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Chopper Crash Test A Smash Hit Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010 
The second crash test of a small lightweight helicopter at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was a smashing success, literally - just as engineers had predicted. "Three, two, one, release," said the technician on the loudspeaker at the Landing and Impact Research Facility.
With that countdown the helicopter smacked hard into the concrete. Its skid gear collapsed, its windsc ... read moreLockMart C-5M Super Galaxy Is Effective, Suitable And Mission Capable 
Marietta GA (SPX) Mar 11, 2010The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation (OT and E) Center has rated the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-5M as "effective, suitable and mission capable" based on results from OT and E testing completed in January 2010. The OT and E phase spanned four months, evaluating various performance aspects to validate the capability and reliability of the C-5M. These positive test results enable ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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First A400M Ferried From Seville To Toulouse
Toulouse, France (SPX) Mar 11, 2010This flight is the tenth performed by A400M MSN1 since its first flight on 11th December 2009. In total and until yesterday the aircraft has logged 39 hours of flight test. Very poor weather in Seville prevented the aircraft from performing more flights, as the sensors installed on the turboprop blades for the initial flight test campaigns, are sensitive to humidity. During the initi ... more Circumpolar Balloon Flights From Esrange Space Center 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Mar 12, 2010Yesterday, March 9, in connection with the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt visiting Moscow, a space cooperation agreement was signed between Sweden and Russia. This agreement will give Swedish Space Corporation the possibility to offer customers circumpolar balloon flights from its launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. "Balloon flights with longer duration ... more Airbus chief says Chinese bet paying off 
Frankfurt (AFP) March 10, 2010Airbus chief executive Thomas Enders said on Wednesday that his decision to build aircraft in China has paid off, with the quality matching that of Europe and the local market taking off. "The quality of Airbus aircraft from Tianjin today is just as good as from Toulouse or Hamburg," the company's other plants in southern France and northern Germany, Enders told the German daily Die Welt. ... more Russia's Flying Saucer Aerostat Set For Production 
Ulianovsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010The government of the Ulianovsk Region in the Volga area has approved a five-year program to produce so-called "flying saucers" - a bizarre hybrid of a helicopter and an aerostat. The first such aircraft, officially named "aerostatic thermoballasted vehicle" or simply "Locomoskayner" after its manufacturer LocomoSky, was presented MAKS-2009 air show. The prototype flying saucer was seven m ... more |
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Germany not happy with NH90 helicopter
Berlin (UPI) Feb 25, 2009 The German armed forces are testing 13 new NH90 helicopters and they are not amused. An internal military report, leaked to German mass daily Bild, blasted the many shortcomings of the multi-purpose helicopter developed and built by Eurocopter daughter NHIndustries. The 103-page report goes as far as recommending using alternative aircraft in operational scenarios. Germany has o ... more Brazil closing in on jets deal 
Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Feb 25, 2009 Brazil looks poised by the end of March to pick the winner of a multibillion-dollar tender to supply its air force with state-of-the-art combat aircraft. The country's air force chief Gen. Juniti Saito told local media the selection would be a "political and strategic decision" made by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after a thorough technical evaluation of the three compe ... more Australia to boost helicopter capability 
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Feb 25, 2009 Australia will start looking this year for a new naval combat helicopter, said Defense Minister John Faulkner. The tender process for the 24 helicopters will begin this year with a decision made next year. Deliveries are expected to start in 2014, a Department of Defense statement said. The competition will likely be between Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R and the NH Industries N ... more Quieter Flying With Less Environmental Impact 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2010One of the primary objectives of the aviation research team at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt; DLR) is to make flying quieter and to reduce its environmental impact. DLR came a step closer to this goal with the culmination of the FAGI (Future Air Ground Integration) project. In the future, a modified flight approach procedure with improved environmental cre ... more |
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