Viele Flugzeugwerke der Welt hatten versucht, einen „fliegenden Teller" zu entwickeln. Aber lediglich den Saratower Flugzeugbauern gelang es, nicht nur originelle Konstruktionslösungen für den „Teller" zu finden, sondern auch sein Modell zu bauen.

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Eindeutig falsch, siehe Chance Vought  XF5U und noch älter Sack A.S. 6

Der Prototyp hat einen (unbemannten) Flug gemacht wurde dann eingemottet und anfang letzten jahres ist dann die Halle in dem er stand zusammengebrochen (war baufällig) und hat den einzigen Buran unter sich begraben und zerstört.

From the 26th of May Janes Defense issue

The German Ministry of Defense is planning to acquire a second batch of Northrop Grumman Global-Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Germany is expected to sign a deal with Northrop Grumman and EADS for the supply of a first batch of six Euro Hawks (five, plus one prototype, to be based on the RQ-4B platform) that will be tasked with an electronic intelligence-gathering mission.

The proposed second batch would comprise six Global Hawks with synthetic-aperture radar-similar to those that will be operated by NATO under the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme.

These aircraft would conduct imagery intelligence (IMINT) missions under German government control. They will handle national, EU and NATO surveillance and monitoring missions, forming part of the wider integrated intelligence-gathering network that Germany is now establishing.

One senior programme source said the UAVs would be part of a system that will combine medium-altitude, long-endurance and HALE UAVs along with satellite assets. They will be used for crisis management and national decision-making support.

"We need a system that can stay up for three months, 24 hours a day if need be, operating as part of a net-centric warfare concept. If we look back at the air war in Kosovo, the only people who could do the targeting there were the Americans because only they had the assets. We never want to be in that position again," He noted.

Germany's IMINT Hawks will be acquired around the 2008-10 time frame, to become operational as an equivalent capability becomes available to NATO under the AGS programme. Germany's aircraft will have some links with the AGS aircraft in terms of maintenance, mission planning, support and logistics.

However, there is an admission within the AGS programme that the core NATO AGS fleet of approximately five manned and unmanned aircraft will not be enough to support all NATO's requirements and so it will have to be augmented by other national assets - such as Germany's proposed IMINT Hawks and others.

Robert Hewson Editor, Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, Berlin

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RSK MiG Resumes Work on Project 1.44

By 2008, the corporation's orders on hand will be 6 million dollars

RSK MiG management received a delegation of State Duma deputies on 10 June. The corporation's general director, Valeriy Toryanin, and deputy director of the RSK MiG Engineering Center, Andrey Karasev, gave a presentation on the enterprise for the legislators, and also displayed the shop for experimental production to them.

Included in the delegation were the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Aleksey Sigutkin, the chairman of the Expert Council on Questions of Aviation and Cosmonautics and member of the State Duma Committee on Industry, Construction and High Technology, Aleksandr Belousov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee n Industry, Construction and High Technology, Yuriy Savel'ev, and deputy chair of the State Duma Defense Committee, Svetlana Savitskaya. ((Savitskaya is a former pilot who has set world-class records for women in various aircraft.)) According to Aleksey Sigutkin, the deputies visited RSK MiG in order to have a real concept of the enterprise's condition. In the near future it is planned to undertake another series of excursions around the design bureaus and plants of the aircraft building industry.

Appearing before the deputies, the RSK MiG general director Valeriy Toryanin noted that recently, after the change of the corporation's management, definite progress in its development is being observed. In particular, the orders on hand for the year has increased from 1.4 to 2.6 billion dollars, and by 2008, it is intended to extend it to 6 billion dollars. There are all the prerequisites for it. The corporation has new developments and upgrade variants of previously manufactured aircraft which are of interest to foreign customers. "Ever newer and newer customers appear with every day who wish to buy new modifications of the MiG-29 fighter," Valeriy Toryanin noted. The right of independent export of its product and also a significant production potential are enabling RSK MiG's firm position in the marketplace. The enterprises included in the corporation are providing a full cycle of an airplane's life - from development to utilization. RSK MiG's capabilities allow the execution of practically any contract. The corporation's production facilities are estimated for the production of 200 MiG-29 type fighters a year. As of today, the are at approximately 35% of capacity.

The deputy director of the RSK MiG Engineering Center, Andrey Karasev, named as most prospective for Russian and foreign air forces such RSK MiG aircraft as the MiG-29K and MiG-29KUB and the MiG-29SM and MiG-29SMT fighters produced earlier are being upgraded to this level, the MiG-29M/M2 are completely new and the most modern airplanes of the family, which will be delivered to customers from 2005-2006, and also the MiG-AT new generation combat training airplane and MiG-31 interceptor, experimental design work on its completion is being performed in the interests of the Russian Federation air force.

Work also is not stopping at the MiG firm on the fifth generation fighter. As Andrey Karasev declared, "three weeks ago the general director of our corporation adopted a decision regarding the unfolding of further work on the 1.44 airplane." In the opinion of the Engineering Center's deputy director, the realization of this project will be less costly and simpler for Russia than the creation of a new fighter, inasmuch as all technical developments on the 1.44 airplane connected with the engine, aerodynamics, and primary airplane systems have not gone out of date. Only the avionics need be substituted, which have been developing rapidly in recent years. According to Andrey Karasev, a task to resume tests of the 1.44 airplane before the end of 2004 has been delivered to the Engineering Center. In Andrey Karasev's opinion, the circumstance, that the idea of heavy fighter has been chosen as fundamental for the Russian air force, should not nullify the great amount of work carried out at the MiG firm on the creation of a fifth generation airplane.

State Duma deputies examined the experimental production shop and the static tests hall with great interest. As Aleksey Sigutkin noted, RSK MiG is operating in the complex conditions of a tough competitive struggle, but at the same time it is noted that the corporation is picking up steam. "There are problems, however, management sees how to resolve them."

Aleksandr Belousov, who also heads the expert council on questions of aviation and cosmonautics, noted that the level of equipping the Russian air force is causing anxiety against the background of RSK MiG's successful activity in the area of military and technical cooperation. In his opinion, "aircraft should be created which are a generation above those that go for export." By all appearances, it is necessary for the elected representatives of the people to work in this direction too. You see, according to Aleksandr Belousov, "without the creation of a complete legislative base, it simply is not possible for say that Russia will recover for itself the laurels of a great aviation power".

Source: 17.06.04, Voenno-Promyshlennyy Kur'er

Lufthansa und EADS wollen für die Nato fliegen

Von Gerhard Hegmann, München

Der Luftfahrt- und Rüstungskonzern EADS plant gemeinsam mit Lufthansa einen Frachtdienst für Militärtransporte der europäischen Nato-Staaten. Die russische Antonow soll dabei zum Einsatz kommen.

Nach FTD-Informationen aus den beiden Unternehmen sollen in einer Gesellschaft der EADS und der Lufthansa Cargo Charter Agency (LCCA) bis zu sechs Antonow-124-100-Flugzeuge für strategische Langstreckentransporte eingesetzt werden. Die Antonow ist die leistungsfähigste Serientransportmaschine der Welt.

Wie Sprecher bei EADS und LCCA sagten, soll die Frachterflotte zudem für Transporte ziviler Kunden sowie innerhalb des Airbus-Verbunds genutzt werden. "Die geplante neue Gesellschaft ist ein weiteres Beispiel für die Kombination staatlicher Aufgaben mit der Privatwirtschaft", sagte ein EADS-Sprecher. Im Herbst sei die formale Ausschreibung der Nato zu erwarten. Branchenkenner schätzen den Auftragswert auf etwa 1 Mrd. Euro.

Antonow als Übergangslösung

Die neue Frachtgesellschaft soll ab 2005 bis mindestens Ende 2012 für die europäischen Nato-Staaten fliegen. Das Salis-Projekt (Strategic Air Lift Interim Solution) soll die Lücke füllen, bis der neue Airbus-Militärtransporter A400M zur Verfügung steht. Die Europäer hatten die Übergangslösung unter dem Vorsitz Deutschlands vor zwei Jahren beim Nato-Gipfel in Prag beschlossen. Deutschland sprach sich für das Antonow-Modell aus, zumal die Bundeswehr mit gecharterten Antonow-Modellen beim Afghanistan-Einsatz gute Erfahrungen machte. Die knapp 70 Meter lange Maschine kann 120 Tonnen Nutzlast transportieren. Dies ist fast doppelt so viel wie beim C-17-Modell von Boeing und viermal so viel wie beim künftigen Airbus-Militärtransporter A400M.

Wartung in Dresden

Der Unternehmensbereich EADS Services Germany will zusammen mit LCCA die Antonow-Maschinen als Gesamtpaket chartern, warten und betreiben und hätte damit sicheren Zugriff auf die Maschinen. Nach FTD-Informationen ist die Wartung bei der EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke in Dresden geplant. Über die Airbus-Tochter Airbus Transport International könnten für die Transporte zusätzlich die großen Airbus-Beluga-Modelle angeboten werden, sagte ein EADS-Sprecher. Aus der militärischen und zivilen Nutzung der Flugzeuge ergäben sich Vorteile bei der Kalkulation.

Für die LCCA, die als Frachtbroker neben Maschinen aus der Lufthansa-Cargo-Flotte überwiegend Kapazitäten auf konzernfremden Frachtmaschinen verkauft, ergäbe sich ein Kompetenzzuwachs. "Der Salis-Auftrag wäre auch der Auftakt für weitere gemeinschaftliche Projekte mit der EADS", sagte ein LCCA-Sprecher. Für die Aufteilung der Anteile an der neuen Gesellschaft gebe es bisher noch keine Beschlüsse.

Man kann der Forderung nach Luftverlastbarkeit natürlich auch wie div. andere Nationen begegnen - durch Erhöhung der Transportkapazität. Allerdings fällt die Option "kaufen" (z. B. C-17 III) für Dtl. wohl weg und nur das Leasen/Chartern der Flugzeuge ist wohl auch keine echte Alternative (vielleicht eine Kombination). Vielleicht sollte man ein NATO- oder Europa-Transportgeschwader mit Kapazitäten aus allen Ländern aufstellen oder es in private Hände geben (und dann doch mieten) - so wie bei der europäischen Tankerlösung.