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April 14, 2014

Airborne 04.14.14: Google Buys Titan, Diesel Archer, C4 Avionics

Also: Scorpion's 1st 50 Hours,Pilatus Sales Record, Classic Aero-TV: Ballooning, XCOR Progress Update, Another TSA Screw-Up

Just as we were tucking this episode of Airborne away, we received confirmation that Google had acquired UAV Startup, Titan Aerospace, run by Eclipse Founder, Vern Raburn. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted an STC to Piper Aircraft and the Continental Motors Group for the installation of the Centurion 2.0S diesel engine aboard Piper Archer aircraft. Ground and flight tests on the Piper Archer, powered by a Centurion 155 horsepower Jet-A compression ignition engine, were conducted from Technify’s airport facility at Altenburg, Germany. If looks could kill and a name means anything, you’ve just got to love the Textron AirLand S

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Rolls-Royce Awarded $100 M To Service US Navy T-45 Trainer Aircraft Engines

Contract Covers Aircraft Operating At Four Main Naval Air Stations

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) contract valued at over $100 million by the US Department of Defense to provide continued support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the US Navy's T-45 training aircraft. The follow-on, one-year contract will continue the successful support which has provided the US Navy's training fleet with guaranteed availability over the past ten years.

The Boeing KC-46A Tanker, A Derivative Of The 767, Is Progressing But Behind Schedule

The Air Force’s first KC-46A tanker is going through ground testing at this time and the first flight is scheduled for this summer. If this schedule is maintained, full flight testing will be well underway by the end of this year.

Versatility Offers More Deployment Options To Warfighters

Sometimes one of the most difficult things about operating a military ground vehicle where it's needed is getting it there. After a recent series of successful tests, the U.S. Navy last month certified that the Boeing Phantom Badger combat support vehicle can be transported inside a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. That is another step toward providing warfighters with more options to deploy the versatile vehicle.

System Provides Vehicle Agnostic Capability For Current And Future Missions

As autonomous technologies continue to develop and grow within the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully demonstrated the Lockheed Martin OPTIMUS mission system's ability to accomplish an autonomous approach and landing in an unprepared environment.

The C-130 Has Been An Important Part Of The Israel Defense Forces For More Than 40 Years

Israel’s first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifter arrived at Nevatim Air Base this last week. Along with senior Israeli officials, Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin attended the ceremony and made remarks.

Navy Releases FY14 Aviation Career Continuation Pay Rates

Bonuses Up To $125K Designed To Retain Qualified Pilots

Qualified Navy aviators can receive up to $125,000 in bonuses announced in a message released April 8.

Congressman John Lewis To Present The Award April 18

Heroically they fought and served defending against the spread of Nazism during WWII and spearheading integration within all units of the United States Armed Forces, but for an unknown number of surviving Tuskegee Airmen, formal recognition is something that still has not come.

To Be Displayed At U.S. Army Transportation Museum In Fort Eustis, VA

Summit Aviation has played a vital role in saving a piece of military history by restoring the oldest surviving CH-47A Chinook helicopter for the U.S. Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, VA.

Static Tests Conducted On Non-Flying Airframe

Sikorsky has successfully completed an initial series of tests required by the Naval Air Systems Command to verify the structural strength of the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter. Conducted on a full-size non-flying airframe called the Static Test Article, the tests are part of a three-year program to validate that the largest helicopter ever designed and built by Sikorsky has the structural integrity to operate safely over its entire flight envelope.