Noticias Aeronáuticas del Mundo (archivo)

[Ismael]

Caza Su-33 cumple diez años de servicio activo en los portaviones de la Armada rusa

¿Los?

[faust]

Aqui el link de la revista colando al SU-27 en el puesto Nº 30
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... 21-50.html

Solamente 150 proyectiles para el cañon de 30mm ; con una cadencia de 1500 disparos per minuto ésto permite disparar para solos 6 segundos.
Mejor no marrar el objetivo ...

Saludos

el f-16 lleva 511 tiros con un cañon de 6000 disparosxminuto

lo que da 5 segundo de disparo

y mira que el F-16 si ha derribado bastante aviones con cañones...


ese dia del tacatacataca se acabó hace tieeeeeeeeeeempoooo.... las nuevas miras modernas, junto a la velocidad y maniobrabilidad de los aviones recientes, hace que ncesites o la maxima punteria (su-27) o poner muchas balas rapidamente en un instante en x punto (F-16)

[maximo]

De hecho, si utilizas la computadora de tiro en algunos modelos de avion, es esta la que aprieta el gatillo en cuanto el otro entra en su mira. El piloto solo se tiene que preocupar en poner el avion a tiro. O sea, que el cañon solo dispara cuando tiene probabilidades de acertar.

[Emile Zola]

Rusia incorporará aviones anfibios A-42 a la Marina de Guerra a partir de 2010

Moscú, 5 de agosto, RIA Novosti. La aviación naval de Rusia tendrá aviones anfibios A-42 para operaciones de combate y misiones de rescate a partir de 2010, informó hoy el Comandante adjunto de la aviación naval de la Marina de Guerra, general Nikolai Kuklev.

"El primer avión anfibio A-42 será incorporado en 2010 y para 2013 tendremos cuatro aparatos de ese tipo", dijo Kuklev a RIA Novosti.

Indicó que los cuatro A-42 estarán acondicionados para efectuar misiones de reconocimiento, ayuda operativa a los buques para corrección de fuego y también para misiones de rescate.

"En el futuro planeamos adquirir aviones anfibios A-42 adaptados para la lucha antisubmarinos", indicó el general.

Kuklev explicó que hasta el año 2015 la armada utilizará para lucha antisubmarinos la versión modernizada de los aviones Il-38 y Be-12. Actualmente, la Flota rusa del mar Negro dispone de nueve aviones Be-12, de ellos 8 antisubmarinos, que serán reemplazados por los A-42 con características operativas superiores.

Considerado como el avión anfibio más grande del mundo, el A-42 tiene 45 metros de largo, 11 de alto y 41 metros de envergadura de alas. Con una velocidad crucero de 700 kilómetros por hora, este avión puede realizar misiones de patrullaje, reconocimiento a alturas de 100 y 2.000 metros de altura a distancias de hasta 11.500 kilómetros.

¿ Este A42 será una variante mejorada del maravillso Beriev A40 Albatros que había sido diseñado en los últimos años de la unión soviética, no ? O antes quizás la variante militar del anfibio Be200, que ya proviene del A40 ...

Saludos

[Carlos Martín]

New Delhi, Sept 1, IRNA
India-MiG-29-Crash
A MiG-29 fighter aircraft crashed near Jamnagar in Gujarat on Monday during a training sortie but the pilot ejected safely.

"The MiG-29 aircraft was on a one-on-one training flight when the pilot lost control and it crashed. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Dheer ejected out safely," PTI reported quoting Indian Air Force (IAF) spokesperson Wing Commander Mahesh Upasani.

This is the sixth IAF aircraft to crash this year.

"There is no information as yet about any casualty on the ground when the aircraft crashed about 50 Km west of the Jamnagar air base.

As far as I know, it is vacant plot of land where the aircraft crashed," Upasani said.

The MiG-29 belonged to the IAF's 28 Squadron and it had taken off from Jamnagar for the training exercise. The crash took place at 11:23 hours IST (Indian Standard Time), he said.

Five crashes involved a MiG-27, two MiG-21s, a Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer and a Kiran trainer have taken place this year. A pilot was killed in one of the crashes.

In January this year, a MiG-27 crashed near Hashimara in North Bengal, followed by a MiG-21 crash near Bhuj in Gujarat in February.

In April, a Hawk trainer crashed at Bidar, Karnataka and in May a Kiran trainer crashed at Dindigul near Hyderabad, when a lady trainee pilot was killed.

In the fifth incident, also in May, a MiG-21 from Bagdogra air base crashed.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) placed an order for more than 50 MiG-29s in 1980 while the aircraft was still in its initial development phase.

Since its induction into the IAF in 1985, the aircraft has undergone a series of modifications with the addition of new avionics, sub-systems, turbofan engines and radars.

The MiG-29 is a 4th generation jet fighter aircraft designed for the air superiority role in the Soviet Union. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet It was developed to counter new American fighters such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the F/A-18 Hornet.

[Carlos Martín]

9/1/2008 - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFPN) -- Two Air Force Reserve WC-130J Hercules and a Naval Research Lab P-3 Orion deployed here recently to conduct meteorological research on tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific from August through September.

During the project, labeled Tropical Cyclone Structure-2008, aircrews from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., will work with scientists from the U.S. Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

The agencies, both located in Monterey, Calif., are conducting a multi-national study to understand, observe and predict the potential impacts of Pacific tropical cyclones.

"It is part of a nine-nation project under the umbrella of the World Meteorological Organization, which is an arm of the United Nations," said Patrick Harr, a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., and lead scientist for the program. "The overall goal is to increase predictability associated with all aspects of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific."

Russell Elsberry, a professor of meteorology at the NPS who is assisting with the study said researchers from Japan, Korea and Taiwan are supporting the endeavor. He added Germany, England, France and the European Union are also assisting because the information learned in the Pacific could be applied to predicting similar events in the Atlantic.

To facilitate the study, scientists enlisted the aid of the 53rd WRS and their WC-130s.

"The WC-130J is an essential component of the observational strategy to study the typhoon life cycle," said Professor Elsberry.

Fifteen 53rd WRS maintainers and 13 flyers are deployed to Andersen to ensure the aircraft are ready to fly 24 hours a day, according to Lt. Col. Roy Deatherage, 53rd WRS mission commander. The seasoned aircrews will monitor the cyclone and eventually fly into the storm's eye wall when it matures, chasing the storm until it transcends into something else entirely.

"Our mission here is to better understand the structure, the formation and what makes a tropical system tick out there in the Pacific," said Colonel Deatherage. "In its infancy, before it is even a tropical depression or hurricane, we'll go out and collect data."

The Hurricane Hunters are conducting their portion of the research using WC-130s fitted with a variety of equipment used for weather research.

"In flight, the aircraft measures 28 parameters including wind speed, direction, temperature -- all of this is sent real time via satellite from the plane to the customer back here [at Andersen]," said the colonel.

He said the equipment and sensors onboard will help provide key data for the research project.

According to the 53rd WRS officials, a critical piece of equipment onboard the aircraft is the dropsonde system. The GPS Dropsonde Windfinding System is a cylindrically-shaped instrument about 16 inches long and 3.5 inches in diameter and weighs approximately 2.5 pounds. The dropsonde is equipped with a high frequency radio and other sensing devices and is released from the aircraft about every 400 miles over water.

The scientists will rely heavily on the data collected by the dropsondes as they fall to the ocean.

"A critical mission of the WC-130 with its dropsonde deployments, and especially the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer, is to observe the typhoon intensity and wind structure in as many conditions as possible from the formation stage to the extra-tropical transition stage," said Professor Elsberry.

As the instrument descends to the sea surface, it measures and relays to the aircraft a vertical atmospheric profile of the temperature, humidity and barometric pressure and wind data, explained Colonel Deatherage.

Professor Elsberry said the aircrews will actively monitor and report on how tropical cyclones form, intensify and change through their life cycle and the impact they may later have across the North Pacific and potentially North America.

"The measurements will fill a critical gap in the validation of the satellite-based techniques for intensity estimation, which thus far have only been validated in the Atlantic where the WC-130Js of the 53rd WRS regularly fly such missions," said Professor Elsberry. "Since the typhoons typically form from monsoon conditions and have different structures than hurricanes, these WC-130J measurements are extremely important."

From Guam, the information is processed and sent to the operations center at the NPS in Monterey.

"They're the brain trust for all of this. They'll put it into a computer model," said Colonel Deatherage.

The data collected by the WC-130s at Andersen are only one piece of the puzzle; three other research aircraft will measure different aspects of the storm.

"There are four aircraft in total that will be moving about the (Western Pacific) from Andersen (Air Base) to Kadena (AB, Japan) to Atsugi, Yokota and Misawa in Japan to collect data on the storms as they approach Japan," said Professor Elsberry.

A Naval Research Libratory P-3 Orion, also flying from Andersen AB, will collect data using its ELDORA radar which maps the structure of the storm. An Astra business-class jet will fly out of Taiwan and a Falcon business-class jet will fly from the U.S. Naval Air Facility-Atsugi, Japan. Both aircraft are modified with equipment for meteorological studies.

In addition to the aircraft, scientists working from Hawaii will launch high-altitude driftsondes to round out the research. Driftsondes are zero-pressure balloons that go up to 60,000 feet, according to Colonel Deatherage. He said the balloon has a gondola that has small dropsondes the scientists can release remotely by satellite.

"It is really the first research program that plans to observe the entire lifecycle of a tropical cyclone from formation near Guam to transition into the midlatitudes near Japan," said Professor Harr. He said the data collected will be invaluable to helping scientists understand and predict similar events in the Pacific and the Atlantic.

Como se nota que los americanos se han puesto las pilas con los huracanes.

[Carlos Martín]

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded an advance acquisition contract with an estimated value of $78,065,000 for long lead components, parts and materials associated with the lot three low rate initial production of 8 Joint Strike Fighter Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy, 10 Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) propulsion systems for the U.S. Air Force, 2 CTOL propulsion systems for the Royal Netherlands Air Force, and three STOVL propulsion systems for the United Kingdom Royal Navy. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn.,(70 percent), and Bristol, United Kingdom, (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in Jan. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($37,800,000; 48.4 percent); the U.S. Air Force ($26,900,000; 34.5 percent); the Governments of the Netherlands, ($2,025,000; 2.6 percent); and the United Kingdom, ($11,340,000; 14.5 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-08-C-0033).

Haber si el gobierno español toma de una vez decisión al respecto de este programa, pero con esta crisis me imagino que no contemplarán el invertir ahora mismo dinero en este tipo de programas (aún contradiciendose en su apuesta por el I+D+I).

[Carlos Martín]

03/09/2008 16:56 MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Over 60 combat aircraft will participate on September 8-13 in exercises that are part of theater-level military maneuvers in central Russia, an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday.

Russia is currently holding large-scale Ground Forces' exercises, dubbed Center-2008, involving 12,000 troops, over 1,000 armored vehicles, large numbers of other military vehicles and units of the 5th Air and Air Defense Army on the territory of the Volga-Urals military district. The exercises started on September 1 and will run through September 27.

"The air component of the exercise will involve over 60 aircraft, including Il-76MD Candid-B transport planes, Su-24 Fencer attack aircraft, Su-27 Flanker fighters, MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors, Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters, Mi-8 Hip multi-role helicopters and special-purpose aircraft," Lt. Col. Vladimir Brik said.

Various air defense and electronic warfare units will also take part in the exercise, whose main purpose is to practice the interoperability of the Air Force and the Ground Forces in local conflicts and anti-terrorism operations.

Ultimamente Moscú esté empeñado en demostrar el poder militar ruso a occidente.

[Carlos Martín]

Marietta, Ga., September 4th, 2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $129.3 million contract to build a total of 13 new outer wing sets for the U.S. Navy’s P-3 Orion fleet. The all new production outer wings will be delivered to the Navy beginning in early 2010 for installation on selected aircraft.

“Lockheed Martin has a long, proud history of providing P-3 sustainment and support to the U.S. Navy,” said Ray Burick, Lockheed Martin vice president of P-3/S-3 programs. “This new wing order is the next step in that partnership.”

Lockheed Martin’s P-3 wing production line opened in March 2008 and is the cornerstone of the company’s P-3 Aircraft Service Life Extension Program (ASLEP). Lockheed Martin currently has the Royal Norwegian Air Force and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service under contract for P-3 Life Extension Kits, and has submitted a response to the Canadian Forces under a Request For Proposal. A proposal for the Taiwan P-3 fleet is also in work.

“As the P-3 Orion original equipment manufacturer, Lockheed Martin is uniquely qualified to sustain and support the world’s P-3 leets,” said Burick. “Aside from the operators of these aircraft, nobody knows the P-3 better than Lockheed Martin.”

The complete ASLEP solution replaces the aircraft outer wings, center wing lower section and horizontal stabilizers with new production components. All fatigue-life limiting structures on the aircraft are replaced with enhanced-design components and improved corrosion-resistant materials that will greatly reduce maintenance costs over the aircraft’s service life.

“Lockheed Martin is committed to providing a range of solutions that enables operational effectiveness for P-3 Orion operators worldwide for decades to come,” said Burick. “We’re fully prepared to support the U.S. Navy and all our customers in their future maritime surveillance activities.”

[Carlos Martín]

MODERNIZACION DE LOS SISTEMAS DEL KIOWA

Honeywell International Inc, Albuquerque, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2008, a $11,000,000 cost/plus/fixed fee contract for the design, development, integration, testing and qualification, delivery and support for the upgrade of the OH-Kiowa Warrior aircraft Control Display System four (CDS4) Improved Master Processor Unit (IMCPU) to the CDS IMCPU configuration. Work will be performed in Albuquerque, N.M., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. One bid was solicited and one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-AR-B, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0024).

[Carlos Martín]

MANIOBRAS UCRANIANAS A FINALES DE SEPTIEMBRE

04/09/2008 16:38 SEVASTOPOL, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine is planning to conduct large-scale air defense exercises with live firing on the Crimean peninsula at the end of September, a Ukrainian navy source said on Thursday.

The exercises are part of a practical stage of the Sea Knot-2008 command-and-staff maneuvers that began in spring and involve units from all branches of the Ukrainian armed forces.

The drills will involve about 350 air defense systems, including S-300, Buk-M1, Osa and Tunguska, and up to 30 combat aircraft.

"In addition, the troops will practice an amphibious assault landing, an air assault operation and live firing drills involving naval and ground support aircraft at the Opuk training range in the Crimea," the source said.

The Crimea, which has a predominantly Russian-speaking population, has been the focus of frequent disputes between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, over the Russian Black Sea Fleet's lease of the Soviet-era Sevastopol naval base.

During the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia that followed Tbilisi's August 8 offensive in breakaway South Ossetia, Ukraine threatened to bar entry to vessels from Russia's Black Sea Fleet that had been deployed near Georgia's coast.

Por lo tanto, durante el mes de septiembre van a coincidir maniobras ucranianas y rusas a la vez.

[Carlos Martín]

04/09/2008 12:59 MURMANSK, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Tu-142MK aircraft from Russia's Northern Fleet conducted on September 2-3 reconnaissance flights over the Barents and Laptev seas and successfully tested new electronic on-board equipment, the fleet's press service said Thursday.

Tu-142 Bear-F is the maritime reconnaissance/strike version of the Tu-95 Bear strategic bomber, designed mainly for anti-submarine warfare.

"The tests of new on-board electronic equipment and weapons-control systems showed their high effectiveness," the press service said in a statement.

The flights have been conducted strictly in accordance with international agreements and the norms of international law, the statement said.

Russia has recently stepped up regular patrols over the Arctic and said it may soon shift the focus of its military strategy toward the northern latitudes in order to protect its national interests in the Arctic, especially on its continental shelf, which may contain large deposits of oil and natural gas.

Lo que pasa siempre, la protección de los recursos es lo más importante.

[Carlos Martín]

MANIOBRAS DE LA OTAN EN ISLANDIA

9/4/2008 - KEFLAVIK AIRPORT, Iceland (AFPN) -- The 2008 Northern Viking exercise, which began with a ceremony here Sept. 1, aims to reinforce the resolve of the U.S. and its NATO partners in assisting in the defense of Iceland.

Approximately 150 Airmen from U.S. Air Forces in Europe have joined forces with more than 300 U.S. Navy Seamen, as well as Icelandic, Canadian, Danish and Norwegian military members to exercise providing air defense, coastal defense, anti-terror and command and control capabilities in support of Iceland. The exercise has been in planning since January and is scheduled for completion Sept. 6.

"The exercise is a series of combined air operations, which include high value defense, offensive and defensive air operation scenarios," said Lt. Col. Michael King, 404th Air Expeditionary Group commander. "It's designed to enhance training and interoperability of NATO forces while increasing our knowledge of our allies' air and maritime capabilities. It also gives us a chance to increase our knowledge of the Icelandic region."

As the week progresses, the exercise will test the multinational team in different areas, increasing the difficulty and complexity with each new scenario, "resulting in the best training we can pack into a week," Colonel King said.

"Although this exercise isn't being graded, it's more of an evaluation on what we need to do next time or in the future so that [NATO forces] can work better together," said Navy Capt. Jeff Trussler, Northern Viking Exercise director. "We're six nations, plus NATO, all coming together to exercise."

The deployed force includes four F-15 Eagles from the 493rd Fighter Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath and two KC-135 Stratotankers from the 351st Air Refueling Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, England; one P-3 Orion from the U.S. Navy and another from Norway; two E-3 airborne warning and control system aircraft from NATO; six CF-18 fighters from Canada; one frigate from Denmark and two search and rescue Super Pumas helicopters and a freighter ship from the Icelandic coast guard.

"This is about showing the Icelandic people that NATO is committed to assisting with their defense," King explained. "Although U.S. forces no longer have a permanent presence in Iceland, it is still in NATO's best interest to ensure Iceland's continued peace and security."

"The Northern Viking exercise is partly a manifestation of the continued commitment of the U.S. to the defense of Iceland in reflection of the 1951 defense agreement, which is still in effect between our two nations," said Fridrik Jonsson, head of strategic planning and exercises, Icelandic Defense Agency.

[Carlos Martín]

9/4/2008 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- Pilot error caused the May 1 crash of an E-9 Widget at the Tallahassee Regional Airport in Tallahassee, Fla., according to an Air Combat Command accident investigation board report released today.

The aircraft's landing gear was not lowered for a touch-and-go maneuver during the routine training mission. There were no injuries or damage to civilian property.

According to the report, the board president found sufficient evidence to conclude checklist error and cognitive task oversaturation substantially contributed to the mishap. These factors, when combined, impaired the instructor pilot's ability to maintain situational awareness while providing flight instruction to the upgrade pilot.

The instructor pilot and aircraft were assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, subordinate unit of the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The 53rd WEG reports to the 53rd Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla. The upgrade pilot is a civilian contractor pilot assigned to the E-9 Initial Qualification Program.

[Carlos Martín]

F-22 VOLANDO CON FUEL SINTÉTICO

9/4/2008 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- The F-22 Combined Test Force reached another milestone as an Edwards F-22 Raptor performed aerial refueling using a synthetic fuel. It is the first time an Air Force aircraft refueled mid-air using an alternative jet engine fuel.

The test was the culmination of Edwards test points in certifying the F-22's use of the fuel, a 50/50 mix of JP-8 jet fuel and a natural gas-based fuel.

"Our goal was to complete the test plan and to support the certification," said Maj. Drew Allen, 411 FLTS chief of standardization and evaluation and also the test pilot. "We wanted to prove that there was no negative effect in performing the aerial refueling using the synthetic fuel."

To prove this, a KC-135 Stratotanker from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., dispensed the fuel to the F-22 using a standard refueling process.

"No modification or changes were made to either aircraft," said Major Allen. "We just wanted to prove that there is no adverse effect in dispensing the fuel."

First Lt. Paul Mantegna, 411th FLTS propulsion engineer, said F-22 Combined Test Force officials, in conjunction with those at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Pratt and Whitney, and Honeywell, have been preparing for the testing.

"We've been in works for a couple of months now doing ground and auxiliary power unit runs to make sure all the aircraft's subsystems can run without complications," Lieutenant Mantegna said.

The test was done as part of the secretary of the Air Force's initiative to certify the entire fleet on synthetic fuel, an effort to lessen dependence on foreign oil.