Bucic Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 Antonov posts dementi on the alleged liquidation of the ANTONOV State Company F-5E simpit cockpit dimensions and flight controls Kill the Bloom - shader glow mod Poor audio Doppler effect in DCS [bug] Trees - huge performance hit especially up close
mvsgas Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 F-22 Accident Investigation Board report, Tyndal AFB, May 2012 This is a direct PDF link [ame]http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2012/F-22A,%20Tyndall%20AFB,%2031%20May%2012.pdf[/ame] To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
Vekkinho Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Any links to russian Su-27 intercept of RC-135U over Black Sea that happened on Jan 25th? I've read it here and translation of it would be: INCIDENT OVER BLACK SEA: Russian SU-27 "dangerously and unprofessionally" intercepted an American reconnaissance aircraft. Russian fighter Sukhoi-27 Flanker intercepted in international airspace American reconnaissance plane RC-135U, announced US military officials. Representative command of US forces in Europe, the so-called European command, Daniel Hernandez, the media confirmed that the incident took place January 25th, above the Black Sea, in international airspace. He said the American reconnaissance aircraft Boeing RC-135U flying on the usual route to the "unprofessional and dangerous" manner intercepted a Russian fighter. The Russian pilot apparently its Su-27 flew in just six meters from the larger aircraft, and has jeopardized the control plane. RC-135U is equipped for reconnaissance or espionage flights and has superior electronic equipment, and the crew consists of three pilots, two navigators, and more intelligence military officers. He was on a mission over Syria. The two aircraft while flying next to each other, and then the Russian aircraft swerved sharply and flew to Russia. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Lucas_From_Hell Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Ukraine liquidated Antonov company http://www.rg.ru/2016/01/28/zavod.html Only saw this now, sad stuff :( All things considered however, those were outstanding 70 years of aircraft design. Testament to the Antonov Bureau's excellence is how lasting their designs are, the An-2 - a creation from their very first year in existence - is still flying in many countries today, and most of its designs including ones from the 1950s are still part of the Russian Air Force and Navy inventories, among others. Their later designs like the Cheburashka (An-72) were always very inventive, reliable and versatile and then on top of that you have their world-famous work on flying giants like the An-22, An-124 and the An-225. Here is the proud Antonov 'family tree', from the tiniest powered glider to the Mriya :) And of course, one of the first Antonov designs to see flight, rudimentary but ever creative as always :D Edited February 2, 2016 by Lucas_From_Hell
Raven1 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 An oldie but a goodie, the only UNARMED air to air kill I know of... http://tacairnet.com/2013/09/10/unarmed-kill/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ravens "We be Jammin":pilotfly:
Cibit Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work? An interesting bit on BBC news website today Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35521040 i5 8600k@5.2Ghz, Asus Prime A Z370, 32Gb DDR4 3000, GTX1080 SC, Oculus Rift CV1, Modded TM Warthog Modded X52 Collective, Jetseat, W10 Pro 64 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Adding JTAC Guide //My Vid's//229th AHB
Emu Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/12/politics/isis-f-16-us-air-force-tanker-refueling/ Quick-thinking tanker crew saves F-16 pilot over ISIS-controlled territory
tflash Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Typhoon fires Storm Shadow and Meteor: http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newseurofighter-typhoon-conducts-successful-firing-of-storm-shadow-and-meteor-missile-4809772 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Phantom88 Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 SuperHornet Oxygen Issues] http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-navy-pilots-idUSL2N15S00Y "Feb 12 Boeing Co and the U.S. Navy this week said they had implemented a series of measures to address a rise in health issues reported by Boeing F/A-18 and EA-18G fighter jet pilots, including a redesign of the jets' oxygen generation system. Dan Gillian, who runs Boeing's F/A-18E/F and EA-18G programs, told Reuters that the company had implemented a series of changes since 2009 when the Navy noticed a rise in health reports linked to insufficient oxygen, depressurization or other factors present during flight. "Boeing is deeply engaged and partnered with the Navy to help resolve the issue," Gillian told Reuters in the company's first public comments on the issue. Representative Michael Turner, chairman of the House of Representative Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, revealed the increase in health issues at a hearing last week. Gillian said Boeing had worked with the Navy to change the filter material in the airplane's on-board oxygen generation system (OBOGS), improve maintenance practices and educate pilots about the system and how it works, among other steps. Navy spokesman Commander William Marks said 13 specific measures were under way to reduce the rate of such events, and the issue was being addressed monthly by three-star officers. There were no plans to ground the aircraft, he said. "If we had a confidence problem in the airplane, we would ground the fleet," he said. Marks said the Navy team investigating the incidents included a wide range of aircraft and oxygen-support experts, engineers and members of the F/A-18 program. Of 273 cases examined since 2010, he said, 93 involved some form of contamination, 131 involved the failure of a component in the airplane's environmental control system or on-board oxygen generation system, 67 involved human factors, and 11 were linked to a component failure in the system that delivers breathing gas to the pilots. The remaining 45 were inconclusive or involved another system failure. Marks said the Navy was now testing cabin pressurization on all F/A-18A-F and EA-18G aircraft every 400 flight hours, and testing the environmental control system on all older F/A-18 A-D model jets every 400 flight hours. The Navy also revised emergency procedures and increased training about oxygen deficiency or hypoxia. Marks said the redesigned OBOGS system with new filter material should be installed fleet-wide over the next year, and the Navy was getting ready to flight test an improved oxygen monitor. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Leslie Adler) Patrick
Emu Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/02/14/surprise-the-us-navy-has-new-ship-killing-missile.aspx?source=eogyholnk0000001&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=article The Navy repurposes Raytheon's most advanced antiaircraft missile for surface warfare. Built upon the company's legacy Standard Missile airframe, and boasting guidance technology imported from the company's air-to-air missile expertise, SM-6 takes AMRAAM tech out of the air, and stows it aboard a ship -- there to shoot down incoming anti-ship missiles. Designed to slot right into a MK 41 VLS canister, SM-6 can be carried aboard any of the U.S. Navy's fleet of Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. It's tailor-made for defending U.S. warships from hostile anti-ship missiles. And now the SM-6 is being turned into an anti-ship missile itself.
Emu Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 http://www.idigitaltimes.com/darpas-secret-140-ton-drone-unmanned-naval-vessel-known-submarine-hunter-511932 DARPA’s Secret 140-Ton Drone: Unmanned Naval Vessel Is Known As ‘Submarine Hunter’
Heli Posted February 20, 2016 Posted February 20, 2016 Sikorsky officials have hinted at potential commercial derivatives of the company’s military S-97 Raider and SB-1 Defiant technology demonstrators, which are being developed for US Army missions. Powered by rigid, counter-rotating main rotors and a pusher propeller with fly-by-wire controls and active vibration dampeners, the S-97 and SB-1 advance the high-speed X2 technology that Sikorsky has championed over the past decade. With roughly double the speed of a conventional helicopter, Raider and Defiant are the embodiment of Sikorsky’s top three technological bets: speed, autonomy and intelligence. But while these aircraft are optimised for combat flying, officials at Sikorsky’s advanced research and development arm – Sikorsky Innovations – also imagine the types transporting company executives and government officials, or even performing civil search-and-rescue missions. Research and engineering vice president Mark Miller says: “Obviously in the search-and-rescue mission and VIP mission… the dimension of speed is very attracting and compelling and we’re looking at those options.” S-97 Raider Sikorsky The first of two Raider examples flew in May 2015 and is now steadily expanding the flight envelope to demonstrate speeds in excess of 220kt with a high degree of manoeuvrability while fully loaded with armour and weapons. Raider is conceived as an armed aerial scout, akin to the Bell Helicopter OH-58D Kiowa Warrior that the army is replacing with drones. Sikorsky is jointly pursuing SB-1 with long-time rival Boeing, under an army programme aimed at demonstrating next-generation rotorcraft technology that could replace the venerable Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and Boeing AH-64 Apache. The compound-coaxial rotor, pusher-propeller design is competing against a third-generation tiltrotor built by Bell and Lockheed. Miller says the SB-1 programme is working on system and subsystem critical design reviews, and aircraft assembly remains on track to achieve first flight late next year. He says: “We started with [the] X2 technology demonstrator at about 6,000lbs (2.7t) gross weight. Raider is about 12,000lbs (5.4t) gross weight. The bigger animal at 30,000lbs (13.6t) gross weight is SB-1 Defiant. [Raider] is much more productionised; targeted at an armed aerial scout mission or [Future Vertical Lift-Light] mission. “We’re showing scalability in a much more productionised platform. It’s a marginal increase in cost with a significant increase in speed and capability.” While these platforms represent the future of Sikorsky from a manufacturing perspective, the innovations team is also working to a shorter timetable, demonstrating several high-payoff technologies in the realm of autonomy and intelligence, that could spin off into upgrades for existing commercial and military platforms. SB-1 Defiant Sikorsky AUTONOMY The company maintains two autonomous flight demonstrators as part of its Matrix research programme – the S-76-based Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA) and a UH-60A being converted into an optionally-piloted Black Hawk. In the future, Sikorsky wants to see pilotless UH-60 Black Hawks and S-92s performing disaster relief missions in areas off limits to humans because of chemical, biological or nuclear contamination – places like Fukushima, Japan following the 2011 nuclear reactor meltdown. In the nearer term, the company wants to automate processes that reduce the pilot workload or improve the chance of mission success. Its S-92 “rig approach” product for safer landings on oil platforms would be an example. Another scenario might be when a pilot and co-pilot are killed in combat; Sikorsky wants their aircraft to be able to autonomously fly its passengers to safety. “To us, autonomy does not mean removing the pilot or operator from the cockpit – we’ll leave that to our customers to decide if and when they’re ready to do so,” says Igor Cherepinsky, Sikorsky’s chief engineer of autonomy. “Step one for autonomy is to really improve existing interactions between humans and machines today. There’s lots of accidents today because the human can’t understand what the machine is doing. “It also reduces crew workload, so now perhaps some missions that were flown with two pilots can be flown with one. That starts the natural progression in our customer’s minds as to where they want to take this.” Unmanned UH-60 Black Hawk Sikorsky Most recently, Sikorsky partnered with Carnegie Mellon University to demonstrate machine-to-machine teaming using an autonomous, fly-by-wire UH-60MU Black Hawk and Land Tamer unmanned ground vehicle. Cherepinsky says the ground vehicle was tasked to perform a reconnaissance mission and it hitched a ride from the Black Hawk. “The air vehicle on the way to the area figured out where it would potentially land the ground vehicle,” Cherepinsky explains. “The human operator confirmed that the machines made the right decision and the ground vehicle was dropped at the right spot, and the ground vehicle continued on the recon mission.” Miller notes that autonomous technology is advancing faster than regulations – and deep-seated biases toward full human control – allow. The US Army, for instance, has ruled out using pilotless helicopters to transport ground troops into battle and isn’t quite sold on autonomous aerial cargo transport. Meanwhile, the US federal Aviation Administration has its hands full trying to regulate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the commercial side. “We can do it in apps and bits or go fully autonomous right now,” says Miller, noting the S-97 is capable of pilotless operations. “We can go as fast or as slow as any particular customer wants.” Sikorsky Innovations vice president Chris Van Buiten says rotorcraft autonomy is about freeing the pilot to concentrate more on the mission and less on the flight controls. Instead of an S-97 operator being a pilot, that person would become something of a “reconnaissance tactician”. “You’ll always need the operational curiosity of the human,” Van Buiten says. “Now, imagine the entire bandwidth of the human brain could be on the tactics of the recon mission and we don’t consume 60% of the brain on stick-and-rudder flying of the aircraft. “Do you want pilots up front? Yes. Do you want systems that would help those pilots eliminate controlled flight into terrain, the leading cause of fatalities in helicopters? Yes, definitely. “If you were in the back of a Black Hawk, if the two pilots were killed during the flight, do you want the Black Hawk to be able to return to safety and land all of you? Yes.” Sikorsky's S-76-based SARA autonomous flight technology research aircraft Sikorsky Regarding the company’s recent acquisition by Lockheed Martin, Miller says Sikorsky Innovations now has access to a wider variety of technologies than was available under United Technologies. He adds, Lockheed upper management has been briefed on the research and development arm's current strategy and have not proposed any major adjustments. “We’ve got a resounding thumbs up,” Miller says. “They think we’ve invested and placed our bets in the right areas. We’re very much looking at disruptive technologies and acting quickly, as opposed to being reactive. “Like we say in the innovations business, put us out of business before someone else does.” http://www.w54.biz/showthread.php?20-Future-Helicopter-part-Deux&p=60369&viewfull=1#post60369 Sikorsky Innovations vice president Chris Van Buiten says rotorcraft autonomy is about freeing the pilot to concentrate more on the mission and less on the flight controls. Instead of an S-97 operator being a pilot, that person would become something of a “reconnaissance tactician”. “You’ll always need the operational curiosity of the human,” Van Buiten says. “Now, imagine the entire bandwidth of the human brain could be on the tactics of the recon mission and we don’t consume 60% of the brain on stick-and-rudder flying of the aircraft. rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice, laid back
Emu Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 http://www.nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/look-out-america-china-can-un-stealth-us-fighter-jets-15293 China appears to be building a new high-frequency radar on an artificial feature in the Spratly Islands that could allow Beijing to track even the stealthiest American warplanes, including the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and even the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. The Center for Strategic and International Studies has acquired satellite evidence of the construction. “Placement of a high frequency radar on Cuarteron Reef would significantly bolster China’s ability to monitor surface and air traffic coming north from the Malacca Straits and other strategically important channels,” reads a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “Improved radar coverage is an important piece of the puzzle—along with improved air defenses and greater reach for Chinese aircraft—toward China’s goals of establishing effective control over the sea and airspace throughout the nine-dash line.” Moreover, the Washington-based think tank has a specific reason to believe that the new radar is a high-frequency set. “Two probable radar towers have been built on the northern portion of the feature, and a number of 65-foot (20-meter) poles have been erected across a large section of the southern portion,” reads the report. “These poles could be a high-frequency radar installation, which would significantly bolster China’s ability to monitor surface and air traffic across the southern portion of the South China Sea.” While the system is called a high-frequency (HF) radar—that’s bit of a misnomer. HF radars actually operate on low frequencies relative to the VHF, UHF, L, S, C, X and Ku bands, which are more typically used by military radars. These low frequencies have waves that are several meters long and, consequently, most stealth aircraft show up on HF radar. In order to defeat low frequency radar, a stealth aircraft has to eliminate features like fins, which is why the flying-wing shape is the best way available to avoid detection. That is because there is an omnidirectional resonance effect that occurs when a feature on an aircraft—such as a tail-fin—is less than eight times the size of a particular frequency wavelength. As a result, there is a step change in radar cross section once that threshold is exceeded. Since every stealth aircraft currently in America’s fleet exceeds that threshold—even the B-2 is not large enough to avoid most HF radars—every U.S. aircraft would show up on the Chinese radar. Indeed—all stealth aircraft will show up at some frequency. That’s just physics. But it’s not all bad news. While HF radar can detect and even track stealth aircraft to a degree, it is not anywhere near precise enough to guide a weapon. The problem with HF-band radars is that they have a very long pulse width and a very low pulse repetition frequency [PRF]. That means HF are very poor at accurately determining range, altitude and precise direction. Indeed the radar resolution cells could be several miles wide. The best an HF radar can do is cue other sensors to search a volume of airspace or direct fighters toward a roughly defined search area. In the case of a war, the Pentagon would have to eliminate those radars before launching a strike—similar to how Army AH-64A Apache gunships eliminated Iraq's low-frequency search radars during Operation Desert Storm.
FoxHoundELite Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 http://logicstir.com/2016/02/nepal-plane-crash-has-killed-all-23-on-board/ :( Feel the Rush of Superior Air Power [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
FoxHoundELite Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 B-21 unveiled http://www.combataircraft.net/view_article.asp?id=9464 Feel the Rush of Superior Air Power [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Heli Posted March 1, 2016 Posted March 1, 2016 Rheinmetall to equip Saab Gripen NG fighter jets with upgraded BK27 cannon
Pilotasso Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 I saw probably the first of the Romanian F-16's with their final paint scheme today. Its like this lancer: Except it also had a dark stripe on top of the tail. 1 .
FoxHoundELite Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 90th Fighter Squadron first combat-operational F-22 Raptor unit to use AIM-9X advanced Sidewinder https://www.dvidshub.net/news/190982/90th-fighter-squadron-first-combat-operational-f-22-raptor-unit-use-aim-9x-advanced-sidewinder#.VtkEivl97cc Feel the Rush of Superior Air Power [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Johnny Dioxin Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 F-15 crew in the UK disorientated by laser!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-35716722 1 Rig: Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS; Ryzen 7800X3D ; 64GB DDR5 5600; RTX 4080; VPC T50 CM2 HOTAS; Pimax Crystal Light I'm learning to fly - but I ain't got wings With my head in VR - it's the next best thing!
Emu Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 http://defense-update.com/20160304_fcas.html Defense ministers of France and the United Kingdom endorsed today the plan to launch the development of full scale operational demonstrator of the ‘Future Combat Air System’ Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) next year. This phase will prepare for the full-scale development of unmanned combat air system (UCAS) operational demonstrators by 2025. At a cost of €2 billion this demonstration programme, the most advanced of its kind in Europe, will be centered on a versatile UCAS platform that could serve as the basis for a future operational capability beyond 2030.
Emu Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 http://www.janes.com/article/58549/kirov-class-cruisers-to-be-equipped-with-new-tsirkon-hypersonic-asm Kirov-class cruisers to be equipped with new Tsirkon hypersonic ASM Key Points The 3M-22 hypersonic ASM development will incorporate the new Detsilin-M fuel Pyotr Veliky will be the second Kirov-class cruiser armed with Tsirkon - it will be preceded by the Admiral Nakhimov The Russian Navy's Kirov-class (Project 1142) nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky will be equipped with the new 3M-22 Tsirkon (lit: Zirkon) hypersonic anti-ship missile (ASM) from 2020, naval sources have confirmed to IHS Jane's The 3M-22 hypersonic ASM is part of the 3K-22 Tsirkon multiplatform missile system, which has been in design development since 2011 by Russia's JSC MIC Mashinostroyenia. Serial production of the system, including the 3M-22 missile is expected to be launched in the near future at the MIC Mashinostroyenia Strela plant in Orenburg.
StrongHarm Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 [ame] [/ame] It's a good thing that this is Early Access and we've all volunteered to help test and enhance this work in progress... despite the frustrations inherent in the task with even the simplest of software... otherwise people might not understand that this incredibly complex unfinished module is unfinished. /light-hearted sarcasm
Emu Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/11/politics/decades-old-planes-used-against-isis/index.html Vietnam-era planes used against ISIS (CNN)A pair of nearly 50-year-old planes has been brought out of retirement to fight ISIS. The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco turbo-propeller planes are part of an experiment to see if "light turbo-prop aircraft" are more effective in conducting counterinsurgency operations, a U.S. military representative told CNN this week. Using an F-35 to fly close air support against insurgents would be akin to "buying a brand new Rolls Royce to take the garbage to the dump," Harmer said. Harmer estimated the cost of flying the more modern jets at $45,000 per hour of flight, while the older Bronco could cost less than $5,000 per flight.
Emu Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/pentagon-mad-scientists-have-made-the-f-16-even-more-lethal-15470 In the middle of June 2015, a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter took off from an air base in Alaska and flew over a military training range at 430 miles per hour. On command, something burst from the fighter’s flare dispenser—a drone roughly the size of a soda can and weighing just one pound. The tiny, orange- and black-colored robot fluttered toward the ground trailing a parachute. After a few seconds, the chute separated from the drone, the robot’s wings—which had folded into the body for compactness—extended outward. An inch-wide propeller began spinning, propelling the diminutive machine forward. The drone is called “Perdix.” It’s the latest product of the Strategic Capabilities Office, a secretive Pentagon organization, formed in 2012, whose job is to find new ways to deploy existing weapons. One of the office’s ideas is to transform F-16s and other fast jets into high-speed launchers for swarms of small drones that could confuse enemy defenses or perform surveillance. 1
Pilotasso Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Russian Proton rocket launches ESA probe to scan for methane sources on Mars! r8TeYts8kcI Its nice to see this type of cooperation these days. I laughed hard at the Donald Duck voice from the ESA representative though. 1 .
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