domingo, 25 de septiembre de 2022

Ukraine Downs 12 Russian Aircraft, Boosting Battlefield Pressure on Moscow - WSJ

Winning: B-52 Replacement

How Door To Door Tracking Can Help Ease The Baggage Crisis

Update: ‘Hermine’ already affects almost 160 flights in the Canary Islands

China Unveils Plans to Send Spacecraft to Jupiter and Uranus | Time

DART : premier test mondial de déviation d’un astéroïde pour la Défense Planétaire – Rêves d'Espace

Warplanes: Italy Tries Again With New Gunship

 Italian aircraft firm Leonardo has developed the AW249 as a replacement for the earlier Italian A129 helicopter gunship. While the A129 was similar to the first helicopter gunship, the American AH-1, the AW249 is more similar to the American AH-64, the successor to the AH-1. The AW249 took its first flight in August and is expected to enter service in 2025 and begin replacing the remaining A129s, which entered service in 1990.   



https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20220920.aspx 

Logistics: Russia Seeks Bounty Hunters

 Russia has offered a $16,000 bounty to anyone who can obtain and deliver an intact ThEMIS UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) being used in Ukraine. ThEMIS is manufactured by an Estonian company and was introduced in 2015. It is a tracked 1.6-ton UGV with a remarkably effective sensor system that 



https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlog/articles/20220922.aspx 

Procurement: Iran Obtains Su-35s And Unwanted Problems

Dissecting The Italian Defense Planning Document For 2022-2024

U.S. East Coast NAS Oceana Airshow Returns to Massive Crowds, Impressive Displays

De Havilland Working Towards Restarting Dash 8 Production At New Alberta Site

Data Stolen: TAP Air Portugal Suffers Cyberattack

Destinus & Flapper Sign Letter Committing To Hypersonic Transatlantic Transport

Why Commercial Planes Could, But Rarely Do Fly Over Hurricanes

A220-500 would turn twinjet into ‘powerful’ product range: Airbus chief

Collins demos risk-assessment and uncrewed-wingman control software

The company's Operational Reasoner algorithmic software is meant to help pilots of sixth-generation fighters assess the likelihood of mission success and more-seamlessly control uncrewed aircraft


https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/collins-demos-risk-assessment-and-uncrewed-wingman-control-software/150298.article 

France, Germany pledge to get stalled FCAS effort back on track

The defence ministries of France and Germany have reaffirmed their desire to advance the currently stalled Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme between the nations and additional partner Spain.


https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/france-germany-pledge-to-get-stalled-fcas-effort-back-on-track/150314.article 

Raytheon-Northrop Grumman beat Boeing, Lockheed Martin in hypersonic missile contest

Second A321XLR flight-test aircraft joins certification programme

De Havilland to build large aircraft manufacturing complex east of Calgary, Alberta

They will produce the DHC-515 water scooping air tanker, DHC-6 Twin Otter, and Dash 8-400 (Q400)


https://fireaviation.com/2022/09/23/de-havilland-to-build-large-aircraft-manufacturing-complex-east-of-calgary-alberta/ 

West Atlantic Boeing 737-400 freighter overruns runway at Montpellier

Russian aviation industry is afraid of losing staff due to military mobilisation

23 flights cancelled in the western Canary Islands due to tropical storm ‘Hermine’

Swedish tour operator Detur stops operations, leaving passengers stranded at home and abroad

Voyageur DH8D at Malakal on Sep 22nd 2022, runway excursion

Swift B734 at Montpellier on Sep 24th 2022, overran runway on landing

Bombardier To Highlight Sustainability at Québec Airshow