LoooSeR Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 https://imp-navigator.livejournal.com/703860.html Quote In Iran, the serial production of the reconnaissance and strike UAV "Mohajer-6" began The difference from the Shahed-129 reconnaissance-strike UAV, the new Mohajer-6, which are already being used in Syria and on the eastern border of Iran, are designed for the needs of the ground forces and probably the naval forces of the IRGC. It is reported that the first released batch of new UAVs will be transferred to the ground forces of the IRGC. MOSCOW, February 5 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. Iran has set up a serial production of tactical drones "Mohajer-6" with high-precision "smart" bombs, the website of the Iranian Ministry of Defense said. Iran's Defense Minister Amir Khatami attended the production opening ceremony on Monday, calling the Mohajer-6 UAV one of the important achievements of the Iranian defense industry. According to him, the UAV has a wide operational range and is capable of long flights, which can help the country's armed forces in carrying out reconnaissance, surveillance, and combat mission missions. The opening ceremony was held in the festive days for the country, dedicated to the 39th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Traditionally, celebrations begin on February 1 and last ten days: from the moment of the return of the leader of the anti-monarchical movement Imam Khomeini from the long-standing exile to the victory of the revolution. Celebrations are called "Dahe-e Fajr" ("Ten Days of Dawn"). Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 The heatsink sticking out the side is cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18108/veteran-aerospace-reporters-old-file-cabinet-is-full-of-2000s-military-treasu Amazing what you find when cleaning out old filing cabinets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Quote Probable PAK DA/Izdeliye 80 (©Butowski/Air&Cosmos/bmpd) . 145 tons, 30 tons payload, 15000 km range, 2 engines with 23 tons thrust based on NK-32-02. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Quote Training of military transport aviation pilots of landing and taking off from the unpaved airfield in Migalovo Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 8 hours ago, LoooSeR said: Russhin spoys hacked muh Flying Dorito! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Except it's in the same weight class as a B-2, given the numbers @LoooSeR quoted. The NK-32 is a gigantic engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 The U.S. Air Force plans to retire its fleet of Rockwell B-1B and Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bombers in a “Bomber Vector” roadmap that will be laid out in the coming weeks. As Northrop’s next-generation B-21 “Raider” comes online in the mid 2020s, the Air Force wants to phase out the nuclear-capable B-2 and conventional B-1, according to two sources with knowledge of the budget discussions. Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Could this mean the B-52 gets to outlast the B-2? That's unexpected, but makes some sense Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Xlucine said: Could this mean the B-52 gets to outlast the B-2? That's unexpected, but makes some sense Almost certainly. Especially if they go ahead with the re-engine plan for them. Theres a bunch of talk about turning them into arsenal ships and AAM boats for the Stealth airframes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 ???????????????? General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) is to team with Boeing on its MQ-25 Stingray offering to the US Navy (USN), the company announced on 12 February.The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer said it will collaborate with Boeing Autonomous Systems on the MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Carrier Aviation Air System (UCAAS) competition."Boeing Autonomous Systems is pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate with General Atomics on its MQ-25 proposal,” Boeing Autonomous Systems Vice-President and General Manager Chris Raymond was quoted as saying, adding, “We look forward to supporting GA-ASI with our aviation and autonomous experience.”Along with Boeing, GA-ASI announced the full industrial line-up for its MQ-25 offering, which will include Pratt & Whitney (providing the PW815 engine); UTC Aerospace Systems (landing gear); L3 Technologies (communication systems); BAE Systems (software, including mission planning and cybersecurity); Rockwell Collins (navigation systems, networked communications, and a simulation framework to help de-risk the programme); and GKN Aerospace’s Fokker (landing gear technologies and arrestor hook). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 The second test launch of the new anti-missile PRS-1M in Sary-Shagan Quote As reported by the Department of Information and Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on February 12, 2018, a new test missile of the Russian missile defense system was conducted Quote Test launch of the new anti-missile PRS-1M (53T6M) developed by JSC Experimental Design Bureau Novator (Ekaterinburg, part of the Almaz-Antei Concern) from the multi-channel firing complex 5K60P Amur-P. Sary-Shagan, 12.02.2018 (c) Ministry of Defense of Russia Quote According to the known information, the second test launch of the new PRS-1M (53T6M) anti-ballistic missile from completely new production of the JSC Novator Experimental Design Bureau (Ekaterinburg, part of the Almaz-Antei Concern OJSC) which is a counter-missile of the near/close range echelon of the new missile defense system in Moscow and the Central Industrial Area A-235 (RTC-181M, "Aircraft-M" R&D). The first launch of the PRS-1M (53T6M) antimissile of completely new production was carried out in Sary-Shagan on November 23, 2017. The ABM A-235 (RTC-181M) system is a modernization of the missile defense system of Moscow and the Central Industrial Area A-135 (RTC-181), which was deployed back in the 1980s, accepted for experimental joint operation in December 1990 and engaged in combat duty with February 1992. The development of the upgraded version of the A-135 ABM system was set by the Resolution of the CPSU Central Committee and USSR Council of Ministers No. 585-119 of June 7, 1978, which determined the deployment of the A-135 system. The main developer was the Scientific Research Institute of Radio Instrument Engineering (NIIRP, Moscow). https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3091021.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 JASSM-ER has reached fully operational capability on the Strike Eagle. http://www.janes.com/article/77892/jassm-er-achieves-foc-on-f-15e-strike-eagle Strike Eagle now has a 500 nm range weapon. Ramlaen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Chinese unmanned aircraft CH-4V in the Iraqi army aviation Quote UAVs of the CH-4 series (Cai Hong 4 - "Rainbow-4") are designed and manufactured by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA, also known as the Eleventh Academy, formerly NII-701), located in Beijing, which is part of the state corporation China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Since 2013, the CH-4, considered a kind of analogue to the American General Atomics MQ-1 Predator UAV, are being used by the PLA Air Force. UAV CH-4 has a wingspan of 18 m and takeoff weight up to 1,300 kg. There are two versions of the CH-4 UAVs, the CH-4A reconnaissance vehicle with a flight duration of up to 30 hours, and the reconnaissance-strike CH-4V capable of carrying up to 350 kg of combat load on four external suspension nodes, which can be used as the new CASC rocket AR-1 (weight 45 kg, laser guidance system) and small-sized controlled air bombs FT-5 (caliber 100 kg, satellite tracking system), flight duration with maximum combat load is limited to 14 hours. Spoiler https://dambiev.livejournal.com/1085670.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Quote Nigeria Air Force to officially induct indigenous developed UAV named TSAIGUMI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Orbital ATK ramps up for the production of the "Hatchet" small, guided glide bomb. The Hatchet is a small (5kg!) bomb that has GPS, inertial and semi-active laser guidance. At one point the rationale for JDAMs was that GPS guidance was much cheaper than semi-active laser guidance, so the fact that these tiny bombs (which would presumably be used in large numbers) have both guidance systems suggests that semi-active laser guidance has become cheaper. Belesarius and Ramlaen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguetechie Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 That project is pretty cool and will likely fit our needs quite well provided it's cheap enough and the adapter/mount Kits are too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 5 hours ago, Collimatrix said: Orbital ATK ramps up for the production of the "Hatchet" small, guided glide bomb. The Hatchet is a small (5kg!) bomb that has GPS, inertial and semi-active laser guidance. At one point the rationale for JDAMs was that GPS guidance was much cheaper than semi-active laser guidance, so the fact that these tiny bombs (which would presumably be used in large numbers) have both guidance systems suggests that semi-active laser guidance has become cheaper. Akshually, 6 lb. 2.7 kg!!!!!!! This is probably light enough to replace air-dropped cluster bombs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded $219,600,000 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order N0001918F1597 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-16-G-0001). This order procures non-recurring efforts associated with Engineering Change Proposal 6503 for the design, development, test and integration of the conformal fuel tank in support of the F/A-18. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California (41 percent); St. Louis, Missouri (40 percent); Patuxent River, Maryland (17 percent); and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2022. Fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $18,986,916 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Quote The US blocks the sale to Egypt of Scalp-EG airborne cruise missiles As reported by Michel Cabirol in the article "Rafale en Egypte: les Etats-Unis bloquent" in the French newspaper "La Tribune", the United States blocked the sale to Egypt of French operational-tactical cruise missiles MBDA Scalp-EG, intended for arming Egypt's acquired French fighters Dassault Rafale. This, in turn, hinders negotiations for a contract for the sale by France of Egypt of 12 more Rafale fighters (in addition to the 24 previously ordered), as the Egyptian side links their purchase with obtaining Scalp-EG missiles. https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3097665.html Quote Probably, the US opposition to the sale of Egypt to cruise missiles Sсalp-EG, as is usual in such cases on the American side, is connected with the desire to prevent a threat to Israel. It can be assumed that the "American component" in the Scalp-EG missiles is the receiver of the high-precision military GPS signal used in the guidance system of these missiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Saab jus role out their first AEW&C GlobalEye aircraft. 2 of them are heading to the UAE. It's based of the Bombardier Global 6000 business jet. "The GlobalEye is built around the Saab Erieye Extended Range (ER) radar, and while the company has kept the external dorsal fin configuration of the original Erieye system, it has fitted it with new and largely undisclosed technology. Saab said the Erieye ER is resistant to jamming, and features a doubling of the radar’s power efficiency compared with previous Erieye iterations. It also comes with all-weather functionality in all domains (air, sea, and land surveillance), and an “extremely high” tracking update rate against targets-of-interest. The company has previously given a figure of 650 km plus for the radar’s range, but being an active electronically scanned array (AESA) system means that this can be increased dramatically by focusing the energy at a particular area. The system has been said to “take the drama out of stealth” in its ability to detect low observable aircraft, Saab said." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 When the environmental controls are so bad on your $60+ million aircraft that your cockpit fills with ice and you have to navigate home using your smart watch. http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18762/freezing-navy-ea-18g-crew-in-ice-filled-cockpit-navigated-home-using-their-smart-watches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Belesarius said: When the environmental controls are so bad on your $60+ million aircraft that your cockpit fills with ice and you have to navigate home using your smart watch. http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18762/freezing-navy-ea-18g-crew-in-ice-filled-cockpit-navigated-home-using-their-smart-watches Come to think of it, I haven't seen as many reformists claiming that legacy aircraft are better than F-35 as I used to. Maybe they all got hypoxia? Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 LostCosmonaut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyklon Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Looks like the russians are making a new Hypersonic AShM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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