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All News

May 10, 2015

A400M Lost During Test Flight

4 Dead, 2 Injured Near Seville Assembly Plant

The turbulent genesis of the Airbus A400M just got a lot more difficult. An A400M, due to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force within weeks, went down during a shakedown test flight with a crew of six aboard. The aircraft, MSN23, was the first A400M loss. The accident occurred right after departure from Seville's San Pablo airport -- also the home of Airbus Defense and Space’s flight test and final assembly facility.

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Aeromobil Flying Car Prototype Downed in Flight Testing

Emergency Parachute Deployment Used To Avert More Serious Accident

The much reported Aeromobil flying car prototype went down during a test flight, Friday, May 8th, after its ballistic parachute was used to avert more significant damage when a test flight went awry. According to the Aeromobil Facebook page, "The AeroMobil 3.0 experimental prototype is currently undergoing a rigorous analysis and testing programme. During one of the test flights that took place on May 8, 2015, the inventor and test pilot, Stefan Klein, encountered an unexpected situation and activated the advanced ballistic parachute system in an altitude of approximately 300 meters (900 feet).

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Raytheon To Transform U.S. Aviation Weather Data

FAA Awards Contract For System To Enhance Weather Information

The FAA has awarded Raytheon Company a $77M contract to build weather processing technology and display infrastructure for use throughout the National Airspace System (NAS). The NextGen Weather Processor (NWP) program will generate accurate, timely, and improved weather information for the benefit of all U.S. travelers.

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Alaska Airlines To Incorporate Renewable Alcohol-Based Jet Fuel

Airline Is Gevo's Commercial Launch Partner For Alcohol-To-Jet Fuel Program

A strategic alliance has been formed by renewable fuel producer Gevo, Inc. and Alaska Airlines to purchase Gevo's renewable jet fuel and fly the first-ever commercial flight on alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ).

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AF Academy Wins DARPA Challenge

Designed Micro Air Vehicle Capable Of Chemical Detection

The U.S. Air Force Academy won the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Innovation Challenge for the second year in a row, Academy officials said May 6.

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Global Hawk Earns Unprecedented Third Consecutive Sustainment Award

Most Improved Performance In Aircraft Maintenance And Logistics Readiness

For an unprecedented third year in a row, the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft program was officially awarded the Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence Award for most improved performance in aircraft maintenance and logistics readiness during a ceremony April 28 at the Pentagon. Northrop Grumman Corporation is the prime contractor for the high-flying fleet of Global Hawks.

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Boeing Marks First International Sale Of P-8A Training System

US Navy Also Purchases Four New P-8A Trainers

Boeing will provide the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with a complete training system for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft under a contract that also includes the sale of four P-8A training systems for the U.S. Navy. This combined domestic and foreign military sale further strengthens the growing partnership between the U.S. Navy and the RAAF on the P-8 program.

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Autonomous Sense And Avoid Software Demos Maturity

Learjet Programmed To Act As A Global Hawk UAV For Flight Tests

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) recently completed a round of flight tests on its Northrop Grumman Corporation led Multiple Intruder Autonomous Avoidance (MIAA) program. The flight tests demonstrate the robustness and maturity of the Department of Defense's (DOD) standard collision avoidance software known as Multiple Sensor Integrated Conflict Avoidance (MuSICA).

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FAA UAV Initiatives Good For Real Estate, Say Realtors

Agents In Rural Markets May See The Most Benefit

National Association of Realtors President Chris Polychron  said that the FAA's announcement Wednesday regarding the use of UAVs will be beneficial to his industry

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.10.15): Differential Motion

Differential Motion Cloud motion that appears to differ relative to other nearby cloud elements, e.g. clouds moving from left to right relative to other clouds in the foreground or background. Cloud rotation is one example of differential motion, but not all differential motion indicates rotation. For example, horizontal wind shear along a gust front may result in differential cloud motion without the presence of rotation.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.10.15)

Aero Linx: The National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education The National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education is a membership organization that was formed in 1993 when the founding member groups signed a formal charter and established a partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Together with the FAA, we actively promote aviation and space education while supporting schools’ initiatives at the local, state and national levels.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.10.15)

"We were surprised when we won. There were teams that had some really excellent engineering. Our solution met the criteria. It was beneficial to the warfighter and innovative. I had a great team of cadets this year -- the right mix of fun and really hard work. They fully embraced this project." Source: Lt. Col. Tim Jung, an Academy aeronautical engineering professor, who led a team of 10 cadets who won the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Innovation Challenge for the second year in a row with their design of a micro air vehicle that can sniff out chemical concentration levels in an explosive cloud.

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