Military and Aviation News Thread (NO DISCUSSION)

[Python]

Pilot Killed in Eurofighter Typhoon crash. Rip..

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27768001

[Cali]

RIP

[Python]

One for you Russian folk... T-50 damaged beyond repair it seems.

 

 

http://fotografersha.livejournal.com/539678.html

[Cali]

^ That sucks at the cost of a ton of money!

[Laurius]

RIP to that Eurofighter pilot !

I'm here to report another crash but, fortunatly, without victims this time.

Loosing a ton of money is one thing that can't be ignored but fighter pilots lives is another thing.

Thank God in this case, pilots could be recovered safe and alive.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2014/06/10/french-mirage-fighter-jet-crashes-in-niger

[Python]

I'm happy they got out okay and were picked up by their own people!

[Bucic]

2014-06-14 ukrainian il-76 shot down - 49 people killed

http://inforesist.org/en/video-wreckage-of-plane-il-76-in-luhansk/

Very far view of the crash

 

2014-06-14 ukrainian Su-24 shot down

Edited June 14, 2014 by Bucic

[ФрогФут]

One for you Russian folk... T-50 damaged beyond repair it seems.

 

 

http://fotografersha.livejournal.com/539678.html

In press release it is said, that it is to be repaired. Though, as for me, too early to judge.

[Emu]

http://www.army.mil/article/127565/Army_develops_first_of_its_kind_phase_coherent_fiber_laser_array_system/?from=RSS

 

 

ADELPHI, Md. (June 11, 2014) -- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Computational and Information Science Directorate's Intelligent Optics Team, and partners, recently developed, engineered, demonstrated and delivered the world's first known working Adaptive Phase Coherent Fiber Laser Array system, which will better enable Soldiers' directed energy weapons and laser communication systems on the battlefield.

 

The key members of the Intelligent Optics Team include: Dr. Jiang Liu, electronics engineer, Dr. Leonid Beresnev, physicist, and Gary Carhart, electronics technician, all from CISD's Atmospheric Sensing Branch.

 

The development of the system spurred from a collaborative agreement between U.S. Army Research Laboratory, known as ARL, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Labs, Optonicus and various academic partners.

 

ARL's efforts were central to the recent successful Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency real-world development of a 21-element optical phased array system, of which ARL developed and provided the low-power and high-power fiber subapertures and other key components including control electronics and operation software.

 

The demonstration was part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Excalibur program, the overall goal of which is to develop coherent optical phased array technologies as an enabler for scalable laser weapons.

 

The fiber laser array system, developed after more than a decade of research and testing, consists of phase locking and beam combining for multichannel, 7 and 19, fiber laser sub-aperture arrays. An ARL patent and patents related to the system are currently pending.

 

With this phase locking feature and compensation mechanism, physical disturbances such as vibration of the system and atmospheric turbulence will not affect the operation of the laser beams.

 

The system uses the internal interference feedback of multi-laser beam tails instead of using the conventional beam-splitter sensors placed on the output passage of the laser beams. This allows the system to deliver the same amount of total energy as a monolithic single-aperture laser, but the energy density is multiple times higher at the center of the combined beam.

 

This architecture allows the system to be dramatically reduced in size, weight and cost by multiple times compared to existing laser weapon systems, all while delivering the same power.

 

An innovative high-speed control algorithm "Stochastic Parallel Gradient Descent," is applied to control the beams and their phases coherently in addition to compensating the atmospheric turbulence, maximizing the laser irradiance. An ARL patent for this is pending as well.

 

In terms of benefits to Soldiers on the battlefield, this one-of-a-kind system is making great strides.

 

The system architecture will allow for more efficient, more lethal, and more mobile and deployable laser weapon systems, thus it can be widely used by the Army as a directed energy laser weapon system in all platforms including both ground and aerial.

 

In addition, the output beam of the array can be used as a countermeasure system to quickly and accurately disable and destroy the incoming threat of missiles and other adversary reconnaissance.

 

"ARL's coherent fiber laser arrays are the world's first working devices and directed energy subsystem of its kind. They are the results of the diligent work of ARL researchers, for nearly a decade. I am so proud of our team for achieving such a significant milestone," said Liu.

 

"The successful development and delivery of this system demonstrated the innovativeness and capability of ARL as a world-class research organization. ARL is a critical and vital piece in contributing to the nation's defense research and development," Liu said.

 

Future tests of the system will be conducted to reach the ultimate goal of developing a 100-kilowatt-class laser system in a scalable size, weight and power optical phased array configuration compatible with existing weapon system platforms that will further enhance the capabilities of Soldiers on the battlefield.

 

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The Army Research Laboratory is part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, which has the mission to develop technology and engineering solutions for America's Soldiers.

 

RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. AMC is the Army's premier provider of materiel readiness--technology, acquisition support, materiel development, logistics power projection and sustainment--to the total force, across the spectrum of joint military operations. If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, eats it or communicates with it, AMC provides it.

[Milli]

^^

 

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Computational and Information Science Directorate's Intelligent Optics Team's Adaptive Phase Coherent Fiber Laser Array system.

 

Thats quite a mouthful.

 

Regards,

Milli

[Invader ZIM]

LOL, it's always a mouthful, until you take the first letter of each part of the names.

 

CISDIOTAPCFLAS..... Ah..

 

Nevermind... It's still a mouthful. :lol:

[Emu]

BAE Systems awarded Brimstone 2 onto Typhoon study contract

 

http://www.adsadvance.co.uk/bae-systems-awarded-brimstone-2-onto-typhoon-study-contract.html

 

BAE Systems has been awarded an initial study contract, valued at £5 million by the UK Ministry of Defence to evaluate the integration of the MBDA Brimstone 2 air-to-ground precision weapon with the Typhoon aircraft.

 

Work is currently underway at BAE Systems' Warton site in Lancashire to assess the aerodynamic properties of carrying the weapon through a series of wind tunnel tests. Alongside delivering an effective route to Brimstone 2 integration for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) by 2018, the study is also set to deliver wider benefits through the exploration of a common launcher approach which could also be used for other multiple weapons stores such as SPEAR 3.

 

The Brimstone 2 weapon will add to the swing-role capability of the Typhoon aircraft. Brimstone 2 is effective against the most challenging, high speed and manoeuvring targets over land and sea. As a low collateral, close air support weapon it is already combat proven in Afghanistan and Libya by the RAF.

 

The study contract will transition the Dual Mode Brimstone capability that is combat proven on Tornado GR4 to Typhoon utilising the Brimstone 2 missile.

 

Mark Bowman, BAE Systems' Chief Test Pilot said: “With a proven track record on RAF Tornados, the Brimstone 2 weapon offers uncompromising precision and a flexible capability that meets the emerging threats of modern warfare. The Typhoon pilot will be able to confidently engage a wide range of target types including fast moving vehicles. When integrated Brimstone 2 will be another significant development step for Typhoon, enhancing the aircraft’s credentials and relevancy going forward.”

[Griffin]

German Eurofighter and Learjet collide - two feared dead

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27979964

[falcon_120]

R.I.P

 

How can a Learjet collide with a typhoon and the typhoon made it back home but not something bigger like the learjet? That is strange.

[GGTharos]

Depends on the exact nature of who hit what and where. The Typhoon is made out of lifting surface, the Learjet isn't.

[tflash]

Could it be a factor that the Typhoon is made largely out of carbon fibre composites?

[GGTharos]

At those speeds, I believe the main factor is impact location.

[Python]

Very sad at any rate, not a great couple of weeks for the Typhoon in all.

[dumgrunt]

remember when a embrauer business jet impacted a 737 over brazil? the business jet's winglet impacted and severed the boeings wing near the nacelle. the smaller jet landed safely, the 737 didnt.

 

regardless, a bad run the eurofighter at the moment.

[Emu]

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/eurofighter-new-aerodynamics-set-for-2014-test-flight-400762/

 

Eurofighter will by year-end make is final proof-of-concept test flight on an aerodynamic modification kit that promises to improve the combat aircraft’s subsonic turn rate by 15%.

 

Adding leading edge root extensions and extended trailing edge flaps, and reshaping the side-of-cockpit ILS antennae covers as 70° delta strakes should improve the aircraft’s agility for close-quarters combat.

 

Laurie Hilditch, head of future capabilities at Eurofighter, says the modification kit should give the aircraft the sort of “knife-fight in a phone box” turning capability enjoyed by rivals such as Boeing’s F/A-18E/F or the Lockheed Martin F-16, without sacrificing the transonic and supersonic high-energy agility inherent to its delta wing-canard configuration.

 

Speaking at Airbus Defence & Space's Manching Eurofighter final assembly and maintenance facility near Munich, Hilditch says the root extensions – or LERX – have already flown and show significant improvement in the subsonic airflow over the wings. And, changing the shape of the ILS antennae cover to resemble a delta strake does the same for the vertical tail fin. The canards, he adds, act as strakes but not throughout their range of movement.

 

A further boost to agility could also come from the addition of thrust vectoring, which Hilditch likens to an extra control surface. Eurofighter, he says, has done quite a bit of work on the concept and could move forward with customer interest.

[Bucic]

Spitfire Mk XVIe visiting Poland!

The Spit bears markings of Jerzy Glowczewski's Spitfire. Jerzy Glowczewski shot down one Fw-190 in the battle of Gandawa.

The Spit is piloted by the first Pole born after the war to be a Spitfire pilot, Jacek Mainka.

 

http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=13787

http://www.bing.com/translator/

 

 

Related:

http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=12550

 

I'm visiting my family near the EPDB airforce base today. I was having a sandwich when I heard... a freaking Merlin roaring and closing in. I ran out of the house like a fool! :D Saw it flying over at ~200 m in a turn.

 

PS. Our Orlik (eaglet) trainers look a lot better than the ugly Tucanos :P

[topol-m]

LRS-B request for proposals!

 

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-launches-competition-for-new-bomber-401315/

 

Finally it's official! My bod... my desktop is ready! Full hd please, different angles and stuff.

 

[Bucic]

11.07.2014

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/30-ukrainian-soldiers-presumed-dead-in-overnight-rocket-attack-355693.html

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/three-russian-lawyers-to-defend-ukrainian-pilot-savchenko-355774.html

 

 

13.07.2014

Tanks and a Grad in Lugansk (video)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=829681903709284

 

*Ukraine informs of part of Russian forces 3km deep into Ukrainian territory.

 

*Russia officially acuses Ukraine of shelling a Russian city and "urges to cease provocative actions responsibility for which will be upon Ukraine." Ukrainian government says it's separatists who carried out the shelling.

 

A map presenting todays military situation

http://inforesist.org/situaciya-v-zone-ato-13-iyulya-karta/

http://www.slovoidilo.ua/articles/3624/2014-07-10/karta-ato-po-sostoyaniyu-na-10-iyulya.html

Switch the site to English version for English version of the article.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1E8WTSWTz0

T1E8WTSWTz0

Edited July 13, 2014 by Bucic

[Python]

PS. Our Orlik (eaglet) trainers look a lot better than the ugly Tucanos :P

 

I was just about to say they look quite nice, but then you insulted our beautiful Tucanos so I take it back now and think they look like they crashed backwards! :P

 

Glad you like our Spitfire though, it is a truly amazing thing to see in person, especially when it is low and close.

[Namenlos Ein]

A flechettes from Gorlovka.

 

http://youtu.be/v5-O4CNX2h8

 

9M55K cargo rockets and 9N235 submunitions in Ukraine

 

http://sergiokrm.livejournal.com/74709.html

 

http://youtu.be/xp9TD6ml8-U

 

 

9M27K series cargo rockets used in Ukraine

 

The UkrAF Antonov An-26 was shot down today over Izvarino (Izvarine), Ukraine.