Noticias Aeronáuticas del Mundo (archivo)

[Orel .]

Iris, a ver si no acaban como con el FX-1 como dices.... claro que si no re-integran en el proceso al EFA me da igual ( qué malo soy. La verdad, no creo que tuviera oportunidad. Buscan más barato que eso.)

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Hola
Lo de Brasil no se entiende, tantas vueltas que no le veo sentido. Respecto de los costos Orel, si fuera por eso, el F 18 y el Rafale son tanto o mas caros que el EF 2000. Entonces solo deberían quedar el Gripen y el F 16 y tal vez el Su 35 y sabemos que no ha sido así.

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Rafale Simulation and Training Centers Start Operations
Dassault Aviation
The French air force and navy can call on an exceptional cutting-edge facility to train their pilots: the Rafale Simulation Center.

A purpose-designed facility was built at the air force base in Saint-Dizier, eastern France, for the first Rafale Simulation Center. Opened on January 24, 2008, it houses four Rafale flight simulators and mission management systems for the instructors.

The innovative display system, designed by Sogitec, gives the pilot a complete field-of-view, bright and with excellent contrast, allowing the use of night vision goggles. The cockpit and pilot controls guarantee a totally realistic feel, because they use actual Rafale equipments. In other words, pilots are plunged into a strikingly real environment.

Two simulation centers, soon to be networked

Four Rafale fighters are set to “take off” for all types of missions, whether solo or on group patrol, in a dense tactical environment: aerial combat, ground attack, in-flight refueling, aircraft carrier launches and deck landings. The simulators can be coupled to carry out multi-aircraft exercises, using both single and twin-seat versions. Weather conditions are full adjustable, and change realistically over time.

The Saint-Dizier Rafale Simulation Center is already training Rafale pilots. On January 9, 2009, the French navy added another Rafale Simulation Center at the Landivisiau naval air base in Brittany. The two Rafale Simulation Centers will soon be networked so they can carry out joint training missions.

Dassault Aviation, architect and prime

Multidisciplinary teamwork was a decisive factor in the successful creation of the Rafale Simulation Center. Dassault Aviation’s Military Customer Support Division (DGSM), backed by the Rafale program division, has driven all of these activities from the outset. It made sure that the new simulators were technically in coherence with the aircraft definition, while remaining focused on satisfying customer requirements.

The engineering division (DGT) acts as technical expert, in particular for Rafale simulation, while the pilots in the flight test division (DEV) take part in operational qualification.

The Rafale Simulation Center is the outcome of five years of development by Dassault Aviation and Thales Airborne Systems as co-contractors, working closely with the manufacturers of the simulation systems, Sogitec and Thales Services. French defense procurement agency DGA is the contracting authority, with support from specialists in the French air force and navy.

A contract first

Awarded in 2003, the contract includes the development and the building of the two Rafale Simulation Centers (Saint-Dizier for the French Air Force and Landivisiau for the French Navy). A full support service for several years is also included into this same contract.

For the first time in French military aircraft simulators area, this is a comprehensive contract.

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Airmen Advise Afghans on Russian-Made Helicopters
US Air Force
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan: Kadena Air Base Airmen are contributing to the readiness of the Afghan national army air corps by serving as advisers to Afghan airmen who maintain the Russian-made MI-17 transport helicopter at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan.

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Flanagan, a helicopter crew chief, and Tech. Sgt. Brian Roberts, a hydraulics specialist, are mentoring Afghan airmen at the Afghan air corps' southern wing at Kandahar AB.

Both Airmen are deployed from the 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kadena AB.

"The MI-17 is being used to cut down the number of convoys by doing cargo runs. We also do troop transfers," said Sergeant Flanagan, describing the lifesaving missions the helicopters are conducting. By airlifting troops and equipment, they are reducing the exposure of coalition forces to one of the number one killers in Afghanistan: improvised explosive devices.

At Kandahar AB, Sergeant Flanagan is providing maintenance and inspection guidance to Afghan maintainers, who in some cases have worked on the MI-17 for more than 20 years.

"Have you ever tried to give advice to somebody that has been doing something the same way for 20 years?" Sergeant Flanagan said. "It's not easy, but it really has been fun."

Sergeant Flanagan has shared improved risk management practices with them and taught them new methods for tracking flight hours and scheduling inspections. Sergeant Roberts has advised Afghan airmen on the MI-17's hydraulics system.

Sergeant Roberts, who usually works on E-3 Sentry aircraft at Kadena AB and is on his first deployment to Afghanistan, said their mission is important because they are "helping them (the Afghan air corps) to do their everyday jobs safer and better."

In preparation for the deployment, both Airmen attended a month-long familiarization course at Kremenchug Air College in Ukraine to learn about the MI-17.

"It was a great school," Sergeant Flanagan said. "We had two weeks of classroom lecture-type training and two weeks of OJT-type training."

"During our (on-the-job training) portion, Ukraine had record flooding," he said. "We actually got to help prepare the aircraft for a real world flood rescue operation saving 18 lives."

This is Sergeant Flanagan's second deployment to Afghanistan since he reported to Kadena AB in September 2006. On his first deployment, he maintained HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters that performed more than 100 medical evacuation missions and saved more than 120 lives.

With the unique opportunity to advise the Afghan air corps, Sergeant Flanagan said he and his fellow maintainers are making a tangible difference in the war-torn nation.

"It seems like we are really helping this country," he said. "Not only the maturing of the air corps but also helping in the community."

Lt. Col. Kurt Kolch, the 718th AMXS commander, said Sergeants Flanagan and Roberts exemplify the commitment of his maintainers to mission accomplishment regardless of the mission and where it takes them.

"When we were tasked to send Airmen to train the Afghan air corps, they were quick to volunteer," said Colonel Kolch, "and I couldn't be prouder of their service there."

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Guard aviators gear up for Afghanistan deployment
US Air Force
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE: Four New York Army National Guard aviators got a taste of high-altitude flying in Afghanistan on Feb. 25 without leaving the United States.

The Afghan-bound members of Detachment 20, Operational Support Airlift, went through high-altitude training at an Air Force oxygen chamber here.

The Soldiers must be able to recognize the symptoms of hypoxia, or oxygen starvation, in themselves and others in order to undertake the mission, said Army Chief Warrant Officer Kent Wagner, the commander of the deploying detachment.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Mike Judge, Sgt 1st Class Tarek Warner, Staff Sgt. Scot Leslie and Spc. Brad Provost made it through the training with flying colors.

Ten members of the Virginia Army National Guard, who are also slated for an Afghan deployment, also took part in the training.

The active-duty Air Force trainers first let the soldiers experience the feel of flying without an oxygen mask at 8,000 feet, by lowering the pressure the oxygen chamber. Then they "flew" to 25,000 feet and repeated the exercise again.

The Soldiers were instructed to take off their oxygen mask at each altitude and perform basic tasks, so they could recognize the symptoms of oxygen deprivation.

Det. 20 OSD normally operates fixed-wing, turbo-prop, C-12 aircraft, ferrying VIPs and Guard personnel around the country.

In mid-March they'll mobilize ten Soldiers to deploy to Afghanistan as part of Task Force ODIN. They'll fly C-12s designed to detect IEDs from the air.

The C-12 aircraft are specifically fitted with high-tech instruments for Task Force ODIN.

The acronym ODIN derives from "observe, detect, identify and neutralize". The Army put the ODIN concept together in 2006 at Fort Hood, Texas, and was sent to Iraq later that year to tackle the problem of roadside explosions, which had become the main method of attacking military personnel and truck convoys.

In September, 2008 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told Congress that he wanted to replicate the ODIN units in Afghanistan as soon as possible.

ODIN began with a small, sensor-carrying civilian aircraft, the Beech C-12, and a network of unmanned surveillance vehicles equipped with night-vision, infrared and full-motion video.

The entire network of surveillance equipment was linked to infantry units and Apache attack helicopters armed with missiles and machine guns.

The current ODIN units involve as many as 400 personnel. The C-12 aircraft carry analysts with monitors and other equipment that allows them to supply real-time video and data to troops on the ground and Apache helicopters in the air.

One system can provide data that show changes over time in the roadways over which the aircraft fly, which could indicate the presence of buried explosives.

Detachment 20 will join a company-sized C-12 aviation unit at Fort Benning, Ga., for their initial training cycle and then go to Hagerstown, Pa., for proficiency training on a modernized combat version of the C-12.

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ScanEagle UAS Completes Sea Trials with Singapore Navy
Boeing Company
SINGAPORE: ScanEagle, a long-endurance, fully autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by The Boeing Company and subsidiary Insitu, today successfully completed a ship-based trial with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).

The trial included both an RSN LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and a frigate. ScanEagle was launched and recovered from the ships' helicopter decks, flying day missions using an electro-optical camera payload and night missions using an infrared camera payload.

During the flights, the ScanEagle UAS successfully demonstrated sea-based launch and recovery capabilities and the ease with which the physical ground support equipment and control hardware can be integrated onboard. All tactical objectives and operational scenarios set for the flights were achieved.

"ScanEagle performed exceptionally well during the trials and proved it has the potential to be an asset for building the RSN's organic ship-based unmanned aerial vehicle capability," said Andrew Duggan, ScanEagle program manager for Boeing Defence Australia. "The ScanEagle UAS adds another dimension to persistent situational awareness for the ship's crew and generates actionable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information."

Boeing Defence Australia provided a complete maritime ScanEagle system for the trial, including a ground control station, communication links, launcher and SkyHook recovery system. A Boeing Insitu team deployed to Singapore for the entire trial.

The ScanEagle UAS has operated from a variety of maritime platforms, most notably U.S. Navy ships since 2005, achieving 1,500 launches and recoveries. It has also operated from a UK Royal Navy Type 23 frigate and from commercial vessels.

Boeing Defence Australia began operating ScanEagle in December 2006. Since then, it has surpassed 16,000 flight hours supporting Australian Land Forces overseas as well as delivering in-country operator and field maintainer training.

Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary and a business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, has more than 2,300 employees at 14 locations throughout Australia supporting programs for the Australian government and defense forces, international and commercial customers. Insitu Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company located in Bingen, Wash., designs, develops and manufactures unmanned aircraft systems for commercial and military applications.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

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ITT To Install Electronic Warfare systems on Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft
CLIFTON, NJ: ITT has won a $99.8 million competitive award to supply Advanced Electronic Warfare systems to support 30 new F-16 Block 50M aircraft being procured by the Turkish Air Force under the Peace Onyx IV Foreign Military Sales program.

Under a contract from Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., ITT's Electronic Systems, Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems business will provide the Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Systems (AIDEWS) and countermeasures dispensing systems with the aircraft. System deliveries on the contract will begin in 2010.

Under the contract, ITT will modify the system for Turkish Air Force mission systems. Associated spares, support equipment, training, engineering services, and data are also being acquired under this contract.

ITT Electronic Systems President Chris Bernhardt said, "Selection of AIDEWS by this highly respected NATO ally is very important to us. In the highly competitive F-16 international electronic warfare market, this award attests to the system's maturity and operational excellence."

This is the sixth international sale of ITT's AIDEWS. In addition to an international business jet application, ITT is producing these systems for F-16 aircraft being delivered to Poland, Oman, Chile and Pakistan.

AIDEWS, an integrated Radar Warning and Jamming countermeasure system, provides fighter pilots with superior situation awareness and protection against radar based threat systems, including modern surface-to-air and air-to-air weapon systems. AIDEWS is built upon the proven ALQ-211 family of electronic warfare systems now being used to support numerous U.S. and allied defense customers.

ITT Electronic Systems is one of the world's leading suppliers of electronic warfare technology for mission success and survivability. Key technologies include integrated EW systems for self-protection, reconnaissance and surveillance, force protection, mine defense, naval command/sonar applications, and submarine communication and tracking.

ITT Corporation is a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company operating on all seven continents in three vital markets: water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated 2008 sales of $11.7 billion.

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Japanese Defence Signs for 2 Eurocopter EC135 Training Helicopters
EADS
The Japanese Ministry of Defence signed a contract for 2 EC135 helicopters with Euroheli (Eurocopter’s distributor in Japan) on 26/02/2009. A second contract for 3 additional helicopters will follow next year with the objective of attaining a fleet of 15 training aircraft in total for the Maritime Self-Defence Forces.

This signature took place after a thorough and rigorous selection which not only took into account the technological performance of the aircraft but also its life-cycle cost. To be delivered before the end of this year, the EC135 helicopters are destined for the Naval Training School of Kanoya located on the island of Kyushu.

Mr. Lutz Bertling, Eurocopter’s CEO stated on this occasion, “We are extremely proud that our helicopters have been chosen by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Forces. This clearly shows the Japanese Navy’s confidence in our products. Like we announced at Japan Aerospace in Yokohama last year, we are determined to gain a foothold in the defence market in Japan. This contract award clearly brings us a step closer to achieving this goal and we remain committed to serving the needs of the Japanese Self-Defence Forces with our wide range of products, especially with the NH90 helicopter”.

Tailored for advanced training missions, the EC135 is well adapted for air crew from defence forces operating new generation multi-role or combat helicopters, such as Japan. In Europe, countries such as Germany, Spain and Switzerland are already using the EC135 or its military version the EC635 for the training of their pilots.

This new fleet of EC135 training helicopters will add to the 3 EC225 VIP helicopters (which entered into operation mid last year) currently flying for the Japanese Self-Defence Forces. With 57% market share in the civil and parapublic sectors, a fleet of 360 helicopters and more than 40 years of presence, Eurocopter is well-positioned in Japan to provide on-site maintenance and logistics services through the presence of its subsidiary Eurocopter Japan and its distributor EuroHeli.

Training is made easy on the EC135 helicopter

The EC135 is a modern light twin-engine helicopter in the 3 ton class with a seating capacity of 7 – 8 passengers and good manoeuvrability, high visibility and low vibration level. Equipped with a glass cockpit and the most advanced technologies, the EC135 allows instructors to perform training missions in optimal safety conditions. It is also simple to maintain and has a low fuel consumption level, which reduces operating ad overall training costs.

In the 12 years after making its debut in the market in mid-1996, more than 800 EC135 helicopters have been delivered worldwide for a variety of missions ranging from pilot training, law enforcement to Emergency Medical Services (EMS)/Search and Rescue (SAR). In Japan there are currently 40 EC135s flying for EMS missions (better known as Doctor Heli), news gathering and corporate transport operations.

The NH90 is a helicopter in the 9-10 metric ton class intended to modernise and boost the capability of the tactical transport and anti-submarine combat fleets. It is developed by NHI - joint venture established between Eurocopter, Agusta Westland and Stork Fokker.

Established in 1992, the Franco-German-Spanish Eurocopter Group is a Division of EADS, a world leader in aerospace, defence and related services. The Eurocopter Group employs approx. 15,600 people. In 2008, Eurocopter confirmed its position as the world’s No. 1 helicopter manufacturer in the civil and parapublic market, with a turnover of 4.5 billion Euros, orders for 715 new helicopters, and a 53 percent market share in the civil and parapublic sectors.

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Raytheon Completes Testing of Advanced Missile Warning Sensor
Raytheon Company
EL SEGUNDO, CA: Raytheon Company has completed performance testing of an infrared missile warning sensor that monitors an entire hemisphere from a single telescope.

The first-of-its-kind staring sensor, encompassing Raytheon's large-format focal-plane arrays, will be able to detect and track dimmer objects than sensors in current operation, according to Bill Hart, vice president for the company's Space Systems group.

"This sensor is important to America's missile-warning capability," Hart said. "A persistent sensor that can cover the entire earth gives us the detection sensitivity and responsiveness our military forces need for time-critical decisions."

The test program, conducted at Raytheon's space manufacturing facility in El Segundo, included vibration, electromagnetic interference and thermal vacuum conditions to confirm performance in a simulated space environment.

"We've proved we have a design for a sensor with extremely sophisticated technology that is readily qualifiable for space flight," Hart said. "In less than 24 months, a fully flight-qualified sensor could be delivered to the government."

The sensor is the central feature of the Third Generation Infrared System, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center and managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate in Albuquerque, N.M.

Formerly known as the Risk Reduction Alternative Infrared Satellite System, the program aims to demonstrate that wide-field-of-view sensors can maintain persistent full-earth surveillance for missile warning in a relatively small, low-risk and easily manufactured payload.

According to Hart, the sensor represents a major technology advance in comparison with the sensors of the Defense Support Program and the Space-based Infrared System High. Both rely on scanning mechanisms to perform full-earth surveillance of missiles and other infrared targets. The tests indicate the Raytheon sensor, which does not require scanning mechanisms and can easily incorporate advances in focal-plane technology, will outperform the other sensors, Hart said.

Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.

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Airmen service F-15E's avionics remotely
US Air Force |
SOUTHWEST ASIA: Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's Avionics Flight here apply their technical expertise to sustain mission readiness for F-15E Strike Eagles flying out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

The flight maintains and repairs three dozen various avionics systems for the Strike Eagle, which flies a variety of missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

"We are the only F-15 centralized repair facility in theater," said Tech. Sgt. Henry Diogo, flight day shift production supervisor deployed here from the 48th Component Maintenance Squadron out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom.

Avionics systems are a collection of line replaceable units, or LRUs, and include navigation, radar, flight controls, heads-up displays and targeting units. Together the LRUs affect how the F-15E flies and operates its weapon systems.

"Everything in the cockpit is pretty much our domain," said Sergeant Diogo.

Faulty LRUs are identified by avionics' flightline counterparts who send the LRU to base supply requesting an inspection. The LRU is replaced with a serviceable unit so the mission is unaffected, said Sergeant Diogo, who is on his first deployment here. Base supply forwards the faulty LRU to the avionics flight here where technicians inspect it, replace the necessary components and finalize the process with a post inspection. They then give it back to supply where it will remain ready to replace the next faulty unit.

"The constant pressure of having the numbers out and making sure we are producing our units makes this a high-stress environment," Sergeant Diogo said.

"When sending back an LRU, I think, 'Is it the best that it can be? Has it been produced in a quality manner?'" Sergeant Diogo said. "If something happens out there, it could be life or death. A misalignment could result in a bomb landing here instead of over there."

The critical nature of avionics is one reason why every LRU passing through the flight has technical orders, or TOs, on how to perform the various diagnostics as well as the standards for passing an inspection.

"(My team) is a bunch of hard working guys. They get in and go right to it," said Sergeant Diogo.

The flight's technicians have varying levels of experience that Sergeant Diogo is continually increasing through challenges.

"Sergeant Diogo presents challenges on a day-to-day basis that allow us to hit the TOs, get in the book and learn more stuff about our job and sharpens our skills," said Senior Airman Joshua Simmons, who is also deployed from RAF Lakenheath. After giving a challenge, Sergeant Diogo then allows the section to handle it themselves.

"Our flight chief calls it trust but verify. 'I trust you to do it and then six hours later I'll verify,'" said Airman Simmons, radar team leader. "When he asks me questions, I have to explain to him what I did, how I did it, write down the order of operations I used to reach a certain result."

The LRUs can be dangerous to handle, said Airman Simmons, who works on the APG-70 radar system. If the equipment is connected wrong, the radiofrequencies can cook a person. During inspections, 10,000 volts can be going through the equipment.

"Every aspect of it, the preinspection, bench check, maintenance, and post inspection, everything has its different challenges," said Airman Simmons.

Everyone in the flight takes an interest in continually looking to improve how the flight does business, said Airman Simmons. When someone comes across a process in the TOs that raises the question 'why is it done this way?' the process is evaluated. The search for efficiency has helped the flight to produce more than 750 LRUs in the past year. The complete repair process from receipt, inspection and repair takes a few hours on average. The estimated savings to the Air Force through repair are $33.7 million versus the cost of a new LRU.

The radar's transmitter is the only system, which the flight cannot repair here and must be sent to RAF Lakenheath.

"The avionics systems let the F-15E do what it does best," said Airman Simmons, who feels that what they do affects theater operations.

Currently F-15Es provide overwatch for coalition forces in Afghanistan. The 379th EMXS Aviation Flight's strict adherence to TOs helps ensure the Strike Eagle's success in theater, contributing to missions such as the one on Feb. 15, when an F-15E suppressed enemy fire to help a coalition convoy disengage from an improvised explosive device-initiated ambush. The convoy was able to break away from the engagement and return to base safely.

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Super Hornets Wired For Future Upgrade
Australian Department of Defense
The Rudd Government has invested an initial $35 million to boost the capability of the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets the Howard Government controversially ordered in 2007.

After an extensive review of the Super Hornet purchase, the Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon announced last year that the Rudd Government was left with little choice but to proceed with the $6.6 billion purchase. Mr Fitzgibbon cited financial penalties and the risk of an air capability gap due to poor long-term planning, as the key reasons.

“Wiring twelve of the Super Hornets as Growlers will give us the opportunity to provide taxpayers with better value for money,” Mr Fitzgibbon said.

“If finally pursued, the relatively small investment will significantly enhance the Super Hornet’s capability, by giving electronic attack capacity and therefore the ability to nullify the systems of opposing aircraft.

“It will also provide the Super Hornets with counter-terrorism capability through the ability to shut down the ground-based communications and bomb triggering devices of terrorists.”

The $35 million investment has allowed 12 of the 24 Super Hornets for future fit-out while still on the production line, providing significant savings. The completion of the project will require an additional investment of around $300 million. That final decision will not be required until around 2012.

If the Howard Government had taken a more prudent approach in making the Super Hornet decision rather than rushing to fill their impending air combat capability gap, they may have realised that this was a more effective approach to take.

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F-35 Production, Testing and Participation Shift Into High Gear in 2009
Lockheed Martin
ORLANDO, FL: In a single calendar year, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II program will complete all remaining System Development and Demonstration aircraft, deliver the first production-model F-35s to the armed services and initiate full-scale flight test operations at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

"Two-thousand nine is shaping up to be a year of firsts for the F-35 program, with the first flight of our F-35C carrier variant, the first vertical landing of our F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant, the first stand-ups of our test sites as Edwards and Pax River, the first training aircraft delivered to the U.S. Air Force and the first F-35 orders from our international partners," said Dan Crowley, Lockheed Martin executive vice president and F-35 program general manager, speaking at the Air Force Association's 2009 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla. "Already, we have delivered eight of 19 SDD jets, and we are moving aircraft off the assembly line at a rate of about one per month, a pace that continues to accelerate."

Additionally, the program will continue to validate the F-35's highly evolved mission systems software and hardware by adding to the more than 1,100 hours of flight testing and 115,000 hours of laboratory testing already completed. The initiation of flight testing for the first mission-systems-equipped F-35 will reinforce technical risk reduction efforts for the most powerful and comprehensive avionics system ever packaged into a fighter.

"As we mature the F-35, we continue to see evidence of ever-strengthening customer support - in the U.S. Air Force's request for stepped-up production, in the U.S. Navy's call for reinstatement of three early-production F-35Cs, and in Norway's and the Netherlands' endorsement of the F-35 as their future fighter," Crowley said. "We will see more of the same in 2009, as we prove out the Lightning II's capabilities, and as our international partners begin ordering their first airplanes."

The F-35, a supersonic, 5th generation stealth aircraft, is the world's most advanced multi-role fighter. Three F-35 variants derived from a common design, developed together and using the same sustainment infrastructure worldwide, will replace at least 13 types of aircraft for 11 nations initially, making the Lightning II the most cost-effective fighter program in history.

Lockheed Martin is developing the F-35 with its principal industrial partners, Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. Two separate, interchangeable F-35 engines are under development: the Pratt & Whitney F135 and the GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team F136.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.

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RUSIA SE NIEGA A VENDER SU-33 A CHINA




Rusia se ha negado a vender su caza embarcado Su-33 a China por el temor a que este país copie el modelo y lo exporte a un menor coste que los aparatos de fabricación rusa.
China y Rusia han estado negociando la venta de unos 50 Su-33 FlankerD para operar desde los futuros portaaviones chinos. Sin embargo, las negociaciones se rompieron al solicitar China la entrega de dos aviones para entrenamiento.
Rusia se ha negado a esta venta tras admitir que Rusia producía su propia copia del Su-27SK ( el Jian-11B ), violando los acuerdos de propiedad intelectual.
En 1995 China y Rusia firmaron un contrato valorado en 2500 millones de dólares para la fabricación local de 200 aviones Su-27SK.
Estos aviones deberían de estar dotados de motores, aviónica y radares rusos. Rusia canceló el contrato en 2006 tras descubrir que China había realizado una copia de Su-27 con distinta aviónica y otros euipos, denominado J-11B.

Realmente esos dos aviones son idénticos que operación se le realizan a estos aviones para que queden tan idénticos
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[Luisfer]

Ya era hora de que el diga un no. Esto chinos copian todo y descaradamente. Se las tendrán que arreglar solos o en su caso re negociar.

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[Bogdan-The-Kozak]

RUSIA SE NIEGA A VENDER SU-33 A CHINA




Rusia se ha negado a vender su caza embarcado Su-33 a China por el temor a que este país copie el modelo y lo exporte a un menor coste que los aparatos de fabricación rusa.
China y Rusia han estado negociando la venta de unos 50 Su-33 FlankerD para operar desde los futuros portaaviones chinos. Sin embargo, las negociaciones se rompieron al solicitar China la entrega de dos aviones para entrenamiento.
Rusia se ha negado a esta venta tras admitir que Rusia producía su propia copia del Su-27SK ( el Jian-11B ), violando los acuerdos de propiedad intelectual.
En 1995 China y Rusia firmaron un contrato valorado en 2500 millones de dólares para la fabricación local de 200 aviones Su-27SK.
Estos aviones deberían de estar dotados de motores, aviónica y radares rusos. Rusia canceló el contrato en 2006 tras descubrir que China había realizado una copia de Su-27 con distinta aviónica y otros euipos, denominado J-11B.

Realmente esos dos aviones son idénticos que operación se le realizan a estos aviones para que queden tan idénticos
saludos

Los rusos dicen que la informacion de que los chinos querian compra solo 2 Su-33 al principio, es falsa, y que es una farsa periodística.
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