Military and Aviation News Thread (NO DISCUSSION)

[Emu]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-turkey-idUSKBN0TQ0SS20151207

 

How come it won't post links to Yahoo News?

 

Turkey says has duty to protect its soldiers carrying out training in Iraq

 

But the Iraqi government said the latest deployment had been made without informing or coordinating with Baghdad, and should be withdrawn. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday that Iraq might turn to the U.N. Security Council if the troops were not withdrawn within 48 hours, describing their deployment as a violation of national sovereignty.

Edited December 7, 2015 by Emu

[Heli]

9P still alive

 

 

Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that it has received a contract award from the U.S. Air Force for production of the AIM-9P Sidewinder rocket motor. Orbital ATK will complete a First Article Acceptance Test on the rocket motor for the Sidewinder Missile System and produce motor-lots for the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.

 

Originally definitized in 2014, this contract is a significant milestone for allied countries carrying the 9P Sidewinder in their inventory, creating an opportunity to affordably extend the life of their Sidewinder missiles. Today's announcement confirms contract modification for Contract Line Number 1, finalized in June 2015.

 

“Given the effectiveness and popularity of the Sidewinder Missile System, we believe there is strong demand among our allies to extend the life of their existing missiles with new motors and components," said Pat Nolan, Vice President and General Manager of Orbital ATK's Missile Products division of the Defense Systems Group. “This contract creates a window of opportunity for our customers to effectively manage the life-cycle cost of their arsenal.”

 

Orbital ATK’s SR116-HP-1 rocket motor powers the AIM-9P version of the Sidewinder missile; a supersonic, heat-seeking, air-to-air missile. In addition to the FMS customers, Orbital ATK has already signed a Direct Commercial Sales contract to provide AIM-9P motors and other components valued at more than $10 million to an international ally.

 

Originally developed in 1978, the AIM-9P Sidewinder has received several upgrades including development of Orbital ATK’s SR116-HP-1 reduced-smoke rocket motor. The SR116-HP-1 rocket motor will be produced at Orbital ATK’s Rocket Center, West Virginia, facility where more than 30,000 AIM-9P motors have been produced (1978-1990).

 

http://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/release.asp?prid=105

Edited December 8, 2015 by Heli

[Yurgon]

Okay guys, not funny. Who forgot to pick up his or her 3 Boeing 747 from Kuala Lumpur?! :D

 

Malaysia Airports seeks owner of three Boeing 747s abandoned at KLIA

Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), the country’s main airport operator, is seeking the owner of three unclaimed planes left at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

 

[...]

 

“If you fail to collect the aircraft within 14 days of the date of this notice, we reserve the right to sell or otherwise dispose of the aircraft,” the notice read, adding that the money raised would be used to offset any expenses and debts due.

 

MAS denies owning Boeing 747s abandoned at KLIA

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has denied owning any of the aircraft that have been left unclaimed at KL International Airport (KLIA).

 

According to a MAS media relations officer, the airline does not own any of the three Boeing 747-200F aircraft.

 

"If it was ours, we would have claimed it," said the officer.

 

Air Atlanta says it returned unclaimed Boeings to owner

"The aircraft bearing the registration mark TF-ARM, TF-ARN, TF-ARH, which are currently parked in Malaysia, were operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic until 2010 when they were returned to its owner.

 

[...]

 

"Air Atlanta Icelandic does not have any knowledge of who the current owner of these aircraft is today, and has nothing to do with these aircraft today," said Hermannsson

 

:megalol:

[mvsgas]

Legacy, 5th Gen. unite at Checkered Flag 16-1

[mig29movt]

Autralia to buy Pilatus PC-21 trainers

 

The Australian Defence Force Chooses the PC-21

 

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is delighted to announce that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has signed a contract for the purchase of 49 PC-21 training aircraft. Under the new contract, “Team 21” – a partnership between Lockheed Martin, Hawker Pacific and Pilatus – will deliver aircraft, simulators, other training equipment and a comprehensive long-term support package.

 

The Australian Defence Force competitively tendered for a new Pilot Training System under “Project Air 5428”, from which the PC-21 emerged as the winner after a thorough evaluation and contract negotiations. This package will harmonise training across all three services with the PC-21 providing a modern, cost-effective Training System for basic and advanced pilot training.

 

AFAIK they were already flying in Australia, since the Singapore Air Force is flying them on australian territory.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Russian Aerospace Forces delivering between 30 and 40 daily strikes in support of the Free Syrian Army (source)

 

Warplanes of the Russian task force in Syria deliver 30 to 40 airstrikes daily in support of the Free Syrian Army, the General Staff reports. Some 5,000 FSA troops together with the Syrian Army are on the offensive in Hama, Homs, Aleppo and Raqqa provinces.

 

He added that Russia’s task force in Syria is also supplying FSA units with “weapons, munitions and other material supplies.” In this way, Russia is “promoting the [syrian] government troops and opposition groups joining efforts to defeat the terrorists,” the general said.

[primus_TR]

Reuters: http://in.reuters.com/article/mideast-crisis-syria-denial-idINKBN0TX1M020151214

 

Putin: "We are supplying weapons, munitions and other materials ot Free Syrian Army"

 

Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov: "We are supplying weapons, munitions and other materials to Free Syrian Army"

 

FSA spokesperson: "This is totally untrue. On the contrary, the Russian warplanes are bombing our headquarters on a daily basis."

 

Putin Aide Vladimir Kozhin: "Russia does not supply the Free Syrian Army with weapons"

 

:doh: :lol:

[Weta43]

Given that the free Syria army is a fairly loose coalition of groups (Southern Front

Al-Tawhid Brigade[1]

Division 13

Fursan Haqq brigade

1st Coastal Division

Syria Revolutionaries Front

Jarabulus Brigade

Al-Qassas Army

Dawn of Freedom Brigades

Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa[2]

The Revolutionary Army

- with nearly 60 separate sub-groups in the southern front alone), both / all the statements could be true, depending on which 'Free Syrian Army' they were talking about.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Saudi Arabia unveils 34-member Islamic military coalition against terrorism stretching from Sudan to Malaysia; Iraq, Oman and Iran not included

 

The coalition consists of 34 countries, including the Gulf States, a number of African countries, Turkey, Egypt, Malaysia and Pakistan.

 

Countries involved in the coalition aside from Saudi Arabia, include Jordan, the UAE, Pakistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Turkey, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Djibouti, Senegal, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Gabon, Guinea, the partially-recognized state of Palestine, the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros, Qatar, Cote d’Ivoire, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Mali, Malaysia, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Yemen. (RT, Yahoo)

 

Edited December 15, 2015 by Lucas_From_Hell
Headline, source

[whiteladder]

Russian cruise missile hits flats in Arctic accident

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35106935

 

No one hurt thankfully.

[Emu]

What is the store on the centreline of this Mirage IV?

 

[mikiintruder]

Panic!

 

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[tflash]

Talon Hate pod on F-15: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3380442/First-glimpse-mysterious-supersensor-pod-codenamed-HATE-F-15-Eagle-fighter-jet-new-brain.html

[=Mac=]

A-10 fierce battle won... in U.S. congress.

 

"It appears the administration is finally coming to its senses and recognizing the importance of A-10s to our troops' lives and national security,"said Rep. Martha McSally, a Republican from Arizona and a retired Air Force colonel who flew the A-10.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/01/14/us-air-force-shelves-plan-to-retire-a-10-warthogs.html

[Kuky]

Dutch MH17 final report 'unsubstantiated' according to Russian probe

[Heli]

 

U.S. Air Force weapons experts are moving forward with a project to enable a smart munition to navigate its way visually to targets the way a commuter makes his way to work after having learned the route. Officials of the Rapid Acquisition Cell of the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., announced an $11.6 million contract Wednesday to Scientific Systems Co. In. in Woburn, Mass., to demonstrate the company's ImageNav technology on the Small-Diameter Bomb (SDB).

 

Scientific Systems's ImageNav is a vision-based navigation and precision targeting system for cruise missiles and manned and unmanned aircraft. ImageNav compares a terrain database with the host platform's sensor to determine if it's on the correct course.

 

The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb is a 250-pound precision-guided glide designed to be carried in large numbers. Most Air Force aircraft can carry a pack of four SDBs in place of one 2,000-pound bomb. Existing SDBs use inertial and GPS guidance, and some advanced models use a tri-mode seeker that adds radar, infrared homing, and semi-active laser guidance capabilities.

 

Scientific Systems's ImageNav technology has demonstrated target geo-location and navigation precision of better than three meters in high-fidelity tests on real flight data gathered by Boeing, company officials say.

 

Scientific Systems is adapting ImageNav to several kinds of cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including the Small Diameter Bomb. Scientific Systems experts will flight-test, demonstrate, and evaluate the technology readiness of an ImageNav advanced navigation system on a Small Diameter bomb using the SDB Increment I, Air Force officials say.

 

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2016/01/smart-munition-to-see-the-way-to-its-target.html

Edited January 16, 2016 by Heli

[Heli]

just what you see, pal

 

An aggressive effort to make the U.S. Navy more lethal and efficient will include experiments with new uses for missiles and application of new rail gun technology to smaller weapons systems, the service's director of surface warfare said Tuesday.

 

Amid a rapidly changing global environment in which Navy technology was fast being outpaced, Read Adm. Peter Fanta said the service was adopting a philosophy of increased lethality and "three ways to kill everything."

 

"I realize that might not be the nicest way to talk about things, but folks, our job is to kill people and break their toys," he told an audience at the annual Surface Navy Association symposium near Washington, D.C. "There's nothing else in the world that matters."

 

Among projects in the works for the Navy is the development of new gun rounds, including the possibility of a smaller version of the electromagnetic projectile launching technology used by the rail gun weapon now in development. The rail gun, which can hurl a projectile at well over 5,000 miles per hour, is being evaluated for possible mounting on a Zumwalt-class destroyer by the mid-2020s.

 

"When we take that projectile with the rail gun, why not make it small enough to put in a five-inch round ... with a couple of hundred five-inch rounds that now can shoot something as far, almost as accurately as a rail gun?" Fanta suggested.

 

While he said some of Navy's testing and evaluation efforts were classified, Fanta said the service was looking at new rounds for existing weapons in the fleet that were based on "leap-ahead technologies" such as the rail gun.

 

"We're learning to build how we're operating, how we're testing and we're developing those capabilities in the rail gun and we're expanding that to the rest of the fleet," he said. "It would be a shame if we took all that science and all that engineering and just left it for the science project that will become operational in the future instead of tacking as much as we can onto the current weapon."

 

And development of new rounds was just one line of effort in a push to get more out of the Navy's weapons.

 

Fanta also reaffirmed plans to install an over-the-horizon surface-to-surface missile on a littoral combat ship later this year, an effort he first announced last October. He referred to an early 2015 experiment in which a Tomahawk cruise missile launched from a destroyer hit a moving target at sea. Why, he asked, could the system not be adapted to find moving targets on land as well?

 

"I got it, it's not perfect, it doesn't meet the ideal ... [but] let's change the payloads, let's change the sensors, we've done this already," Fanta said.

 

"This is not aspirational," he added. "This is operational."

 

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/01/14/navy-exploring-more-uses-for-futuristic-rail-gun-technology.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+militarydotcom%2Fdailynews+%28Military.com+News%29

Edited January 15, 2016 by Heli

[Yurgon]

Airbus and Uber to cooperate for helicopter taxi service (DE)

 

According to the article, a test run for the new service is scheduled to take place in the US at an unspecified date.

[QuiGon]

Russia to deploy Ka-52 attack helicopters (two-seat variant of our Black Shark) to Syria to protect Latakia air base: http://theaviationist.com/2016/01/15/russia-to-deploy-ka-52-attack-helicopters-to-syria-to-protect-latakia-air-base/

[Airway]

German Defense Ministry just released the new military aviation strategy paper 2016.

 

Download in German language here: http://bit.ly/1QcrY5a

 

In general it tells about the phase out of CH-53, Sea Lynx, Sea King, and prolonging the use of Tornado into the 2030s also the NATO E3 Awacs Force will stay into service until 2035.

Then manned or unmanned aerial vehicles may support the Eurofighter and the follower of the Tornado.

[Heli]

 

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $14,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost contract for research and development in support of increased capabilities for next-generation, air-launched, tactical missiles.

 

Contractor will work to increase the number of missiles carried on a single sortie, increase the effectiveness of each missile, and enhance the platform survivability against all threats in an anti-access, area denial (A2AD) environment. Two research concepts to fulfill these needs are the Small Advanced Capability Missile (SACM) and Miniature Self-Defense Munition (MSDM).

 

The SACM will support affordable, highly lethal, small size and weight ordnance with advanced air frame design and synergistic control capabilities for air dominance enabling high air-to-air load-out.

 

The MSDM will support miniaturized weapon capabilities for air superiority by enabling close-in platform self-defense and penetration into contested A2AD environment with little to no impact to payload capacity.

 

Work will be performed at Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 19, 2021.

 

http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/643762

[Bucic]

Tu-95 Military Aircraft Failed Takeoff - YouTube

(see the video descriptions for details)

/watch?v=EkG4ltu_UGQ

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[Pilotasso]

Blue origin is at it again!

GNrqEGKnrao

[Airway]

Ukraine liquidated Antonov company

 

http://www.rg.ru/2016/01/28/zavod.html

Edited January 27, 2016 by Airway

[FoxHoundELite]

ATD-X unveiled to press