Entwicklungen und News in der Luftfahrt, Teil 2 Einstellungen

[Dave76]

Newest bomber technology makes history

November 20, 2017

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- History was made Nov. 6, 2017, when the first Conventional Rotary Launchers (CRL) were flown out of Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on a C-5M Super Galaxy to be used in their first ever combat area of responsibility.
CRLs are improved munitions equipment that allows B-52 Stratofortresses to carry a selection of different conventional smart weapons or GPS guided weapons.

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“Before these launchers, the B-52 was not capable of carrying smart weapons internally,” said Levandowski. “Now each CRL allows for internal carriage which adds an additional eight smart bombs per aircraft.”

The creation of these CRLs will increase the B-52’s smart weapon carrying capabilities by 67 percent.

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http://www.barksdale.af.mil/News/Article/1...-makes-history/

[Praetorian]

Norwegen hat am 17. November die erste von 16 SAR-konfigurierten AW101 aus dem NAWSARH-Beschaffungsvorhaben (Nachfolge Sea King Mk43B) erhalten.

Und man hat es schon geschafft, ihn auf die Seite zu legen.

https://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/i/qnpGLe/...eret-har-veltet

[Warhammer]

Na das hat ja lange gehalten...

[Father Christmas]

Newest bomber technology makes history
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Hier im Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoWGMCBScwE

Der Beitrag wurde von Father Christmas bearbeitet: 24. Nov 2017, 17:14

[Dave76]

Pentagon’s Inspector General Praises Secret $97 Billion Bomber

By Anthony Capaccio
20. November 2017

• Inspector general’s nod came on eve of 2015 contract award
• Stealthy bomber will be able to carry nukes, fly unmanned

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/201...%20Bird%20Brief

[Praetorian]

Airbus stellt nach knapp 20 Jahren die Produktion des H120 (ehemals EC120) ein. Das gilt auch für die Fertigung in China als HC120.

AIN Online

[Edding321]

X2 Flugerprobung soll im März 2018 abgeschlossen sein. Mal schauen wie es dann weiter geht.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/...ch-2018-443717/

[KSK]

Airbus stellt nach knapp 20 Jahren die Produktion des H120 (ehemals EC120) ein. Das gilt auch für die Fertigung in China als HC120.

AIN Online

We will no longer invest in entry-level helicopters like the H120.

Ist Airbus Helicopters für Entry-Level zu teuer oder woran scheitert es da?

[Dave76]

Franco-German fighter jet project likely to be opened to other countries

November 29, 2017

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Franco-German program to develop a European fighter jet will likely be widened to include other countries to lower costs, officials with the German defense ministry and Europe’s Airbus said on Wednesday.

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Companies in Britain, Italy and Sweden have expressed interest in participating in the multi-billion-euro program, that is widely expected to be led by Airbus and France’s Dassault Aviation.

Bertram Gorlo, Airbus Defence and Space’s head of key account management for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, told a panel at the Berlin Security Conference that details were still being worked out, but he expected the program to be expanded to include more partners than just Germany and France.

“I think ... we will have to ask for the support of other nations,” he said.

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Brigadier General Gerald Funke, head of the strategic defense planning and concepts division at the German defense ministry, said development of the next-generation aircraft system would likely begin the 2020s with the goal of seeing it enter into service in 2045.

In the meantime, he said Germany was looking at buying an existing aircraft to replace its aging fleet of 85 Tornado jets beginning in 2025.

Funke said it would be tough to avoid the national rivalries over jobs and other considerations that plagued earlier international programs like the A400M military transport plane.

“In Europe, we’re in a world where we still have national interests, industrial interests. And the more partners you have the more complicated it is,” he said.

“On the other hand, I‘m also fully convinced that we will not be able to afford a national solution alone. The key is the will of the partners to cooperate and to find compromise.”

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-...%20Bird%20Brief

[Hummingbird]

Ist Airbus Helicopters für Entry-Level zu teuer oder woran scheitert es da?

Wenn ich mir anschaue was eine Bell 505 im Vergleich kostet, dann frage ich mich schon, wer heute noch eine 120 kauft.

[Dave76]

Japan and UK to collaborate on missile development

Tokyo's first non-US partnership would develop an air-to-air weapon

November 24, 2017

TOKYO -- Japan will team with the U.K. to develop an air-to-air missile, Tokyo's first defense equipment project with a partner other than the U.S. and a potential turning point for the country's arms export policy.

The planned weapon will incorporate a powerful radar system developed by Mitsubishi Electric into European manufacturer MBDA's Meteor missile, combining long range and high accuracy. A prototype will be built at an MBDA plant starting in fiscal 2018. Live-fire testing in the U.K. is slated to begin as early as fiscal 2023, at which point Japan and the U.K. will decide whether to put the weapon into mass production.

Deployment is expected in the late 2020s. The missile likely will become equipment on the F-35 stealth fighter to be used by Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, and it could be used to defend far-flung Japanese territories such as the Senkaku Islands, which China claims as the Diaoyu. Exports to countries such as Germany and France will be considered as well.

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https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/In...ile-development

[Dave76]

REDEFINING THE NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER AIRCRAFT: BUILD OUT AIR COMBAT CAPABILITY BY SHAPING A 21ST CENTURY VERSION OF THE CENTURY AIRCRAFT

2017-12-01 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

As the USAF looks to its evolving air combat capability for 21st century operations, clearly continuing the path of innovation being shaped by the Pilot Operators of the capabilities of the fifth-generation aircraft is a crucial driver for change.

The introduction of sensor fusion aircraft with new secure communication systems and an ability to trigger a wide range of multi-domain combat assets is the foundation for understanding what comes next.

And what comes next is less a generational shift defined by the platform than by its inherent upgradeability to insert many user directed requirements furthering the ability to enhance the airpower revolution generated by the fifth generation aircraft and building out the C2 and multi-domain strike capabilities of the 21st century combat force.

It is less about a platform than what is inside those platforms but also what those platforms can provide as a driver of broader combat capabilities.

With the entering of the software defined aircraft, a platform can be its own follow on with regard to evolving capabilities within and its ability to reach out to other assets in the combat space.

This in a very similar way that the iPhone 8 is an enhanced iPhone 7.

Recently, we had a chance to talk with Secretary Michael Wynne about a way to do a 21st century version of the Century Series of tactical aircraft design and testing.

CONTINUE READING @ sldinfo.com

[Edding321]

Ab 0:30 darf man das neue Triebwerk der SU-57 erstmals bestaunen

https://youtu.be/FA7cx8_Pp7k

[Dave76]

Ab 0:30 darf man das neue Triebwerk der SU-57 erstmals bestaunen

https://youtu.be/FA7cx8_Pp7k

FlightGlobal-Artikel dazu:

Russia flies first Su-57 fitted with new Product 30 engine

[Dave76]

Canada to kill Boeing Super Hornet deal

December 6, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Canadian government is poised to walk away from a deal with Boeing to buy 18 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jets, a major blow for the future of the Boeing jet.

Canada’s Liberal government will announce next week plans to proceed with an interim buy of used F/A-18 Hornets from Australia, dashing Boeing’s hopes of a Super Hornet sale, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, according to a Dec. 5 report.

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https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/12/05/...er-hornet-deal/

[MeckieMesser]

Das sind eben die Konsequenzen von Handelskriegen.
Und ähnliches ist auch bei der Tornado Nachfolge zu befürchten.

[Dave76]

Qatar adds a dozen more Rafales to order

07 December, 2017

Qatar will operate a future fleet of 36 Dassault Rafale fighters, having signed an option to boost a previous commitment for 24 of the type.

Announced by the manufacturer on 7 December, the development builds on a contract signed in May 2015 covering the provision of 18 single-seat Rafale EQs and six two-seat DQ-model trainers. Dassault has not disclosed whether the fresh order for 12 units will contain any additional trainers.

The Qatar Emiri Air Force is scheduled to take delivery of its first Rafale in 2018.

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https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/...o-order-443973/

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Trials of Russia’s 5th-generation fighter jet with 2nd-stage engine to last several years

December 07, 2017

The cutting-edge fighter performed its first flight with a new engine on December 5

MOSCOW, December 7. /TASS/. The trials of Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet Su-57 (PAK FA, the Perspective Aviation Complex of Frontline Aviation) will last several years, President of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar told TASS on Thursday.

"They [the trials] have just begun. They will, of course, last several years," he said.

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http://tass.com/defense/979533

[Dave76]

Damaged F-22 makes comeback after six-year repair job

08 December, 2017

A Lockheed Martin F-22 grounded since a trainee pilot’s error led to a crash landing in May 2012 could be ready to return to service next March after a nearly six-year-long repair job, according to a new US Air force document.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/...pair-jo-444022/

[Dave76]

​Canada announces open fighter competition with caveats

12 December, 2017

Canada will hold an open competition to replace its aging CF-18 fighter fleet, but sent a firm warning to any company who might try to hurt Canadian business.

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The Royal Canadian Air Force will purchase 88 advanced fighters, with a request for proposals expected in spring of 2019 and a decision by 2022, defence officials announced this week. The replacement could begin as early as 2025. Any company is welcome to bid, though officials emphasized a Canada-first policy that would continue with future procurements.

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Canada did not shoot down Boeing in the long-term recapitalisation, but will let the US manufacturer’s offer of 18 F/A-18E/F models expire. Instead, the RCAF will pursue the sale of used Boeing F/A-18A/B Hornets and spare parts from the Royal Australian Air Force. The government has not cemented the purchase, with officials saying the government will respond to the letter of agreement. The government expects first deliveries in 2019 with the last of the used aircraft arriving around 2021, though the date is dependent on when the RAAF’s F/A-18 fleet is replaced by Lockheed Martin F-35s.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/...th-cave-444106/

[Dave76]

Qatar’s Race for Air Power

By Tamir Eshel - Dec 11, 2017

In recent months Qatar defense officials were busy signing orders and deals for 96 new fighters, in a shopping spree aimed to scale the country’s minuscule air force eightfold. When (and if) those deliveries are completed, the Qatari Emiri Air Force (QEAF) will increase its order of battle from the current nine Mirage 2000-5 fighters to 96 modern, 4.5 Generation combat jets armed with the latest weapons the Western world can offer.

Continue reading @ Defense Update

[Edding321]

Der Valor fliegt.

https://newatlas.com/bell-v-280-valor-maiden-flight/52663/

[schleicher]

warum sind denn da Teile des Bildes verpixelt?! (an den Triebwerksgondeln)

[Hummingbird]

Sieht aus als wenn die Gondeln immer noch nicht vollständig verkleidet wären. Das wird wohl (hoffentlich) nicht so bleiben und vielleicht wollte man sich nicht so provisorisch zeigen.

[Almeran]

warum sind denn da Teile des Bildes verpixelt?! (an den Triebwerksgondeln)

Man muss ja auch nicht jedem detaillierten Einblick in das Innere der Gondeln geben

[schleicher]

ich bin doofer infanterist... was ist denn da drin das es geheim ist?! (ernsthaft gefragt)

[Hummingbird]

nix

[Dave76]

ich bin doofer infanterist... was ist denn da drin das es geheim ist?! (ernsthaft gefragt)

Da, im Gegensatz zur Osprey, bei der die gesamte Rotor-Triebwerksgondel gekippt wird, nur der Rotor und der vordere Teil der Gondel kippt, möchte man wohl verräterische Einblicke (der Konkurrenz) in den komplizierten Schwenkmechanismus verhindern.

[Hummingbird]

Hat Bell das Schwenkgetriebe revolutioniert?

Ich halte das ehrlich gesagt eher für einen Marketinggag um die Aufmerksamkeit auf die Besonderheit dieses Fluggerätes zu lenken.

Der Beitrag wurde von Hummingbird bearbeitet: 20. Dec 2017, 15:24

[Dave76]

Mal eine etwas bescheidener Beschaffung einer kleinen Luftwaffe:

Irish Air Corps signs for three PC-12s

Gareth Jennings - Jane's Defence Weekly
19 December 2017

The Irish Air Corps signed for three new Pilatus PC-12 turboprop aircraft on 19 December, to replace the current Cessna 172s that have been in service since the early 1970s.


Seen here in the US Air Force service, the PC-12 will be used by the Irish Air Corps for a range of missions including MEDEVAC, logistical support, and ISR. (IHS Markit/Patrick Allen)

The contract, valued at EUR32 million (USD38 million), will see all three PC-12NG aircraft delivered to the Irish Republic between 2019 and 2020.

As noted by corps, the single-engined aircraft will be used for a range of missions, including medical evacuation (MEDEVAC), logistical support, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). The contract announcement did not disclose what additional equipment might be procured to support these mission sets.

The five Cessna 172H Skyhawk aircraft that the Irish Air Corps flies are fielded by 1 Operations Wing, 104 Squadron, at Casement Airbase near Dublin. It has not been announced if this unit will transfer over to the PC-12NG or if a new one will be formed.

http://www.janes.com/article/76545/irish-a...or-three-pc-12s

[Dave76]

Boeing teases with late MQ-25 contender

December 20, 2017 by australianaviation.com.au


Boeing’s MQ-25 contender shows few details. (Boeing)

Boeing has revealed its surprising late contender for the US Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial refuelling system requirement.

After teasing the aviation world by Tweeting an image of the stealthy aircraft with a black sheet over it a few days ago, Boeing released a single image of its MQ-25 contender on December 19, which shows few details apart from a robust landing gear for carrier operations, a large-volume fuselage, and multiple control surfaces.

The MQ-25 requirement evolved from the UCAS an unmanned carrier-borne strike system program, for which Northrop Grumman’s X-47B UCAS-D completed a series of successful demonstrations. An RFT for the MQ-25 was issued in early October, with bids due to be submitted by January 3.

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http://australianaviation.com.au/2017/12/b...q-25-contender/