corps team is with me. We will investigate this accident fully and do all we can to prevent similar incidents in the future.”
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 crashed while preparing for The Great Tennessee Air Show, Navy spokeswoman Cmdr. Jeanette Groeneveld said.
Smyrna Fire Chief Bill Culbertson said there were already units on the flight line so his crews were able to respond to the crash scene within minutes.
The crash occurred near a former plantation called the Sam Davis Home that is a tourist site, and it also wasn’t far from an apartment complex, Culbertson said.
Robert Hendrix told WKRN he was at the swimming pool at the apartments.
“They were doing their stunts and they were twirling,” he said. “Well, when they split, the one on the right, he done about four or five twirls right, and he was coming by to go back to the airport. All of a sudden, he hit, and the next thing you seen was flames. We were so close you could feel the heat from the flames.”
Just a few hours earlier and about 1,150 miles away, the Thunderbirds F-16 crashed south of Colorado Springs, Colorado, after it and other Thunderbirds flew over a graduation ceremony attended by President Barack Obama.
Lt. Col. Christopher Hammond, commander of the Air Force’s Thunderbirds demonstration team, told reporters that the pilot, Maj. Alex Turner, experienced an unspecified problem as he was trying to land after the flyover and ejected.
“He had already put his gear down, and that’s when the incident occurred,” Hammond said, adding that Turner radioed that he was maneuvering so he wouldn’t hit any houses. “He made a conscious effort to direct his aircraft away from some of the local neighborhoods.”
Turner is in his first air-show season with the Thunderbirds, having joined the team in October. He has flown in 22 shows so far, Hammond said. Turner has more than 1,500 hours in F-16s and was a very experienced pilot before joining the Thunderbirds, Hammond said.
The crash occurred 5 nautical miles south of Peterson Air Force base, well away from the stadium where the military branch’s ceremony was taking place, officials said.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. The $36 million jet, which came to rest in a field, looked largely intact from the air despite not having a pilot guiding it.
“I can’t explain it other than it depends on the flight profile at impact. It was slow speed. It was close to the ground. … It looks like it impacted the ground, skidded a little bit,” Hammond said
Hammond added he expects the plane will be considered totaled.
A helicopter carrying Secret Service agents in support of the President’s detail was close by and one of the agents tended to the downed pilot.
President Obama later met with the pilot when he visited the air force base.
“The President thanked the pilot for his service to the country and expressed his relief that the pilot was not seriously injured. The President also thanked the first responders who acted quickly to tend to the pilot,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.
The crashes cast a pall over the air show season, which began in March and now sees the aerobatics teams at an event each weekend. The Blue Angels have 22 of 36 shows left on their schedule, though it is doubtful they will return to the skies this weekend.
The crash was the first for the Blue Angels since April 2007, when Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis was killed when he crashed during an air show at a Marine Corps air station in Beaufort, South Carolina.
Hammond said the Thunderbirds crash was the squadron’s first since September 2003 when Capt. Chris Stricklin ejected safely before his F-16 hit the ground. None of the 85,000 people at the air show in Mountain Home, Idaho, was injured.
The two demonstration team crashes on one day appear to be first time such a coincidence has occurred.
CNN’s Karan Olson, Jason Hanna, Joe Sutton, Dave Alsup and Antoine Sanfuentes contributed to this report. | aerospace |
http://fedscoop.com/category/departments/department-of-transportation-dot/ | 2014-12-19T02:14:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802768169.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075248-00141-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.931827 | 1,044 | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-52__0__28310950 | en | When an air traffic control center employee set fire to a critical part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Chicago Center air traffic control hub, flights were canceled or delayed in the Midwest. Now, the agency is looking into what went wrong and how it can make sure it doesn’t happen again.
A group of senators want the FAA to speed up the process for integrating small unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace.
Parts of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, are coming to the Washington, D.C., metro area and to airports in northern Texas, according to two recent announcements from the agency.
In the wake of a recent ruling, members of industry are calling on the FAA to use its regulatory authority of unmanned aerial vehicles to encourage innovation.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa., convened a hearing to start looking at the upcoming 2015 reauthorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration.
As the Federal Aviation Administration’s 2015 deadline for integrating small unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace approaches, members of the private, public and education sectors are already looking into the ways they can use drones to make tasks easier and safer — with or without the FAA.
Even though the Transportation Department only has minimal involvement in the cruise line industry, the department launched a website last week to direct users to the appropriate agency, whether it be the Federal Maritime Commission or the Coast Guard, to handle their complaint or comment.
The world of transportation data is about to explode as more means of travel become digitally interconnected, making the amount of data the Transportation Department handles today “look like child’s play,” Richard McKinney, the department’s chief information officer, said recently. That’s why, in preparation for that inevitable surge of data, McKinney hired DOT’s first ever chief data officer.
Since September, authorities have been searching for a man who allegedly gunned down a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper. Now, police are deploying an unmanned aircraft system — a silent, high-tech balloon equipped with cameras to monitor a three-to-five-mile radius — to help with the search.
As the Federal Aviation Administration continues to attempt to roll out the Next Generation Air Transportation System, the latest joint implementation plan released by the agency said that without any changes to the current trajectory, the project will be funded fully.
Amazon Prime Air, Google X, GoPro and several drone manufacturers have joined forces as part of the Small UAV Coalition to try to get the FAA to move faster on testing and integration of drones into the national airspace system.
As the number of unmanned systems in use in the air, on land and in the oceans continues to rise, recent action by the Small Business Administration will work to accommodate the potential for small businesses to control parts of that market.
NOAA recently activated its high-res Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) system in order to better predict severe weather, like thunderstorms, tornadoes or snow.
After weeks of concerns regarding the rollout of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Next Generation Air Transportation System, the agency announced an updated plan accelerating the system’s delivery over the next three years.
In the aftermath of a Chicago-area air traffic control tower fire that grounded flights nationwide Sept. 26, Federal Aviation Administration head Michael Huerta said an agency program several years in development could have eased travelers’ woes – had it been fully in place. “We are steadily increasing the amount of air traffic we can handle in the airspace around Chicago,” Huerta said at the Air Traffic Control Association’s conference last week in Washington, D.C. “This incident in Chicago is also a stark reminder of the reasons that we are working toward an even more robust and scalable system.” The Next…
Come 2020, a hard-nosed technical expertise is not going to cut it for federal IT leaders. Tomorrow’s IT leaders and the people who fill their vacancies are going to require business acumen and soft skills, like the ability to communicate, a group current federal chief information officers said Tuesday.
Until recently, the FAA has been subject to criticism for not involving industry enough in the rollout and planning for NextGen. The “Call to Action” summit, scheduled for October 28, however, is designed to reverse that trend and garner broader industry support to meet the 2020 deadline to equip aircraft with new avionics technology.
In early June, the Motion Picture Association of America filed a request with the Federal Aviation Administration to use small unmanned aircraft systems while filming movies. Thursday, the Transportation Department granted its request.
NASA isn’t the only federal player in space travel anymore. As commercial space travel gets closer to reality, the Federal Aviation Administration released a framework of recommended practices for human space flight safety.
Aviation industry leaders are optimistic about the state of current U.S. air traffic control systems, but they are also concerned about the ability of the Federal Aviation Administration to put new, technology-driven systems in place. | aerospace |
https://newsbeezer.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-launches-nasa-probe-for-spacecraft-research/ | 2020-04-04T00:06:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585370518767.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20200403220847-20200404010847-00141.warc.gz | 0.950604 | 449 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__94913470 | en | To protect satellites in space, NASA is exposing a small spacecraft to a large amount of radiation. NASA's space environment test (SET) mission is scheduled to launch a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on June 24 as part of a technology test mission called the Space Test Program-2 (STP-2). , SET has set itself the goal of investigating space weather which relates to weather conditions in the solar system, and investigating the effects of radiation on spacecraft to build better-equipped space for future space exploration.
"You don & # 39;; I do not want to market anything that does not stand up to the environment," said Nicola Fox, director of NASA's Department of Heliophysics, during a media call on June 7. "These are special missions help us find the right materials and the best possible technology we can use in space. "
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Radiation is one of the main threats threatening space missions. Energetic particles emitted by the sun or found in space can damage both spacecraft software and hardware over time.
SET is one of three experiments with the spacecraft Demonstration and Science
(known as DSX), a US Air Force spacecraft that is itself one of 24 different payloads deployed on SpaceX's STP-2 mission start. The goal is the gap between Earth's Radiation Girdles, known as Van Allen Belt . The gap that scientists call a slot region is full of radiation captured by the planet's magnetic field ̵
"There were not too many measurements to say how bad it gets in the slot region," said Michael Xapsos of the SET Project Scientist Team in a statement . "That's why we're going there."
NASA hopes to use the information gathered by SET on space weather in the area to build not only better protected, but also more efficient spaceships.
"We want to make sure we have the right freedom of action," said Fox. "It's very expensive to put kilograms into space … God knows, you do not have to launch a battleship if you only need a dinghy."
Visit Space.com on Monday, June 24, to receive a complete coverage of the STP -2 mission. | aerospace |
http://realtime.rediff.com/news/fighter-aircraft-of-the-indian-air-force | 2015-08-03T17:30:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042990112.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002310-00050-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.903695 | 1,208 | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-32__0__77941538 | en | A number of aircraft belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) have crashed in recent years, and sources in the IAF have hinted that pilots' training may have been compromised, leading to these incidents. Yes, "pilot training was compromised" ... Indiatimes, 5 hours ago
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Royal Air Force and Indian Air Force aircraft dogfight in a major air power training exercise. Indian Air Force's (IAF) four Su-30MKI Flanker fighters are dogfighting against Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 Fighter in a major airpower training ...Defense World, 6 days ago Indian Flankers and Typhoons Dogfight Over Britain Defense-Aerospace, 6 days ago Flanker and Typhoon Dogfight Foreign Affairs.co.nz, 6 days ago July 23, 2015 @ 09:27 AM Upgraded Eurofighter Typhoon to Cost 20 Per Cent Less In an attempt to woo customers for the Eurofighter Typhoon, BAE Systems has cut its production cost by 20 per... Defense World, 1 week ago
A 190-member Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent, including Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 military transports and Il-78 tankers, have arrived in the UK to participate in bilateral exercises ...Jane's, 2 weeks ago Exercise 'Indradhanush': IAF Contingent Leaves for UK New Indian Express, 2 weeks ago Exercise Indradhanush': IAF contingent leaves for UK Daily Excelsior.com, 2 weeks ago PTI - IAF - Exercise 'Indradhanush': IAF contingent leaves for UK Namibia Press Agency, 2 weeks ago
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test landed a Mirage-2000 on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura on Thursday as part of its trials to use national highways and civil airstrips for emergency landing by its fighter jets in future.Hindustan Times, 2 months ago IAF lands jet on Yamuna Expressway as part of user trial Deccan Herald, 2 months ago IAF's Mirage 2000 jet successfully lands on Noida's Yamuna Expressway as part of trial run Asian Age, 2 months ago PHOTOS: When a fighter jet landed on the Yamuna Expressway Rediff.com, 2 months ago
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https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-ula-win-8-us-military-launch-contracts-2022/ | 2024-02-21T22:19:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473558.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221202132-20240221232132-00448.warc.gz | 0.957853 | 728 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__81036677 | en | The US military has awarded providers SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance (ULA) another eight launch contracts worth a total of $846 million that the companies will be tasked with completing over the next two or so years.
The US Space Systems Command (SSC) announced the decision on May 26th, providing some basic information about which missions were going to which provider. Per a highly unusual National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 competition that ULA and SpaceX ultimately won in 2020, all major US military launches scheduled between 2020 and 2024 (at minimum) are to be split 60:40 between the companies, and this latest set of missions – more ‘funded’ than ‘awarded’ – are no different. Curiously, they also appear to indicate less of a cost cap than usual between SpaceX and its lone US competitor.
SpaceNews author Sandra Erwin has done an excellent job collating extra information about the eight launches rewarded. The latest batch continue a bizarre trend of the US military awarding complex, high-performance missions to ULA’s Vulcan Centaur, a rocket that has never flown and is unlikely to debut before 2023. Meanwhile, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which is the most flown and most statistically reliable rocket currently in operation, continues to be used primarily for much simpler launches to lower orbits.
With this latest batch, ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket was assigned GPS III SV07 (headed to a medium Earth orbit); WGS-11, a geostationary military communications satellite; and USSF-16, USSF-23, and USSF-43, which are classified and unidentified. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was assigned USSF-124 (headed to low Earth orbit), USSF-62 (a military weather satellite headed to a polar orbit), and SDA Tranche 1 (a set of small communications satellites, some built by SpaceX, headed to a low polar orbit).
According to SpaceNews, ULA was awarded $566 million (~$113 million per launch) and SpaceX was awarded $280 million for its three contracts, meaning that SpaceX is charging an unusually high ~$93 million per Falcon 9 launch. Each of SpaceX’s three missions will almost certainly allow for Falcon 9 booster recovery, making the high cost even more odd.
Through its adherence to a bizarre 60:40 contract split that can only be described as an effort to ensure that ULA – possibly already predetermined to win before the competition began – would receive a lion’s share of contracts, has firmly hitched several near-term carts to a rocket that still hasn’t launched 22 months after its victory. Including a demonstration mission carrying a Moon lander and one or two NASA Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) missions carrying Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser space plane and cargo vehicle, Vulcan Centaur now has at least 11 launches – 10 for the US government – planned in 2023 and 2024.
Blue Origin, a company that has yet to deliver a single flightworthy BE-4 rocket engine to ULA, would need to deliver at least 22 engines over the next two or so years to avoid delaying Vulcan’s manifest. ULA’s existing rockets, Atlas V and Delta IV, each completed four launches in their first two years of service. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was no different, launching four times in its first 2.5 years of operation. Only time will tell if Vulcan can more than double the early records of its closest rocket siblings. | aerospace |
https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-upg-to-kul | 2023-05-28T10:34:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643663.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528083025-20230528113025-00620.warc.gz | 0.867886 | 639 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__24394927 | en | Did you mean flights from Kuala Lumpur to Makassar?
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Scan through all non-stop flights from Makassar to Kuala Lumpur. The full flight schedule below gives an overview of all non-stop flights from UPG to KUL, which includes the daily timetable of every operating airline for the upcoming 12 months.
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In total there are 3 airlines operating nonstop flights from Makassar UPG to Kuala Lumpur KUL. This section gives an overview of the flight schedules and timetables of every airline with direct flights for this route.
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Flights from UPG to KUL are operated 7 times a week, with an average of 1 flight per day. Departure times vary between 09:45 - 22:35. The earliest flight departs at 09:45, the last flight departs at 22:35. However, this depends on the date you are flying so please check with the full flight schedule above to see which departure times are available on your preferred date(s) of travel.
You can fly in Economy and Business Class. Premium Economy and First Class are not available on this route (at least not as a non-stop flight).
The fastest direct flight from Makassar to Kuala Lumpur takes 3 hours and 5 minutes. The flight distance between Makassar and Kuala Lumpur is 1,343 miles (or 2,161 km).
There are 2 airports in Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB).
There are 7 flights per week flying from Makassar to Kuala Lumpur (as of May 2023).
3 hours and 5 minutes is the average flight time from Makassar to Kuala Lumpur.
The distance from Makassar to Kuala Lumpur is 1,343 miles (2,161 kilometers).
AirAsia, Batik Air and Malaysia Airlines are flying nonstop from Makassar to Kuala Lumpur.
OneWorld is currently the only alliance flying nonstop from Makassar to Kuala Lumpur.
You can fly non-stop in Economy and Business Class.
Aircraft types that fly from Makassar to Kuala Lumpur:
The earliest flight departs at 09:45 from Makassar and arrives at 12:50 at Kuala Lumpur.
The latest flight departs at 22:35 from Makassar and arrives at 02:00 at Kuala Lumpur.
1,343 miles (2,161 km) · 3h 5m
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https://jobsarchives.com/careers/air-india/ | 2023-09-23T11:49:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506480.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923094750-20230923124750-00474.warc.gz | 0.938238 | 1,213 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__44486109 | en | A career in the travel industry has a good prospect, especially because it is easier to reach several countries with aircraft technology. For that, a good career awaits you also at Air India. The airline, which has been taking off in 1932, is one of the international airlines that offers professional development to its employees and candidates.
Introducing Air India
Air India first took off in 1932 and has nationalized in 195. Since then, Air India has been spreading its wings to reach domestic and global destinations over the years. The international connectivity of Air India spans cities in Europe, the USA, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Air India also covers every remote airport in India, leaving no exception.
Air India offers international schemes and domestic schemes. The international schemes are including to fly from and to India with applicability’s that are available on the website. The domestic schemes cover every corner of remote airports in India. Air India also offers student offers for students who are studying abroad to and from partnered countries.
Professional Development in Air India
Air India opens up opportunities for staff and the public to develop in the airline industry. Air India has several trainings programmed devoted to developing pilots, flight dispatchers, and airline staff. Publicly open programs include the A320 Type Rating Training for Pilots and Flight Dispatchers Course. As for the airline staff, it is the Air India staff college.
The other program is the central training establishment (CTE) which has been established since 1958. As the oldest airline in India, Air India has played a major role in the professional development of many airline pilots, flight attendants, and staff in India. Through these programs also Air India has printed the best staff to assist customers in their journeys.
Career opportunities in Air India
Name of Company: Air India
Primary Sector: Airline
Job Profile: 9 Open Jobs
Salary: Salaries posted anonymously by Air India Recruiting
Name of Recruitment: Careers – Air India
Job Location: Jobs In India
Job Type: Full time
Education: Equivalent Degree/Diploma Holders
Last Updated on: 2th April 2023
The airline industry not only opens up opportunities for pilots and flight attendants but as well as Air India. Air India needs more than those two areas to develop and move to meet the needs of customers and assist their most comfortable journey. various fields are needed to drive this system. Some examples of fields that Air India needs are as follows:
- Cabin Crew
The cabin crew of Air India will be needed to carry out the procedures of safety, security, and services duties. The cabin crews are also expected to provide a high level of care that ensures a world-class flight experience. The eligibility criteria include age 18 to 22 years old for fresh graduates and up to 32 years old for experienced crew with educational qualifications.
- Senior Trainee Pilot
Air India requires a320 type rated co-pilots with a high level of competence. The eligibility includes Indian nationals or overseas citizens of India aged up to 30 years old. The minimum academic qualification is 10+2 with physics and math’s from a recognized board or university. Several other technical qualifications are available on the website.
- Accountant Financial Planning
Air India also will need accountants of financial planning that will be part of the finance division. Accountant financial planning is responsible for ensuring proper budgeting for the company, processing, analyzing, and reporting expenses or recoveries. There will be a diploma in accounting qualified for this position and detailed analysis skills.
- HR Associate Workforce Administration
As a company Air India will also need an HR Associate Workforce Administration. This role is responsible to support the HR team and contributing to the development of HR processes to achieve continuous improvement and create value for business partners and employees. A diploma in Human Resources or a related field will be qualified.
List Of Air India Jobs Opportunities:
- Cabin Crew (Female) – Walk-ins. <== Apply Here
- First Officer for B777 (Pilots with B737 NG/MAX Endorsement). <== Apply Here
- Hiring Aviation Security Staff (Male and Female) – SSQ function (Safety, Security & Quality). <== Apply Here
- Hiring Cabin Crew – Female/Male. <== Apply Here
- Pilots With B777 Endorsement. <== Apply Here
- SEP Trainer. <== Apply Here
- Sr. Trainee Co-Pilot (with A320 Endorsement). <== Apply Here
- Walk-in drive – Digital & Technology. <== Apply Here
- Walk-in drive for Technology roles – Gurugram. <== Apply Here
Join the team of Air India
Apply Online: Soar Your Career High with Air India 2023
Air India is opening registration to become part of Air India online. Registration is available on the official website of Air India airindiacareers.azurewebsites.net. On the website, the positions that are currently available are also displayed and make it easier for applicants to see opportunities. Applicants will be directed to the google form to fill out the registration form.
Air India is one of the airlines that is aware of the recruitment fraud that is rampant right now. To that end, Air India has issued a policy on shady vacancies on behalf of the company in its fraud. Please note to applicants that Air India does not charge money for any positions and at any stage of the recruitment process.
As one of the oldest airline companies in India, Air India has a good reputation among its customers and the Indian public. Air India has successfully met the needs of assisting customers in their journey and the welfare of the employees to develop their careers professionally. Anyone can soar their career-high with Air India.
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https://www.colodnyfass.com/blog/plane-carrying-gov-charlie-crist-makes-emergency-landing/ | 2024-02-21T12:36:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473472.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221102433-20240221132433-00748.warc.gz | 0.981778 | 175 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__124274249 | en | Plane carrying Gov. Charlie Crist makes emergency landing
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The state plane carrying Gov. Charlie Crist had to make a U-turn over Georgia and return to Tallahassee after three controls malfunctioned.
Crist spokeswoman Erin Isaac, who was aboard the plane, says the governor is OK and there were no problems landing the plane Tuesday. She said pilots made the decision to go back when mechanisms that control the plane’s tail, its up and down steering and the autopilot malfunctioned.
Crist was on his way to Washington to meet with House members and participate in a round-table discussion on the Colombia free trade agreement being held up by Democrats.
Crist also had a scare during his 2006 campaign, when pilots had to make an emergency landing when an engine cut out. | aerospace |
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/iaf-plans-to-arm-its-su-30mki-fleet-with-i-derby-er-bvraams | 2023-05-29T21:16:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644913.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529205037-20230529235037-00332.warc.gz | 0.927742 | 454 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__52542066 | en | 29 May 2019
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to arm its fleet of Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters with the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems I-Derby ER (extended range) beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) once the service phases out its ageing Russian-made Vympel R-77 (AA-12 ‘Adder’) AAMs by 2021–22.
The IAF is seeking to arm its fleet of Su-30MKI multirole fighters with the Israeli-made I-Derby ER BVRAAM. (IHS Markit/Patrick Allen)
Official sources told Jane’s that the IAF is in talks with Rafael to acquire the active radar-guided I-Derby ER, which has a range of 100 km, adding that the procurement process for the missiles could be finalised “imminently”.
The latest developments come after the fire-and-forget I-Derby ER missile, which features a software-defined radar seeker and a dual-pulse solid rocket motor, was selected to be the primary AAM to arm the IAF’s indigenously designed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) following successful test-firings in July 2018.
An earlier version of the Derby, which can be configured as a surface-to-air missile, is also part of the IAF’s 18 Spyder-SR air-defence systems acquired from Rafael in 2008–09 for an estimated USD1 billion.
Delivery of the Spyder-SR systems, which included 750 Derby missiles, began in 2012 and was completed three years later.
The Indian Navy was the first to integrate an older Derby variant onto its since-retired Sea Harrier FRS Mk 51 carrier-borne fighters from 2005–06.
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https://cobs.zamg.ac.at/gsa/index.php/en/science/projects/esa-juice-mission | 2023-12-05T01:30:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100540.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205010358-20231205040358-00884.warc.gz | 0.947751 | 232 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__43308382 | en | The JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) aims to explore Jupiter and its icy moons. It was launched on 14 April 2023 and is expected to reach Jupiter in July 2031. JUICE's primary objective is to study three of Jupiter's largest moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. The mission aims to investigate the moons' potential for supporting life by studying their subsurface oceans, geology, and atmospheres. JUICE will also examine the interaction between the moons and Jupiter's powerful magnetosphere. The spacecraft will conduct remote sensing observations, including high-resolution imaging, radar sounding, and spectral analysis. Of particular importance are three magnetometers, which were calibrated and tested within the [Merritt coil system] at the Conrad Observatory of GeoSphere Austria. One of these magnetometers was developed and constructed by IWF and TU Graz. The mission will provide valuable insights into the formation and evolution of Jupiter's icy moons, their potential habitability, and their connection to the overall understanding of our solar system.
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http://all-aero.com/index.php/component/content/article/45-planes-d-e-f/9829-euler-werke-bii | 2017-04-28T04:12:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122739.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00576-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.894942 | 94 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__288902796 | en | Euler-Werke BIIAn early wartime reconnaissance type was the BII tractor biplane (built at Frankfurt in late 1914), an early version of which had tricycle landing gear
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https://mcdormansigns.com/aviation/ | 2023-12-07T22:42:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100705.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207221604-20231208011604-00727.warc.gz | 0.907111 | 86 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__259440076 | en | At McDorman Signs we manufacture for aircraft industry leaders like Bombardier and Lear Jet. We specialize in paint masks, vinyl decals and custom placards.
We make paint masks for custom painting your logo, tail numbers and just about anything else needing to be painted on aircraft. Temporary registration numbers are cut to FAA regulations out of high quality, industry tested vinyls.
We print custom interior placards to your specifications. | aerospace |
https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2021/01/apple-tvs-for-all-mankind-season-2-trailer-has-landed/ | 2021-03-08T07:37:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178381989.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20210308052217-20210308082217-00568.warc.gz | 0.892779 | 172 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__119677556 | en | With a little over a month to go until For All Mankind returns for its second season, Apple TV+ has released a new trailer for the alternate history sci-fi drama series which you can check out here…
For All Mankind is created by Emmy® Award winner Ronald D. Moore (Outlander, Battlestar Galactica), Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. Told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers and their families, For All Mankind presents an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams.
The series features a cast that includes Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, Shantel VanSanten, Sarah Jones and Jodi Balfour.
For All Mankind season 2 premieres on Apple TV+ on February 19th. | aerospace |
https://tmaiag.com/about-us/ | 2024-04-21T12:02:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817765.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421101951-20240421131951-00556.warc.gz | 0.898696 | 651 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__26834108 | en | TerraMetrics Agriculture Inc. (TMAI) is affiliated with the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) program at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. Drawing from many decades of agricultural and natural resource research and product development experience, KARS analysts and developers provide the framework for TMAI’s industry-leading GreenReport® crop condition reports and in-season crop yield forecasts.
TerraMetrics Agriculture Inc. (TMAI) is affiliated with the University of Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) Program, and the Kansas Biological Survey (KBS), incorporating 30 years of agricultural and natural resource research and product development experience. KARS and KBS are responsible for maintaining TMAI’s leading edge in research and commercial product development.
TMAI scientists and consultants work hand-in-hand with KARS Program scientists. The KARS Program is the home of the NASA Great Plains Regional Earth Science Applications Center (Great Plains RESAC ), one of only seven NASA centers of excellence in the United States selected in a national competition, and the only one dedicated to large scale agricultural remote sensing research.
As a NASA designated center, TMAI and the KARS Program receive direct research and technical support from several NASA agencies and participate in the highest-level NASA strategic planning meetings. The Program also serves on NASA’s technical advisory and review committees, presents research results at NASA sponsored workshops, and has real-time access to world satellite data coverage. TMAI and the KARS staff serve on national and international scientific editorial and advisory boards, and have chaired national remote sensing specialty groups for professional and scientific societies. These activities insure that TMAI will be on the leading edge of scientific and technological advances in remote sensing.
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• Belongs to a leading research consortium drawing from both the government and private sectors including NASA, USDA, and Planalytics.
• Has developed state-of-the-art multi-temporal data analysis techniques for identification of land cover types using LANDSAT satellite data.
• Operates an AVHRR satellite ground receiving station for North and Central America, and has near real-time access to data from South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
• Is the leader in the development of proprietary models to determine crop yields from remotely sensed data, with the ability to monitor vegetation condition and model crop yields anywhere in the world.
• Is the leader in developing and utilizing satellite data to create a 11-year crop/vegetation database for crop modeling and comparative analysis.
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https://truecourseflighttraining.com/instructor/jeff-vandeyacht/ | 2024-04-13T19:18:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816832.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413180040-20240413210040-00179.warc.gz | 0.975624 | 239 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__186902961 | en | CFI, CFII, MEI
Jeff is the owner of True Course Flight School. He’s been a flight instructor since 1993, and thrives on helping students experience the thrill of flying on their own. What began as a hobby for Jeff when he received a gift certificate for a discovery flight is now his lifelong passion. Ask Jeff about his favorite parts of being a flight instructor and he’ll list off several, including:
- A person’s first discovery flight. He says the look on their face when they realize they’re actually flying an airplane is priceless.
- The first time a student lands the airplane on their own without help from him.
- The first solo. “It’s so much fun to watch them take off without me with them for the first time!”
- Sending them off for their practical test and having them come back with their private pilot certificate.
Jeff is an enthusiastic and patient instructor who is truly passionate about his job. Even after 12,000 hours of dual given, he remarks that he never tires of teaching people to fly. | aerospace |
https://technology.eku.edu/insidelook/pact-blue-grass-airport-aids-students | 2021-10-25T11:12:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587659.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025092203-20211025122203-00515.warc.gz | 0.967131 | 287 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__112978770 | en | Pact with Blue Grass Airport Aids Students
A “mutually beneficial” partnership between Eastern Kentucky University’s nationally prominent aviation program and Blue Grass Airport has taken another step forward.
With the recent opening at the airport of a new facility for general (private) aviation aircraft owners, EKU students are enjoying yet another opportunity for valuable internships and part-time employment. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 14, airport officials were joined by members of the general aviation community and EKU representatives and students to open WestLEX, a new facility specifically designed to provide support services to airport tenants leasing hangars on the west side of the airfield.
Three EKU aviation students are already employed part time at WestLEX. Maggie Smith, a senior aerospace management major from Frankfort who had previously served as an operations intern at the main terminal, said the “wide variety of work” as a service coordinator at a general aviation facility like WestLEX is preparing her well for the industry, which has an acute shortage of pilots, airplane mechanics and other professionals. “It is a really good experience to engage the general aviation community.” Nathan Sheets, a sophomore professional flight major from Louisville, and Lincoln Kilgore, a sophomore professional flight major from Pikeville, are also employed part time at the facility.
Published on August 20, 2018 | aerospace |
https://mikegoulian.com/news-category/goulians-1st-2016-air-show-starts-this-weekend-at-macdill | 2023-12-07T13:12:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100674.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207121942-20231207151942-00036.warc.gz | 0.899774 | 336 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__233011899 | en | It’s air show time! Our first 2016 air show this weekend in Tampa, Florida will be a kickoff to the season like no other. The Goulian team hasn’t flown at MacDill since 2014 and we’re glad to be back!
The Tampa Bay Air Fest, hosted by MacDill Air Force Base this weekend will not only have an awesome line up of performers (Mike Goulian, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, fellow Red Bull Air Race pilot, Kirby Chambliss and the Red Bull Air Foce, Rob Holland, Scott Yoak (P-51), GEICO Skytypers, and many more), but will also have the most fan interactive air show ever – utilizing the production team from Reality Check Systems. They’ll use 2 large video displays to show off pilot data, videos, interviews, in-cockpit views and much more. Reality Check Systems has produced screen graphics for shows such as The Oscars, Super Bowl 50, and the NFL, to name a few. This is the first time they have produced an air show, Check out the link: www.realitychecksystems.com.
Michael will be performing his air show on both Saturday and Sunday afternoon. This weekend Team Goulian is proud to host the guests of the Aviall Flight Deck program and support Aviall’s partners: Whelen, Goodyear, Phillips 66, Tronair, and Gill Battery.
Hope you can make it to MacDill this weekend – if not, check out Team Goulian’s other air show performance locations for 2016. | aerospace |
http://ncterms.org/product/gold-sponsor/ | 2018-02-18T18:17:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812247.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20180218173208-20180218193208-00298.warc.gz | 0.838775 | 65 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__77139001 | en | - Half page ad in the conference brochure
- Exhibit space provided for manned or unmanned materials presentation
- Company logo displayed on the sponsor sign during the conference
- Company logo displayed on conference book sponsor page
- Sponsor link on NCTERMS website – runs for one year
- Includes complementary attendance for three persons. | aerospace |
https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001750100/ | 2023-03-23T21:44:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945183.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20230323194025-20230323224025-00368.warc.gz | 0.875065 | 309 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__61201120 | en | Wings Over Wayne Air Show 2017
Jacquie Warda flies her Extra 300 monoplane in a performance during the Wings Over Wayne Air Show, May 20, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Warda launched her solo aerobatic career at the age of 50, becoming the first female pilot to enter the air show performer circuit at that age. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Miranda A. Loera)
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https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/risk-of-rover-infecting-mars-with-our-germs/ | 2024-04-14T17:44:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816893.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414161724-20240414191724-00620.warc.gz | 0.89727 | 194 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__124108301 | en | Though the idea of ‘infecting’ Mars with our germs is nothing new, one microbiologist believes the next Mars rover may have a higher chance of becoming a microbe lifeboat. Andrew C. Schuerger’s tests on models of the Mars Science Laboratory’s (known as “Curiosity”) wheels found that the novel landing maneuvers of the rover could increase the chances of contaminating Mars with bacteria than any previous surface mission.
What’s the Big Idea?
It’s unlikely that single-celled organisms will set up camp and colonize Mars before we do. Schuerger points out that should any bacteria survive the sterilization processes before Curiosity’s launch and the vacuum (and freezing cold) of space for 10 months, the long-term microbe survival rate is pretty grim. Mars, after all, is humming with radiation and bathed in bacterial-killing ultraviolet light. | aerospace |
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/tag/canadarm2/ | 2018-10-18T15:47:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583511889.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20181018152212-20181018173712-00427.warc.gz | 0.918339 | 3,121 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__238021095 | en | Using the International Space Station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA grappled the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-7) at 7:34 a.m. EDT and successfully completed the capture at 7:36 a.m. At the time of capture, the space station and cargo spacecraft were flying 250 miles above the north Pacific Ocean.
The Japanese cargo ship, whose name means “white stork,” is loaded with more than five tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiments for the crew aboard the International Space Station.The spacecraft also is carrying a half dozen new lithium-ion batteries to continue upgrades to the station’s power system.
In addition to new hardware to upgrade the station’s electrical power system, the HTV-7 is carrying a new sample holder for the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (JAXA-ELF), a protein crystal growth experiment at low temperatures (JAXA LT PCG), an investigation that looks at the effect of microgravity on bone marrow (MARROW), a Life Sciences Glovebox, and additional EXPRESS Racks.
The Expedition 56 crew is ramping for a busy traffic period at the International Space Station during the next couple of weeks. This all comes as the orbital residents ensure BEAM’s operational life and continue ongoing microgravity science.
Japan’s seventh “Kounotori” resupply ship is nearing the orbital complex and closing in for a Thursday morning capture. Commander Drew Feustel practiced on a computer today the procedures he will use when he commands the Canadarm2 to grapple Kounotori around 8 a.m. NASA TV is broadcasting the live coverage of the HTV-7 arrival and capture starting at 6:30 a.m.
Feustel is also getting ready to return to Earth on Oct. 4 with crewmates Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Ricky Arnold. During the morning, the three crewmates checked the Sokol launch and entry suits they will wear when they reenter Earth’s atmosphere inside the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft.
The commander also joined Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor opening up the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) for maintenance and stowage work.The duo reinforced and stiffened struts inside BEAM to increase its safety margin and extend its operational life. They also stowed a variety of hardware inside the station’s newest module.
DNA sequencing from microbe samples is taking place onboard the station today to help scientists understand the impacts of living in space. The atomization of fluids continues to being studied potentially improving fuel efficiency on Earth and in spacecraft. A variety of space gear housing experiments and research samples was checked out today as part regularly scheduled maintenance.
Japan is poised to launch its HTV-7 resupply ship, nicknamed the Kounotori, loaded with over five tons of cargo to the International Space Station on Friday, U.S. time. Back on Earth, a new crew is preparing for its launch from Kazakhstan next month to the orbital lab.
JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) H-IIB rocket is set to blast off from the Tanegashima Space Center Friday at 4:59 p.m. EDT and send the Kounotori cargo craft on a four-day ride to the station. Commander Drew Feustel and will be in the Cupola Tuesday, with Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor as his backup, to command the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture the Kounotori at 7:30 a.m. The duo trained Thursday morning on a computer and practiced rendezvous procedures and robotics maneuvers.
More rodent research continued today as four astronauts teamed up to study how microgravity affects the gastroinstestinal systems of mice. In particular, scientists want to know how gut microbes react to the space environment and the impact it may have on astronaut health. Results will help doctors devise plans and treatments to keep astronauts healthy on long-term missions in outer space.
Two new Expedition 57 crew members are getting ready for their mission at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Moscow. Alexey Ovchinin from Roscosmos and Nick Hague from NASA are in Russia for qualification exams ahead of their launch and six-hour ride aboard the Soyuz MS-10 crew ship to the station on Oct. 11.
The Expedition 56 crew members conducted maintenance work on a variety of advanced science gear today to ensure ongoing space research aboard the International Space Station. The crew also continued a pair of exercise studies and trained to capture a Japanese cargo craft before tonight’s orbital reboost of the station.
Commander Drew Feustel spent Wednesday afternoon inside ESA’s (European Space Agency) Columbus laboratory module working on the Electromagnetic Levitator (EML). He installed a new storage disc and a high speed camera controller inside the EML. The space furnace enables research and observations of the properties of materials exposed to extremely high temperatures.
Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold worked in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Kibo laboratory module during the morning replacing valves inside the EXPRESS Rack-5. The science rack, which was delivered to the orbital lab in 2001, can host a variety of experiments operated by astronauts on the station or remotely by scientists on Earth.
Gerst and Feustel wrapped up the day with Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor reviewing next week’s arrival of JAXA’s HTV-7 resupply ship. The HTV-7’s launch is planned for Monday at 6:32 p.m. EDT and its capture with the Canadarm2 set for Sept. 14 at 7:40 a.m. NASA TV will cover both activities live.
Finally, the orbital lab is due to raise its orbit tonight in the second of three planned maneuvers to prepare for a crew swap in October. The Zvezda service module will fire its engines for 13 seconds slightly boosting the station’s orbit in advance of a pair of Soyuz crew ships departing and arriving next month.
The Expedition 56 crew members explored a variety of microgravity science today potentially improving the lives of people on Earth and astronauts in space. The orbital residents are also unpacking a new resupply ship and getting ready for the departure of another.
Cancer research is taking place aboard the International Space Station possibly leading to safer, more effective therapies. Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor contributed to that research today by examining endothelial cells through a microscope for the AngieX Cancer Therapy study. AngieX is seeking a better model in space to test a treatment that targets tumor cells and blood vessels.
She also teamed up with Commander Drew Feustel imaging biological samples in a microscope for the Micro-11 fertility study. The experiment is researching whether successful reproduction is possible off the Earth.
The Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter has been packed full of trash and is due to leave the space station Sunday morning. Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst will command the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release Cygnus at 8:35 a.m. EDT as Auñón-Chancellor backs him up. It will orbit Earth until July 30 for engineering studies before burning up harmlessly over the Pacific Ocean.
Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA completed the sixth spacewalk at the International Space Station this year at 2:55 p.m. EDT, lasting 6 hours, 49 minutes. The two astronauts installed new high-definition cameras that will provide enhanced views during the final phase of approach and docking of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing Starliner commercial crew spacecraft that will soon begin launching from American soil.
They also swapped a camera assembly on the starboard truss of the station, closed an aperture door on an external environmental imaging experiment outside the Japanese Kibo module, and completed two additional tasks to relocate a grapple bar to aid future spacewalkers and secured some gear associated with a spare cooling unit housed on the station’s truss.
This was the 211th spacewalk in support of assembly and maintenance of the unique orbiting laboratory where humans have been living and working continuously for nearly 18 years. Spacewalkers have now spent a total of 54 days, 23 hours and 29 minutes working outside the station.
During the ninth spacewalk of Feustel’s career, he moved into third place for total cumulative time spent spacewalking with a total of 61 hours and 48 minutes. It was Arnold’s fifth spacewalk with a total time of 32 hours and 4 minutes.
NASA Television and the agency’s website have begun the broadcast of today’s spacewalk.
Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA are preparing to exit the International Space Station to make improvements and repairs to the orbiting laboratory. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin about 8:10 a.m. EDT and last about six-and-a-half hours.
Feustel and Arnold will install new high-definition cameras near an international docking adapter mated to the front end of the station’s Harmony module. The additions will provide enhanced views during the final phase of approach and docking of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing Starliner commercial crew spacecraft that will soon begin launching from American soil.
The astronauts also will swap out a camera assembly on the starboard truss of the station and close an aperture door on an external environmental imaging experiment outside the Japanese Kibo module.
Arnold and Feustel will begin Thursday’s spacewalk at 8:10 a.m. to install new high definition cameras to support upcoming commercial crew missions from SpaceX and Boeing to the orbital laboratory. The first uncrewed test missions are planned to begin later this year. The cameras will provide improved views of the commercial crew vehicles as they approach and dock to the station. NASA TV will provide complete live coverage of the 211th space station spacewalk starting at 6:30 a.m.
Auñón-Chancellor and Gerst, who just arrived at the station on Friday, will assist the spacewalkers on Thursday. Gerst will help the spacewalkers in and out of their spacesuits. Auñón-Chancellor will operate the Canadarm2 robotic arm. The duo practiced today on a computer the robotics procedures necessary to maneuver a spacewalker to and from the worksite on the starboard side of the station’s truss structure.
Arnold and Feustel had some extra time today to work on science and maintenance activities. Arnold worked with the Microgravity Science Glovebox to troubleshoot a semiconductor crystal growth experiment. Feustel performed some plumbing work in the Tranquility module before relocating a pair of incubator units to support new experiments being delivered on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission. Finally, the duo readied the Quest airlock and their spacesuits for Thursday morning’s spacewalk.
The Cygnus resupply ship from Orbital ATK is now open for business and the Expedition 55 crew has begun unloading the 7,400 pounds of cargo it delivered Thursday morning. The orbital residents are also conducting space research and preparing for a crew swap in early June.
There are now four spaceships parked at the International Space Station, the newest one having arrived to resupply the crew early Thursday morning. Astronauts Drew Feustel and Norishige Kanai opened Cygnus’ hatches shortly after it was installed to the Unity module. The cargo carrier will remain attached to the station until July so the astronauts can offload new supplies and repack Cygnus with trash.
NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, who caught Cygnus with the Canadarm2 robotic arm, swapped out gear inside a small life science research facility today called TangoLab-1. Tingle also joined Kanai later in the day transferring frozen biological samples from the Destiny lab module to the Kibo lab module.
The duo also joined Commander Anton Shkaplerov and continued to pack gear and check spacesuits ahead of their return to Earth on June 3 inside the Soyuz MS-07 spaceship. When the three crewmates land in Kazakhstan, about three and a half hours after undocking, the trio will have spent 168 days in space and conducted one spacewalk each.
Three new Expedition 56-57 crew members, waiting to replace the homebound station crew, are counting down to a June 6 launch to space. Astronauts Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Alexander Gerst will take a two-day ride to the space station with cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev inside the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission aboard the orbital laboratory.
The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship was bolted into place on the International Space Station’s Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 8:13 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft will spend about seven weeks attached to the space station before departing in July. After it leaves the station, the uncrewed spacecraft will deploy several CubeSats before its fiery re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere as it disposes of several tons of trash.
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus was launched on the company’s Antares rocket Monday, May 21, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The spacecraft’s arrival brings about 7,400 pounds of research and supplies to support Expedition 55 and 56. Highlights include:
The Ice Cubes Facility, the first commercial European opportunity to conduct research in space, made possible through an agreement with ESA (European Space Agency) and Space Applications Services.
The Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification (MICS) experiment is to investigate and understand the complex process of cement solidification in microgravity with the intent of improving Earth-based cement and concrete processing and as the first steps toward making and using concrete on extraterrestrial bodies.
Three Earth science CubeSats
RainCube (Radar in a CubeSat) will be NASA’s first active sensing instrument on a CubeSat that could enable future rainfall profiling missions on low-cost, quick-turnaround platforms.
TEMPEST-D (Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Demonstration) is mission to validate technology that could improve our understanding of cloud processes.
CubeRRT (CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference Technology) will seek to demonstrate a new technology that can identify and filter radio frequency interference, which is a growing problem that negatively affects the data quality collected by radiometers, instruments used in space for critical weather data and climate studies.
For more information about newly arrived science investigations aboard the Cygnus, visit: | aerospace |
http://miragec14.blogspot.com/2015/12/indian-navy-to-get-4-more-mig-29k-this.html | 2018-07-20T22:08:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591837.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720213434-20180720233434-00514.warc.gz | 0.937461 | 128 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__194633326 | en | Dec 12, 2015
Indian Navy to get 4 more MiG-29K this month
India had contracted 45 MiG-29K carrier-based fighters from Russia in two batches — 16 fighters in 2004 along with the contact for acquiring aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya and another 29 fighters in 2010. In fact, India is the first launch customer of the carrier variant of MiG-29 even before the Russian Navy. While 16 aircraft currently fly from INS Vikramaditya, the remaining Mi9-29K are to operate from the under-construction indigenous carrier Vikrant, scheduled to enter service in 2018. | aerospace |
https://hillsborohobbyshop.com/products/e-flite-apprentice-s-15e-rtf-efl3100e | 2022-05-25T04:09:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662578939.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525023952-20220525053952-00667.warc.gz | 0.784921 | 223 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__132775738 | en | The E-flite Apprentice S 15e airplane is an exceptional trainer featuring groundbreaking SAFE technology for fearless flying. It’s a blast to fly even for the intermediate pilot who will love its maneuverability and float plane conversion option.
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- Powerful 15-size, 840Kv brushless outrunner motor installed
- E-flite® 30A Pro Switch-Mode BEC Brushless ESC installed
- Large, easy-access battery compartment
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- Spektrum™ DXe transmitter included
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- Li-Po balancing DC charger included
- Optional E-flite Apprentice® S Floats available
- Practice flying this aircraft in the RealFlight® simulator! | aerospace |
http://community.warplanes.com/tag/tornado-f3/ | 2015-12-02T01:29:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398525032.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205525-00314-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.92087 | 270 | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-48__0__118549859 | en | One of the RAF’s most successful fast jet plane has reached 17 years defending British interests in the South Atlantic while the integrity of UK airspace’s maintenance is ongoing.
The Tornado F3 fighters of 111(F) Squadron based at RAF Leuchars in Scotland have given air defense cover from the Faroe Islands to the Falkland Islands by patrolling UK and NATO Air Policing Area One and by providing aircraft and manpower for 1435 Flight at Mount Pleasant Airfield.
Now in its twilight years, armed F3s and their crews nonetheless maintain a quick reaction alert (QRA) capability 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year to counter any airborne threat in two areas on opposite ends of the globe.
The handover will be a historic moment for the veteran fighter which first deployed to the South Atlantic in 1988 to replace the Phantom F1.
The deployed Tornado F3s will then be dismantled in the Falkland Islands before being flown back to the UK where they will be ‘recycled,’ and used as spare parts for the Tornado GR4 aircraft currently operating in support of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, 111(F) Squadron will continue to support UK operations as part of Northern QRA. The Tornado F3 Force will finally stand down in 2011. | aerospace |
http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com/2013/12/know-about-tejas-indias-indigenously.html | 2017-04-26T09:50:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121267.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00405-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.964317 | 315 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__194593711 | en | Know about Tejas: India's indigenously-developed Tejas fighter jet
>> The Tejas is a light fighter aircraft developed by India.
>> It will replace the MiG-21 series of aircraft.
>> A single seater, single engine aircraft, Tejas boasts of many stealth features which prevent the aircraft from being tracked.
>> Lacking a horizontal tail plane, and with a single vertical tail fin, this fighter is designed for enhanced manoeuvrability.
>> Made of composite materials, which weigh less than a fifth of metal, it has a gross weight of just about nine tonnes.
>> All weapons are carried on one or more of seven slots, with total capacity of around 4,000 kg.
>> It is also most cost effective with price ranging between Rs.170 and Rs180 crore, almost a third of similar fourth generation aircraft.
>> Tejas seeks to mark India's entry into the 10-tonne aircraft category, and marks India's entry into a select group of nations that can build such flying machines from scratch.
>> The project has been developed at a cost of nearly Rs.10,000 crore.
>> It is likely to go into series production and be inducted into the Air Force in the first half of 2014.
>> Equipped with GE engines, efforts are on to use Indian Kaveri engines on it.
>> Tejas is the second supersonic fighter developed indigenously by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) after the HAL Marut. | aerospace |
https://www.iflscience.com/students-launch-rocket-totally-3d-printed-engine-35928 | 2023-12-07T06:43:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100650.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207054219-20231207084219-00171.warc.gz | 0.972749 | 267 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__311689588 | en | Deep in the Mojave Desert, students from the University of California, San Diego, launched their Vulcan-1, a liquid-fueled rocket featuring an engine totally made of 3D-printed parts. The launch on Saturday, May 21, was the result of more than 100,000 collective hours of work by members of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).
The project, known as “Tri-D,” was started in 2013. In preparation for their test launch last year, SEDS founder Deepak Atyam told Space.com: “The engine team was working day and night, 12 and sometimes more hours per day for almost two weeks.”
Although the rocket was more of a proof-of-concept, and didn't actually make it to space, the SEDS team has high hopes to launch small satellites into orbit someday.
NASA and ESA have both been testing out 3D-printed parts for their rockets and satellites for a few years now, so as Popular Science highlights, it’s rather hazy whether this is a world first. Nevertheless, the team are likely the first group of students to successfully launch a rocket with an engine that's entirely 3D-printed.
Check out their launch in the video below. | aerospace |
https://topics.dirwell.com/lifestyle/benefits-of-flying-private.html | 2023-12-01T07:42:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100276.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201053039-20231201083039-00310.warc.gz | 0.953154 | 505 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__250933015 | en | For many travelers, chartering a private flight seems like an unobtainable luxury that cannot be justified for most trips. While flying private can be pricey, companies like letsaccess.com are making private travel more accessible than ever before for the average consumer, and travel experts are advising that the benefits of flying private might be worth the higher price tag.
Are you thinking about chartering a jet for an upcoming family vacation or work trip? No matter your destination, here are a few reasons to consider flying private.
1. Save Time on Travel
While flight times are often similar between commercial and private flights, there is no denying that chartering a flight will save a considerable amount of time that would otherwise be spent getting through security, trying to find your gate, and lingering around the airport. When flying private, you can skip the lines and unwanted hassles and expect to be in the air within 20 minutes of arriving at the airport. This alleviates much of the stress associated with traveling and saves you time that can be spent enjoying your trip.
2. Enjoy Your Flight
For many travelers, the experience of flying is unpleasant at best. When dealing with large crowds, small bathrooms, uncomfortable seating, and limited space for personal belongings, it can be difficult to enjoy your time in the air. Private travel offers a variety of comfortable seating and lounging options, large restrooms, onboard entertainment, and more to ensure that your time onboard a flight is as enjoyable as possible, so you can get any trip off to a great start.
3. Work Without Interruption
For your next business trip, consider chartering a flight to ensure that you and your team are able to work without interruption. With on-flight wifi and comfortable executive seating, private flights allow your team to resume work as usual while flying to your destination quickly and hassle-free.
4. Increase Flexibility
One of the best things about flying private is that your plane can be chartered on demand, regardless of your destination. While finding commercial flights to your desired location on a particular date can be difficult and expensive, you can rest easy knowing that you will be able to charter a flight at a time that is convenient for you.
5. Add a Touch of Luxury to Any Trip
Flying private is not only one of the most efficient ways to travel but also one of the most luxurious. Add a touch of luxury to any special personal or professional trip by enjoying a private jet charter and all of its amenities. | aerospace |
https://todayheadline.co/russian-actor-and-director-will-launch-with-cosmonaut-to-film-first-movie-made-in-space/ | 2022-10-02T10:45:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337307.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20221002083954-20221002113954-00677.warc.gz | 0.946104 | 643 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__231705155 | en | Veteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actor Yulia Peresild and film producer Klim Shipenko will travel to the International Space Station on Tuesday. Peresild and Shipenko will be filming segments for the movie “Challenge” — the first feature film set in space.
The three space travelers will launch aboard a Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:55 a.m. ET on Tuesday. The speedy Soyuz will deliver them to the space station around 8:12 a.m.
The current crew on the space station, including European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov, will all welcome the trio aboard when the hatch opens around 9:30 a.m.
It’s a short stay for first-time space station visitors Peresild and Shipenko, who will spend 12 days on the space station filming before returning to Earth on October 16. They will be joined on their return trip by Novitskiy.
Shkaplerov will stay on the space station and return to Earth in March with Vande Hei and Dubrov on the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft. When Vande Hei lands after his 355 consecutive days on the space station, he will have completed the longest single spaceflight by an astronaut in US history, according to NASA.
A few films have been shot on board the space station, including a 2002 IMAX documentary that Tom Cruise narrated. “Apogee of Fear,” a 2012 science fiction film clocking in at about eight minutes, was also filmed in space by entrepreneur and space tourist Richard Garriott, the son of an astronaut.
But Russia is slated to become the first nation to shoot a feature film in space.
Peresild and Shipenko, who are well-known in Russia, were selected after the country’s space agency, Roscosmos, opened a competition for applicants in November. Peresild has appeared in a number of Russian films and TV series, whilel was one of Russia’s highest-grossing films.
The two civilians underwent rigorous training ahead of their space jaunt. Along with understudies, the actor and the director prepared by doing centrifuge and vibration stand tests, training flights in zero gravity, and parachute training, all of which were covered by Channel One.
The crew has practiced photography and filming and using equipment that they’ll interact with on the space station.
Other cosmonauts on board, including Novitskiy, will assist and act as part of the film crew since their resources are more limited in the space environment. The schedules of the astronauts on the space station are already well choreographed so they can work on experiments and see to necessary maintenance tasks and other priorities.
Jackie Wattles, Olga Pavlova and Sara Spary contributed to this report. | aerospace |
https://www.epicbundle.com/indiegamestand-pilota-deal/ | 2020-10-29T07:30:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107903419.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20201029065424-20201029095424-00037.warc.gz | 0.916295 | 141 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__78273338 | en | A "Pay What You Want" deal!
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http://aircraftimage.com/ | 2017-04-27T08:53:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122041.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00117-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.950388 | 403 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__180406000 | en | AirCraft Image Inc.
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http://www.americanshipper.com/Main/News/FAA_grounds_787s_52563.aspx?taxonomy=Suppliers | 2017-05-23T14:47:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607647.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523143045-20170523163045-00332.warc.gz | 0.971337 | 305 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__209311183 | en | Due to a safety risk involving lithium batteries installed in Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has grounded U.S.-registered planes.
United Airlines is the only American carrier currently operating the craft and has six 787s in its fleet.
According to a statement, the FAA pledges to work on a corrective plan as soon as possible to get the planes back in the sky.
Japan Airways has already grounded its Dreamliners after a battery incident on Wednesday morning. A previous battery incident had occurred Jan. 7.
In a statement, Boeing reinforced the idea that the 787, overall, is safe to fly.
"Boeing is committed to supporting the FAA and finding answers as quickly as possible. The company is working around the clock with its customers and the various regulatory and investigative authorities,” Boeing Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney said in a statement. "We are confident the 787 is safe, and we stand behind its overall integrity. We will be taking every necessary step in the coming days to assure our customers and the traveling public of the 787's safety and to return the airplanes to service.”
The FAA had previously decided to review the plane’s design, manufacture and assembly due to two lesser issues with planes operated by Japan Airways and All Nippon Airways. The review, which was to be a joint undertaking between the FAA and Boeing, would also examine how the electrical and mechanical systems interact. - Jon Ross | aerospace |
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| food | 56.10B | 136.32M | 978.91M | 57.22B | 96485838 | 613875 | 3051981 | 100151694 |
| gamble | 30.12B | 696.52M | 158.48M | 30.98B | 24909037 | 770540 | 164168 | 25843745 |
| game | 43.47B | 2.36B | 2.68B | 48.51B | 65680699 | 4670033 | 3720700 | 74071432 |
| geography | 110.18B | 1.16B | 192.67M | 111.53B | 161677214 | 3835932 | 559447 | 166072593 |
| health | 191.20B | 427.93M | 18.43B | 210.06B | 215747152 | 1291215 | 23975955 | 241014322 |
| history | 45.27B | 1.56B | 1.69B | 48.52B | 55710432 | 4167508 | 3463033 | 63340973 |
| hobby | 150.23B | 42.78B | 44.05B | 237.06B | 276636362 | 81360893 | 71407735 | 429404990 |
| hydraulic_engineering | 57.36M | 75.40M | 3.65M | 136.41M | 135079 | 163299 | 13453 | 311831 |
| instrument_science | 5.35B | 2.02B | 165.43M | 7.54B | 8307736 | 2904274 | 462256 | 11674266 |
| journalism_and_media_communication | 440.98B | 21.00B | 1.55B | 463.53B | 645801807 | 50657668 | 4909008 | 701368483 |
| landscape_architecture | 3.07B | 557.66M | 64.76M | 3.70B | 5613141 | 1138409 | 166526 | 6918076 |
| law | 128.58B | 455.19M | 2.38B | 131.42B | 166473205 | 1660944 | 6145032 | 174279181 |
| library | 57.16B | 5.01B | 36.56M | 62.21B | 86592305 | 10440991 | 153014 | 97186310 |
| literature | 71.07B | 7.01B | 67.53B | 145.61B | 71191075 | 13247806 | 54760578 | 139199459 |
| materials_science | 17.79B | 1.11B | 303.66M | 19.20B | 22136519 | 1663376 | 708384 | 24508279 |
| mathematics | 5.87B | 50.33M | 261.65M | 6.18B | 10131933 | 179592 | 653050 | 10964575 |
| mechanical_engineering | 86.13B | 1.24B | 129.96M | 87.49B | 111778813 | 3201605 | 428714 | 115409132 |
| medical | 140.03B | 813.46M | 4.97B | 145.81B | 149594634 | 2266477 | 8527901 | 160389012 |
| mining_engineering | 7.26B | 206.05M | 529.02M | 8.00B | 5540631 | 236145 | 468458 | 6245234 |
| movie | 13.09B | 639.20M | 124.67M | 13.86B | 22938808 | 1577576 | 511882 | 25028266 |
| music_and_dance | 15.42B | 10.38B | 618.46M | 26.42B | 29566554 | 20233446 | 1998272 | 51798272 |
| news | 328.47B | 12.37B | 11.34B | 352.18B | 508567768 | 33206709 | 23482422 | 565256899 |
| nuclear_science | 559.05M | 79.89M | 78.79M | 717.72M | 784847 | 170282 | 133598 | 1088727 |
| ocean_science | 2.36B | 537.82M | 229.43M | 3.13B | 3700000 | 853052 | 425792 | 4978844 |
| optical_engineering | 2.33B | 253.06M | 263.99M | 2.85B | 3510836 | 535026 | 400371 | 4446233 |
| painting | 374.41M | 429.63M | 96.57M | 900.61M | 875783 | 824217 | 336203 | 2036203 |
| pet | 12.12B | 154.14M | 307.28M | 12.58B | 19624688 | 457635 | 778970 | 20861293 |
| petroleum_and_natural_gas_engineering | 950.08M | 515.05M | 121.56M | 1.59B | 1669447 | 899860 | 237843 | 2807150 |
| philosophy | 47.99B | 121.26M | 335.77M | 48.44B | 50396964 | 505275 | 1030405 | 51932644 |
| photo | 6.56B | 1.74B | 41.44M | 8.34B | 16194329 | 3901598 | 179607 | 20275534 |
| physics | 21.56B | 372.21M | 191.17M | 22.12B | 24640373 | 843508 | 473758 | 25957639 |
| politics | 79.52B | 253.26M | 930.96M | 80.70B | 97403603 | 1026315 | 2504127 | 100934045 |
| psychology | 51.53B | 688.50M | 2.56B | 54.78B | 58829917 | 1881452 | 4066667 | 64778036 |
| public_administration | 100.13B | 5.54B | 716.81M | 106.39B | 160247751 | 10657768 | 1785347 | 172690866 |
| relationship | 21.87B | 3.69B | 129.60M | 25.69B | 28153321 | 6794774 | 321268 | 35269363 |
| sociology | 76.34B | 3.59B | 8.88B | 88.82B | 106447186 | 7836896 | 13040695 | 127324777 |
| sports | 118.64B | 379.18M | 1.79B | 120.80B | 173243631 | 1286718 | 4212540 | 178742889 |
| statistics | 19.59B | 1.15B | 1.75B | 22.49B | 29958726 | 2746797 | 3390606 | 36096129 |
| systems_science | 24.58B | 11.30B | 163.99M | 36.05B | 32879249 | 15120751 | 470001 | 48470001 |
| textile_science | 2.59B | 2.89B | 94.56M | 5.57B | 8018141 | 8022001 | 456668 | 16496810 |
| topicality | 34.87M | 5.22M | 0 | 40.09M | 137789 | 13506 | 0 | 151295 |
| transportation_engineering | 12.80B | 6.61B | 972.50M | 20.38B | 23595624 | 11005933 | 2027812 | 36629369 |
| travel | 78.87B | 584.78M | 957.26M | 80.41B | 127250195 | 1851342 | 2430704 | 131532241 |
| urban_planning | 12.13B | 2.93B | 53.24M | 15.12B | 20040937 | 6176104 | 201963 | 26419004 |
| weapons_science | 80.62M | 3.32B | 140.89M | 3.54B | 215544 | 5695154 | 369541 | 6280239 |
| Grand Total | 4010.76B | 206.51B | 208.02B | 4425.30B | 5781764055 | 442387964 | 311920860 | 6536072879 |
Data Construction Workflow
The data construction workflow can be summarized as follows:
Deduplicate: The FineWeb dataset is deduplicated using exact deduplication and MinHash techniques to remove redundant data.
URL Labeling: Root URLs from FineWeb are counted, and the top 1 million URLs are labeled using GPT-4. This step generates DoI (Domain-of-Interest) Coarse-Grained URLs and DoNI (Domain-of-Non-Interest) Coarse-Grained URLs as seed data sources.
Coarse Recall:
a. Based on the labeled root URLs, data is sampled for each domain.
b. The sampled data is labeled using Qwen2-7B-Instruct, producing 500K DoI Positive Data and 500K DoI Negative Data (note that for N>1 iterations, each 500K samples are composed of 250K sampled original seed data and 250K refined data after Fine Recall).
c. A binary FastText model is trained per domain using the labeled data.
d. The FastText model performs coarse recall on FineWeb, generating Coarse DoI Data.
Fine Recall:
a. The Coarse DoI Data is labeled using Qwen2-72B-Instruct to produce 100K DoI Positive Data and 50K DoI Negative Data, with the latter further augmented with 50K negative samples from earlier FastText training.
b. A BERT model is trained using this labeled data.
c. The BERT model performs fine recall on the Coarse DoI Data, producing a refined dataset, which is the DoI subset of FineFineWeb.
Coarse-Fine Recall Iteration: The workflow of coarse and fine recall iterates for 3 rounds with the following adjustments:
a. FastText is re-trained using updated seed data, which combines BERT-recalled samples, BERT-dropped samples, and previously labeled seed data.
b. The BERT model keeps frozen during subsequent iterations.
c. Steps for training FastText, coarse recall, and fine recall are repeated without re-labeling data with Qwen2-Instruct models.
Domain-Domain Similarity Analysis
- Perform proportional weighted sampling of the domain subsets based on the sample size of each domain, with a total of 1 billion tokens sampled from the domain subsets.
- Use the BGE-M3 model to compute the embeddings of the samples in each domain subset, referred to as domain embeddings.
- Use the BGE-M3 model to compute the embeddings of the samples in each benchmark, referred to as benchmark embeddings (bench embeddings).
- Calculate the MMD distance and the Wasserstein distance between the domain embeddings and the benchmark embeddings.
The results above reveal the following observations:
- The two code-related benchmarks, MBPP and HumanEval, exhibit relatively large distances from nearly all domains, indicating that the proportion of code data in the training set is relatively small. Notably, their distance to the mathematics domain is comparatively smaller, suggesting a certain degree of overlap between mathematics data and code data.
- Benchmarks such as Hellaswag, ARC, MMLU, and BoolQ have distances that are close to almost all domains, except for the gamble domain. This indicates that the samples in these benchmarks involve synergetic effects across multiple domains of knowledge, with a wide distribution.
- GSM8K and TriviaQA show significant discrepancies with a small number of domains, suggesting that the distribution differences between domains are more pronounced for samples involving grade-school mathematics and fact-based question answering. Some domains contain a substantial amount of this type of data, while others do not.
- The gamble domain exhibits substantial differences from other domains and has large distances from all benchmarks, indicating that pretraining data related to gambling provides limited benefits for these benchmarks.
Domain-Domain Duplication
Let represent distinct domains, where we select top-20 URLs for each domain , denoted as ,. The total set of URLs across all domains is represented as , and the total number of URLs is .
For each URL , the term frequency (TF) is defined as the proportion of in the total set of URLs:
where is the number of times appears in . Additionally, the document frequency of is the number of domains in which appears. Based on this, the inverse document frequency (IDF) is calculated as:
The TF-IDF value for each URL in a specific domain is then computed as:
Using the TF-IDF values of all URLs within a domain, the domain-domain duplicate rate can be analyzed by comparing the distribution of TF-IDF values across domains. If a domain has many URLs with high TF-IDF values, it indicates that the domain’s URLs are relatively unique and significant within the entire set of URLs. Conversely, if a domain has many URLs with low TF-IDF values, it suggests that the domain's URLs are more common across other domains. Analyzing these values helps assess how similar or redundant a domain's content is in relation to others based on its URL composition.
As shown in the figure, most domains have low duplication rates, except for topicality, pet, and atmospheric science.
Domain-Benchmark BPC-Acc Correlation
Experimental method: Using 28 models (see the paper), we first calculate BPC for all domains to obtain a model ranking . Similarly, we compute scores across all benchmarks to obtain a model ranking . We then calculate the Spearman correlation between and .
- For benchmarks like ARC, MMLU, GSM8K, HumanEval, and MBPP, STEM-related domains show higher correlation rankings, particularly mathematics, physics, and systems science.
- For TriviaQA, which emphasizes factual knowledge over reasoning, domains rich in world knowledge such as literature, history, and library science demonstrate higher correlation rankings.
Bibtex
@misc{
title={FineFineWeb: A Comprehensive Study on Fine-grained Domain Web Corpus},
url={[https://huggingface.co/datasets/m-a-p/FineFineWeb](https://huggingface.co/datasets/m-a-p/FineFineWeb)},
author = {M-A-P, Ge Zhang*, Xinrun Du*, Zhimiao Yu*, Zili Wang*, Zekun Wang, Shuyue Guo, Tianyu Zheng, Kang Zhu, Jerry Liu, Shawn Yue, Binbin Liu, Zhongyuan Peng, Yifan Yao, Jack Yang, Ziming Li, Bingni Zhang, Minghao Liu, Tianyu Liu, Yang Gao, Wenhu Chen, Xiaohuan Zhou, Qian Liu, Taifeng Wang+, Wenhao Huang+},
publisher={huggingface},
verision={v0.1.0},
month={December},
year={2024}
}
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