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2003-10-17, Serge Pod: ~~~I think more [IMG]http://airbase.ru/forum/smi lies/wink.gif[/IMG]. This UAV uses AR801 Engine. It is a wankel-type rotor liquid cooled engine with displacement  294ccm. [IMG]http://www.uavenginesltd.co .uk/images/ar801.jpg[/IMG] You can see more…

2002-06-14, SERGEI Khitrovo: ~~~The F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter is built by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in partnership with Boeing, powered by Pratt and Whitney engines, and made from parts and subsystems provided by approximately 1,200 subcontractors and suppliers in 46…

2002-04-23, Serge Pod: ~~~Czech Cabinet approves Gripen acquisition proposal 23 April 2002 [url=http://airbase.uka.ru/sites /defence-data.com/storypic/gripe nczechgroup.htm][img]http://airb ase.uka.ru/cache/sites/defence-d ata.com/storypic/468x468/gripenc…

2001-12-20, Serge Pod: ~~~JASSM destroys hardened target in test 19 December 2001 Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) provided another demonstration of its operational effectiveness when it destroyed a hardened bunker target in a flight test on…

2001-11-15, Serge Pod: ~~~A400M contract signing likely to be delayed - again [IMG]http://airbase.uka.ru/sites /defence-data.com/storypic/468x4 68/a400mp01.jpg[/IMG] 12 November 2001 The formal contract signing for the development of the A400M transport aircraft, due to take…

2001-09-28, dsamoilov: From Janes Defence Weekly: The US Air Force (USAF) has selected the Lockheed Martin Sniper XR (Extended Range) system as the winner of its Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) competition, beating bids from Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. The initial contract provides for 168 pods, plus associated equipment, spares and support, with US$16.7 million allocated to the programme so far. http://airbase.ru/sites/www.miss ilesandfirecontrol.com/our_produ cts/firecontrol/SNIPER/images/46 8x468/pic03-sniper-sml.jpg [can't get icon's size]

2001-09-22, Serge Pod: ~~~China's selection of Tu-204 worth $200M to Rolls-Royce 20 September 2001 [IMG]http://defence-data.com/sto rypic/tu204left.jpg[/IMG]Rolls-R oyce has said it has received new engine business worth up to $200 million, including options, following China's decision to select RB211-535E4 engines to power up to 15 Russian Tupolev Tu-204 aircraft. The aircraft selection is for five firm orders for Tu-204-120C freighter aircraft, the first of the type in the People's Republic of China, and options for ten more Tu-204 aircraft, in either passenger of freighter configuration. Engines for three of the firm aircraft are already included in the Rolls-Royce order book. Three of the five firm Tu-204 aircraft will be purchased and allocated to China Southwest Airlines and two to China Northwest Airlines by China Aviation Supplies Import -Export Corporation (CASC). The first aircraft is scheduled to enter service in late 2002. John Cheffins, President -- Civil Aerospace, Rolls-Royce plc said: "China's decision to purchase…

2001-08-01, BACKFIRE: ~~~Приблизительные эквиваленты американских офицерских званий: Second Lieutenant (2nd lt) - лейтенант First Lieutenant (1st lt) - старший лейтенант Captain (cap) - капитан Major (maj) - майор Lieutenant Colonel (lt col)- подполковник Colonel (col) -…

2001-07-07, Serge Pod: ~~~Royal Air Force pilot goes vertical 3 July 2001 [IMG]http://defence-data.com/sto rypic/x35b1strafleft.jpg[/IMG][I MG]http://defence-data.com/story pic/x35b1strafright.jpg[/IMG]Squ adron Leader Justin Paines has become the first Royal Air Force pilot to…

2001-06-15, Serge Pod: ~~~Eurofighter launches AMRAAM and ASRAAM 12 June 2001 The Italian Eurofighter prototype DA7 has completed a two-week series of weapons trials at the Decimomannu range on Sardinia. AMRAAM, ASRAAM and AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles were launched from the aircraft. [IMG]http://defence-data.com/sto rypic/eftda7a.jpg[/IMG]An AMRAAM S/CTV missile (Advanced medium range Air-to-Air Missile Separation/Control Test Vehicle), an inert warhead test missile with a motor to check the separation trajectory from the aircraft was launched in level flight from a height of 3,130 feet at a speed of 0.9 Mach. The test confirmed the Eurofighter's optimum launch platform qualities and the reliability and maturity of the aircraft systems. The DA7 prototype's test cycle also included the first launch of an ASRAAM (Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile) from a height of 5,000 feet at a speed of 0.89 Mach. This is an inert warhead operational missile fitted with the instrumentation necessary for data exchange with a Ground Station. BAE…

2001-06-03, Dron: ~~~ EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (CNN) -- The X-43A, a "hypersonic" experimental aircraft attached to a Pegasus booster rocket, failed the first of three planned test flights Saturday. The flight plan called for the X-43A to separate from the booster rocket and free-fall back to earth in about 10 seconds, landing in the Pacific Ocean. Instead, the aircraft fell directly into the ocean. The aircraft was launched 95,000 feet above the Pacific Missile Test Range here, from a NASA B-52. NASA had hoped the aircraft would reach speeds up to seven times the speed of sound, or almost 5,000 miles per hour. Two other planned test are now on hold, officials said. The hypersonic combustion engine technology, an elusive engineering goal for decades, could someday allow craft to fly 10 times faster than the speed of sound, a pace now reserved to conventional rockets. It's called "scramjet" technology, and it relies on air-breathing engines instead of rocket power to achieve its tremendous speeds. Currently, the…

2001-05-28, Eagle: ~~~You don`t agree with me ? Why ?

2001-05-02, Serge Pod: ~~~X-43A dress rehearsal flight successful 1 May 2001 The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52 mother ship, has had a successful first captive-carry flight. A dress rehearsal for the subsequent free flight, the captive-carry flight kept the X-43A-and-Pegasus combination attached to the B-52's wing pylon throughout the almost two-hour mission from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Centre, Edwards in California, over the Pacific Missile Test Range, and back to Dryden. X-43A-and-Pegasus combination attached to a B-52 wing pylon The unpiloted X-43A marks the return to dedicated hypersonic research flights (at least five times the speed of sound) that NASA last pursued with the X-15 programme that ended in 1969. Unique to the X-43A is its blending of an integrated airframe with a scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) engine, intended to make the X-43A the first air-breathing hypersonic vehicle in free flight. This technology promises…

2001-04-25, fast: ~~~larger The Horsehead nebula is silhouetted against the bright nebula, IC 434. The bright area at the top left edge is a young star April 24, 2001 Web posted at: 9:04 AM EDT (1304 GMT) (CNN) -- The Hubble Space Telescope is having a birthday, but astronomy buffs are getting the gift. To commemorate the telescope's 11th year in the sky since its launch in 1990, the Hubble was aimed at the Horsehead nebula. The nebula, a popular target for amateur astronomers, was selected by Internet voters last year as an astronomical target for the Hubble. Also known as Barnard 33, the nebula comes by its nickname honestly. Its unusual shape, resembling the head of a horse, was first discovered on a photographic plate in the late 1800s. HUBBLE TOP TEN From the home office in geosynchronous orbit... it's the Hubble Top Ten INTERACTIVE Cult 3D model of Hubble Space Telescope MESSAGE BOARD Stargazing During its first 11 years Hubble has: Orbited Earth 60,000 times Traveled more than 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) Made…

2001-04-07, Dron: ~~~ A major milestone in Russia's space industry have been achieved today when a heavy-class modernized carrier rocket "Proton-M" with accelerating block "Boeez-M" blasted off from Baikonur cosmodrome at 7:47 Moscow time, saturday. New missile possesses improved energetic and ecological qualities compared to base Proton model. Both new missile and the accelerating block have been built by Khrunichev Space Centre.  According to media-service of the Russian Flight Control Centre, new missile featuring greater payload capabilities delivered "Ekran-M" telecommunications satellite  to the geostationary orbit, which will ensure direct retranslation of TV channels to Siberia and Far Eastern parts of Russia. The new "Proton-M" missile is capable of delivering heaviest objects to space of up to 6.8 tons in weight which was previously impossible to accomplish. If need arises, Proton-M may also deliver multiple satellites to various orbits depending on customer's preference. [Edited by Dron, 07-04-2001]

2001-04-07, Dron: ~~~ By Richard Stenger CNN (CNN) -- Beginning a new chapter in Mars exploration, NASA on Saturday launched a powerful new orbiter to scour the Red Planet for evidence of underground water and geologic hot spots. The $300 million Mars Odyssey should become the first spacecraft to visit Mars since two disastrous failures in 1999. Mars Odyssey will search for water, map surface minerals and measure radiation levels -- observations that could provide clues about possible extraterrestrial life. < !-- ======= WRAPPER ======= --> < !-- ======= /WRAPPER ======= --> "Life on Earth was not a cosmic fluke but part of a broad imperative," Ed Weiler, NASA deputy administrator, told reporters Friday. "Mars is a lot like Earth. And billions of years ago it had some kind of atmosphere and huge quantities of flowing water." The spacecraft blasted off into clear morning skies aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It should reach Mars in October after a journey of 286 million miles (460 million km). Joining…

2001-04-05, Dron: ~~~Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, April 5, 2001; Page A01 Accused spy Robert P. Hanssen allegedly brought a D.C. stripper to religious services at his suburban Virginia church and spent at least $10,000 on a car for her in what authorities believe was a proselytizing effort, sources close to the investigation said this week. Federal investigators, who have interviewed the woman, are also examining whether Hanssen bought her an airplane ticket to Tokyo or other gifts in the early 1990s, according to law enforcement and intelligence sources. The purchases may provide important clues to what happened to some of the $600,000 in cash and diamonds that the former FBI counterintelligence agent allegedly received from Soviet and Russian governments in return for spying since 1985, according to the sources. Counterintelligence experts said that such purchases, combined with $275,000 in debt incurred by Hanssen and his wife, Bonnie, since 1992, could have provided warning signs to FBI officials that Hanssen…

2001-03-29, Dron: ~~~ PALMDALE, Calif., March 26, 2001 — Extensive ground environment tests conducted on the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32B demonstrator last week confirmed the aircraft's short-takeoff-and-vertical-landi ng (STOVL) system operates at acoustic and temperature levels lower than predicted at full power. Mike Heinz, Boeing vice president and JSF deputy program manager, said the test data prove the Boeing STOVL ground environment is well within operational limits. "The testing verifies we meet all requirements and provide a safe operating environment for the customer," Heinz said. "We confirmed that with the X-32B at 100 percent STOVL thrust, the ground environment is at or below heat- and noise-level requirements." Ground environment tests are essential to ensure the aircraft can maintain continuous operations on takeoff and landing surfaces, and to ensure the safety of maintenance personnel working on and around the aircraft. According to Heinz, lower acoustic and vibration levels inside the aircraft provide…

2001-03-27, Dron: ~~~ [IMG]http://www.area51researchce nter.com/8-3-00crash3.jpg[/IMG] LONDON (Reuters) - Two U.S. F-15 fighters went missing on a low-flying training mission over the Scottish Highlands on Monday and rescue workers were increasingly pessimistic after reports of an explosion. "As each hour and minute goes by, we are profoundly concerned about their fate," Royal Air Force spokesman Michael Mulford told Reuters after the fighters were reported overdue. "In search and rescue, one never says never but at this point it is difficult to be anything but pessimistic," he said. Contact was lost on both radar and radio from the fighters, on a training flight from their Lakenheath base in England. "Someone has reported an explosion in the Cairngorms. We now have two Nimrod aircraft, three helicopters, two RAF mountain rescue teams and several civilian teams all searching," the spokesman said. He said there were no reports of distress beacons. "This is something of a mystery. We are very concerned about the fate of these…

2001-03-15, Dron: ~~~ GIESSEN, Germany -- A U.S. soldier has been acquitted by a U.S. Army panel in the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy in Kosovo. Nicholas Young, who was 19 and serving as a peacekeeper at the time of the accidental shooting, was on trial on charges of negligent homicide and dereliction of duty following the death of the ethnic Albanian boy. He was facing up to 3 1/2 years in prison, dishonourable discharge, reduction in rank to private and forfeiture of all pay and allowances if convicted by the panel. Young burst into tears and threw his arms around his mother as he left the courtroom. Young was part of a group of U.S. Army soldiers visiting the Gornja Slatina school in the town of Cerkes Sadorina when his M-249 squad automatic weapon discharged. Rounds from the machine gun struck Gentrit Rexhepi in the chest and arm. The boy later died at Camp Bondsteel, where Army doctors tried to save his life. Young's unit, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery, "sponsored" the school and was on a goodwill mission at…

2001-03-12, Dron: ~~~ [IMG]http://airbase.uka.ru/alpha /rus/m/mig/29/img/mig-29_0010.jp g[/IMG] During official visit of RSK MiG representatives to Sophia (Bulgaria) both sides confirmed their mutual interest in fastest maintenance and modernization of MiG-29A fighter jets that are in service with Bulgarian Air Force. Bulgarian officials stressed on the fact that the deal must have absolutely no political context. Aside from that, Bulgaria takes no obligations related to future upgrade program of the Air Force which may include massive purchase of american equipment. International observers have mentioned that Bulgarian desperation is forced by integration with NATO which will require replacement of IFF (identification friend-or-foe) system aboard MiGs. Bulgarian Ministry of Defense is also exploring potential purchase of F-16s as possible successors to Fulcrums. [Edited by Dron, 12-03-2001]

2001-02-22, Dron: All members of the air defense personel in Kashmir and Dzhammu states of India are on high-state of alert as of February 19 following an unprovoked instrusion of two Pakistan reconnaissance planes deep into Indian air space. Indian forces have urgently…

2001-01-31, Dron: ~~~Russia vows to restore wrecked airplane The AN-70 prototype, which crashed on January 27, will be restored and put back in the air. This was reported by main designer of OKB Antonov in an exclusive interview to ITAR-TASS news agency. While falling on…

2001-01-26, Serge Pod: ~~~SBL Team test beam director design 26 January 2001 The Space-Based Laser Integrated Flight Experiment (SBL-IFX) has new information about how to monitor and maintain the pointing of the SBL-IFX beam director on orbit. The data was collected from a recent integrated ground test of the Alpha high-energy laser, its beam director telescope and the associated beam alignment and correction system. The beam director is the part of the Air Force and Ballistic Missile Defense Organisation's (BMDO) proposed experimental missile defence system that will project the high-energy laser beam across space and focus it on a distant boosting missile target. Team SBL-IFX, a joint venture comprising Lockheed Martin, TRW and Boeing, conducted the six-second lasing test last month at TRW's Capistrano Test Site near San Clemente in California. It was carried out as part of the team's current $240 million SBL-IFX development contract with the Air Force. The test involved generating a megawatt-class laser beam with the TRW-built…

2001-01-04, Dron: ~~~ Indian brand new fighter jet successfully passed initial flight tests. According to army representatives who observed the actual flight over flight center in Bangalore, it's an enormous achievement of the national industry. Development of a light fighter jet began in India 17 years ago, however engineers faced many problems and delays in the program. Apparently, it will take another 10 years or more for the plane to enter service with Indian Air Force. India is still hoping for eventual export orders for this plane however many experts say that by the time new plane arrives to international market, it's development technology will become far too old to be competitive. [This message has been edited by Dron (edited 04-01-2001).] [This message has been edited by Dron (edited 04-01-2001).] [This message has been edited by Dron (edited 04-01-2001).] [This message has been edited by Dron (edited 04-01-2001).]