Aerospace
News from the aviation world and industry
Belgrade Air show 2008
The Belgrade air show took place above Kalemegdan fortress on October 19th 2008. Organizers dedicated this show to Istvan Kanas, a pilot who crashed recently on Batajnica Airfield during practice for Belgrade air show. Curiosity of this air show is that aircraft were taking off and landing from 5 different airports:
Serbia Air Show 2008
Batajnica air [...]
High-Energy Laser Fires for First Time
The high-energy laser installed earlier this year on the Missile Defense Agency’s Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft fired successfully Sept. 7 in a ground test at Edwards Air Force Base, USA. Northrop Grumman Corporation built the megawatt-class laser, the most powerful directed energy weapon ever developed for airborne use.
Airbore laser firing test
Called “first light,” the test [...]
G-4 crash on Batajnica
Today 24th September 2008 a Serbian Air force G-4 Super Galeb (Super Seagull) crashed on Batajnica airfield near Belgrade. Plane crashed just two minutes after take-off during low level acrobatic exercise for air-show to be held on 27th September. There are still no information about cause of the accident, and the investigation has started. [...]
New generation of aircraft paints
Aircraft paint coatings have to be of a very high quality since they will have to last for a long time under extremely severe temperature and weather conditions. Aircraft paints already met very high standards for many years. A company like the Dutch Sikkens already developed a generation of durable aircraft paints as early as [...]
Active Electronically Scanned Array
AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars offer improvements over previous technologies. They are more sensitive, have better operational “uptime” because moving parts are eliminated, and the failure of one module doesn’t take the entire radar off line. They are also far better at handling large numbers of targets.
Square shaped radar
The problem with AESA radars has [...]
Micro Air Vehnicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an unpiloted aircraft. UAVs can be remote controlled or fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic automation systems. UAVs are currently used in a number of military roles, including reconnaissance and attack. They are also used in a small but growing number of civil applications [...]
First flight of Dutch Yak-3
Finally great news coming from Netherlands- Yak-3 with radial engine is finally airborne and images and movies bellow show it in action. Airplane is full metal build and made in regard to all avilable technical data. The same choice is a little bit challenge as well the same type was used as prototype only even [...]
F-35 Inlet Duct Drilling
A world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management, Dassault Systèmes, announced today that Variation Reduction Solutions (VRSI), Inc. has selected DELMIA robotics solution for use in the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Guided Robots and Robotic Applications in Confined Spaces project. VRSI has received an AFRL research grant to develop a vision-guided automated [...]
