Boeing (NYSE: BA) today completed the ultimate-load wing up-bending test on the 787 Dreamliner static test unit. During the testing, loads were applied to the airframe to replicate 150 percent of the most extreme forces the airplane is ever expected to experience while in service. The wings were flexed upward by approximately 25 feet (7.6 meters) during the test.
The initial results of the ultimate-load test are positive. More extensive analysis and review are required before the test can be deemed a success.
"The test program has been more robust than any conducted on a Boeing commercial jetliner," said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of the 787 program, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "It has taken countless hours of hard work by the Boeing team and our partners to work through the static test program. Everyone who has been involved in this effort over the past several years should be very proud of their contributions to ensuring the safety of the 787 Dreamliner.
"We are looking forward to the technical team's report on the details of the test results," said Fancher. It will take them several weeks to work through all of the data.
During each second of the more than two-hour test, thousands of data points were collected to monitor the performance of the wing. Key data points are monitored real-time during the test, but all of the data will be evaluated in the weeks ahead.
Boeing press release
RAF Leuchars fighters have successfully scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft on more than 10 occasions since the start of 2009. The Tornado F3 is planned to go out of RAF Service in 2011; RAF Leuchars will become the RAF's second Typhoon fighter base later this year.
"Across all four regions of Canada, Boeing worked with more than 25
Canadian suppliers and organizations through direct and indirect work
packages that were an integral part of Boeing's Industrial and
Regional Benefits program for CF-18 modernization," said Pete
Peterson, country director and vice president in Canada for Boeing
Defense, Space & Security. "All technical program milestones were
completed on schedule and within budget, and we completed industrial
and regional benefits commitments early, making this a truly
successful program."
Boeing has been a major contributor to the Canadian economy since
1919, generating approximately $1 billion in business annually. The
company employs highly skilled workers in Nova Scotia, Quebec,
Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia in support of its
commercial and defense business units. Canada also is home to one of
Boeing's largest international supplier bases, with more than 200
suppliers in every region of the country, providing a diverse mix of
high-value goods and services to Boeing and its customers
That left a small set of options:
Now the same technology is spreading to unmanned vacuum cleaners, crop dusters and other equipment, but raising questions about the risks of unauthorized use.
"As this technology develops and becomes more commercially available, we must implement adequate measures to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands,"
Romania's top national security body has approved a plan to replace Soviet-made MiG-21 LanceR fighters with second-hand U.S. F-16 Falcon jets, the president's office said on its website on Wednesday.
The Romanian government will send a proposal to acquire 24 used F-16 fighters to parliament for a vote after the Supreme Defense Council, headed by President Traian Basescu, approved the plan late on Tuesday.
Méndez, que encabeza la delegación española a este feria, la más
importante este año en Latinoamérica en el sector de Seguridad y
Defensa, asistió, asimismo, a la inauguración oficial de la feria
donde se entrevistó con destacas personalidades y hombres de negocio
latinoamericanos y, en concreto, de Chile.
El Gobierno vasco y las empresas del sector aeronáutico vasco no
quieren quedarse atrás. Aunque todavía no es más que una manifestación
de voluntades, el lehendakariPatxi López está decidido a fortalecer el
sector aeronáutico vasco para que siga siendo un referente en el
panorama europeo. "Las empresas vascas del sector van a tener todo el
apoyo y todo el aval del Gobierno", dijo López en las instalaciones de
la constructora brasileña de aviones Embraer, frente al vicepresidente
ejecutivo de la empresa, Arthur Coutinho. La visita forma parte del
primer gran viaje oficial del lehendakari fuera de la UE.
Russia denied on Monday that its state-run United Aviation Corporation (UAC) planned to bid for a $50 billion contract to replace the U.S. Air Force's fleet of air tankers, rivaling Boeing Co and Europe's EADS.
John Kirkland, a Los Angeles-based attorney, had told various news media over the weekend that UAC would announce a joint venture on Monday with a U.S. defense contractor to enter the bidding for the tanker deal.
UAC denied it had held any talks on bidding for the contract. "We have not been holding, are not holding and are not planning to hold such talks," said a UAC official.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-denies-bid-for-us-air-tanker-contract/402313.html
Estudio completo hecho por Air Power Australia
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2010-01.html
Lección histórica: cómo lo que podía ser un gran avión se quedó en
nada, por el motor. O cómo cambia un diseño de forma radical cuando
las decisiones de la motorización no son solo técnicas.
The helicopter, a new aircraft in the Sikorsky product line, also is the first rotor wing aircraft to be produced at PZL Mielec, a longtime fixed wing manufacturer in Poland.
The aircraft, fully assembled at PZL Mielec, will be tested and qualified at Sikorsky's Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Production flight tests are planned at PZL Mielec later this year as that facility continues to undergo modernization.
The milestone completion took place almost exactly three years to the day of PZL Mielec's acquisition.
"In just three years, PZL Mielec has become a world-class facility capable of producing one of the finest utility helicopters operating today, the BLACK HAWK helicopter," said Robert Kokorda, Sikorsky Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Synergy. "The production of the S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter here is expected to further the growing network of Polish companies participating in the building of BLACK HAWK aircraft for the world."
PZL Mielec is planned to be the centerpiece of the S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter program for international customers. Debra A. Zampano, S-70i Program Manager, International Military Programs, said, "Our innovative company spirit is alive and well, and the S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter is an example of the collaboration of superb workmanship, advanced technology and pioneering legacy. With the S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter officially joining the Sikorsky product family today, we look forward to seeing this aircraft take its rightful place in the global community as a BLACK HAWK helicopter for all nations."
Plans call for approximately 20 S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopters to be produced per year, beginning in 2012.
Janusz Zakrecki, President of PZL Mielec added, "As we witness the unveiling of the first BLACK HAWK helicopter built in Poland, we are sharing the pride in this significant milestone as it signals the important contributions of PZL Mielec to the global aerospace marketplace. This aircraft is a product of the long line of BLACK HAWK helicopters that have become the most battle-proven helicopter in the world. As we continue in this tradition, Mielec today takes a major step in leading Poland's aerospace industry into the future, with a proven aircraft that is ready to meet Polish requirements and enhance European military helicopter fleets."
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Airbus parent company EADS is backing algae as the best source of
sustainable jet fuel, arguing that other feedstocks will not allow the
airline industry to meet its carbon-footprint reduction goals.
Todo parece indicar que el Consejo de Ministros aprobará hoy viernes en Sevilla, en pleno puente de San José, como quien no quiere la cosa, ese engendro llamado «Ley de Economía Sostenible», que incluye la conocida como «Ley Sinde», que permitirá el cierre de páginas web en sólo cuatro días. Y todo parece indicar también que lo hará sin modificación alguna a pesar de los informes negativos de distintos órganos consultivos.
Nos sumamos a los blogs que republican hoy el manifiesto conjunto del pasado mes de diciembre ante lo extremadamente grave que nos parecía y nos parece esto, y animamos a todo el mundo a hacer lo mismo:
Ante la inclusión en el Anteproyecto de Ley de Economía sostenible de modificaciones legislativas que afectan al libre ejercicio de las libertades de expresión, información y el derecho de acceso a la cultura a través de Internet, los periodistas, bloggers, usuarios, profesionales y creadores de internet manifestamos nuestra firme oposición al proyecto, y declaramos que:
Este manifiesto, elaborado de forma conjunta por varios autores, es de todos y de ninguno. Se ha publicado en multitud de sitios web. Si estás de acuerdo y quieres sumarte a él, difúndelo por Internet.
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La nueva sede de UAV Navigation se ubica en la ciudad de Manassas, en el estado de Virginia. Proveedora ya en Norteamérica de los pilotos automáticos que rigen el vuelo de muchos de los UAV del fabricante Boeing, las perspectivas que Estados Unidos ofrece en este segmento son enormes para los desarrollos de la empresa española, que ha hecho de su piloto automático AP04 un hito tecnológico seleccionado por los principales fabricantes de UAV del mundo.
