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**RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT** ACTIVE PROJECTS
SOLAR IMPULSE: http://www.solarimpulse.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JM2DWkqGp8 Solar Impulse is a demonstration of what can be achieved with today’s technologies. In July 2010, HB-SIA became the first solar-powered airplane in history capable of flying through a complete daylight cycle, thereby establishing 3 World Records.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Commercial Space Age is no longer the FUTURE!!!
SpaceX RT @NASA: The @SpaceX #Dragon was secured to the #ISS at 9:03amET. Hatch opening tomorrow. Dragon will spend 18 days attached http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
SPACE STATION'S COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY ERA BEGINS https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/13a426d07fdec6e4 10-08-12 SpaceX began work on a $1.6 billion contract with NASA tonight, when a Falcon 9 rocket blasted off with 882 pounds of supplies on the first operational commercial cargo flight to the International Space Station. Liftoff occurred on the first attempt at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT).
Editor’s Note: The Commercial Space Age will be generating a lot of innovation that we will report.
"JETPACK" SETS "RECORD" http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/jetlev_flight_catalina_newport_california_207445-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS October 4, 2012, Glenn Pew, Contributing Editor The president of Jetlev Southwest, Dean O'Malley, flew (tethered to a floating powerplant and not without stops) over 26.2 miles of open ocean from Newport Beach California to Catalina Saturday, September, 29, to promote the company's jetpack product. The promotional stunt aimed to set a record for longest jetpack flight. Jetlev manufactures a jetpack that uses water pressure for thrust. The water is pumped from a floating power unit through a hose to two downward facing nozzles attached to a backpack worn by the pilot. The system handled the trip in about four hours but its 200 hp four-stroke marine engine emptied the craft's 22-gallon fuel tank twice along the way, with varied results.
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN AEROSPACE MATERIALS http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3103 By Will Soutter There are few industries where the applications of nanotechnology are so clearly beneficial as in the aerospace industry. The primary development goals match almost exactly with the advantages offered by using various nanomaterials in the place of traditional bulk metals like steel.
HIROBO LAUNCHES REMOTE CONTROL ONE-MAN HELICOPTER http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hirobo-launches-remote-control-one-man-helicopter-377461/
Greg Waldron, Japanese remote control helicopter maker Hirobo has unveiled a battery-powered helicopter that is designed for one person.
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The HX-1 employs contra-rotating rotors and is equipped with a fly-by-wire control system, says a company spokesman. It can be flown by the occupant or with a remote control. One application for remote-controlled flight could be the evacuation of individuals from hazardous situations such as burning buildings. A first flight is planned in early 2013, although limited hover tests have already been conducted on the aircraft. The HX-1 will have an endurance of 30min and can be recharged with the same equipment used to recharge electric cars.
© Greg Waldron/Flightglobal
GKN DEVELOPS PROCESSES FOR INTEGRATED COMPOSITE WINGS http://www.theengineer.co.uk/design-engineering/news/gkn-develops-processes-for-integrated-composite-wings/1014207.article#ixzz28wNPDUCJ 10 October 2012 | By Andrew Czyzewski
GKN Aerospace is developing new designs and manufacturing processes for the next generation of integrated composite wings. The company is also evolving its plans for drag-efficient natural laminar flow wings as part of the recently extended Clean Sky 2 EU research consortium. Both wing concepts should be ready for test flights in either 2014 or 2015 according to the company, which plans to be ‘a major wing component supplier’ for the next generation of aircraft.
THREE R’S LAUNCH TODAY AT AOPA SUMMIT
http://www.avweb.com/news/aopa/AOPASummit2012_Three_Rs_Launch_207481-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS October 10, 2012, Russ Niles, Editor-in-Chief
Bliss said there are more than 30 industry participants involved in the Three Rs Affordable Aircraft Initiative. He said the idea is to boost that sector of the industry with an eye to creating business opportunities for companies involved in engine, airframe and avionics repair and rebuilding. The meeting Thursday will cover the gamut of issues involved in creating these market opportunities and is open to anyone interested in the plan.
AOPA - REDUCING THE COST OF FLYING http://download.aopa.org/pic/webinars/reducing_cost_of_flying.pdf
'VORTEX SURFING' COULD $AVE THE AIR FORCE TONS OF FUEL Early Testing Shows A 10 Percent Jump In Fuel Economy Migrating birds, NASCAR drivers and Tour de France bicyclists already get it. And now the Air Force is thinking about flying gas-guzzling cargo aircraft in formation -- 'dragging' off one another -- on long-haul flights across the oceans. Flight tests with C-17s "vortex surfing" at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, Sept. 6 and Oct. 2, have demonstrated potentially large savings of fuel and money by doing what geese do naturally. Tests show that flying in formation might be smarter than flying alone for Airmen, and not just for birds.
As one effort in the Air Force drive to reduce its overall fuel consumption, vortex surfing may be the wave of the future. "The concept, formally known as Surfing Aircraft Vortices for Energy, or $AVE, involves two or more aircraft flying together for a reduced drag effect like what you see with a flock of geese," said Dr. Donald Erbschloe, the Air Mobility Command chief scientist.
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MILITARY ZEPPELIN COULD LAND CARGO WITHOUT A RUNWAY http://www.technewsdaily.com/8325-military-zeppelin-could-land-cargo-without-a-runway.html 18 October 2012, TechNewsDaily Staff
An illustration, by the airship company Aeros, of a military cargo airship.
CREDIT: Worldwide Aeros In the future, U.S. soldiers abroad may see their supplies come in carried under the bellies of zeppelins. Aeros Corp., a California-based startup, is working on a high-tech prototype airship on the behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense. When completed, Aeros' Pelican zeppelin will test a novel combination of airship and airplane technologies for carrying cargo long distances, the industry news site Aviation Week reported.
PRIVATE SPACE TAXI BUILDERS ON TRACK TO LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS SOON http://www.space.com/18128-private-space-taxis-nasa-progress.html 19 October 2012, Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor
The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the
International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm on Oct. 10, 2012 during the spacecraft's first cargo delivery mission for NASA under a $1.6 billion deal
for commercial cargo delivery. CREDIT: NASA
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Representatives from the three different companies chosen by NASA to develop private space taxis to carry astronauts to orbit say their vehicles are making substantial progress toward launching people into orbit within the next few years. The companies — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), The Boeing Company, and Sierra Nevada Corp. — are competing to fill the gap left by NASA's retired space
shuttles for the launching of cargo and crews to the International Space Station. Eachprivate space taxi firm has receivedfunding from NASA under the Commercial Crew integrated Capability program (CCiCap) to complete a series of development milestones with the goal of taking over transportation to low-Earth orbit from the Russians.
BRANSON LEVERAGES BAUMGARTNER'S RECORD JUMP http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/207543-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Oct 19, 2012, Glenn Pew, Contributing Editor, Video Editor The ever adventurous and publicity-savvy Sir Richard Branson Thursday recognized Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull-sponsored record freefall by also telling the world his company once considered a jump from 400,000 feet -- and might consider it, again. In a blog post at Virgin.com Branson says his people were approached in 2005 by an individual who wanted to use SpaceShipOne for such a jump. The craft would carry the jumper to its apogee at 400,000 feet where the parachutist, clad in a fully pressurized spacesuit, would simply exit. The jumper would return via freefall and parachute. Meanwhile, a pilot (also wearing a spacesuit), would remain with the craft and its life support systems to guide their safe return. Branson says the trip "is theoretically possible" but the attempt was preempted by other factors.
MORE-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ARE NOT WITHOUT CHALLENGES http://www.sae.org/mags/aem/11465 08-Oct-2012
Currently two main types of EMAs with linear and rotary output are in the focus of research and development activities.
Flight-control systems of civil aircraft have undergone huge developments in the last decades. The increasing size as well as speed of civil aircraft led to higher control loads. This evolution forced the introduction of hydraulically powered flight-control systems. However, recent advantages in high-performance magnetic materials, miniaturized and highly efficient power electronics, and gear technology make electromechanical actuators (EMAs) increasingly competitive compared to hydraulic actuators regarding power-to-weight ratio, considering the whole flight-control system.
NASA LOOKS TO REUSABLE SPACECRAFT TO BRING DOWN COSTS October 22, 2012, Doug Messier
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Artist’s conception of SpaceX’s Dragon in a propulsive landing.
(Credit: SpaceX) NASA Commercial Spaceflight — 60 Day Report The space shuttle was the world’s first reusable spacecraft, but it will not be the last. All three of NASA’s CCiCap partners are designing their commercial crew transportation vehicles to be reused after ferrying NASA astronauts and other customers to and from low Earth orbit.
U.S. ASTRONAUT SEES SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGH IN SPACE http://www.rdmag.com/news/2012/10/us-astronaut-sees-science-breakthrough-space-0 10/22/2012 - 11:31am BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP)—A U.S. astronaut departing this week for the International Space Station said Monday that the bulk of the scientific benefits from the orbiting laboratory will be seen over the coming decade, amid questions on whether the estimated $100 billion spent in last 12 years is worth the effort. "The first ten years were really intensive in the construction side of it, bringing all the pieces together and really getting the science enabled," said NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, who will blast off on a Soyuz craft from the Russian-leased Baikonur spacer center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday together with Russian colleagues Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin. Portland, Indiana-born Ford said the station would now enter its "utilization phase." "We're going to learn the bulk of everything we know about the science that we're doing up there in the next decade," he said at a press conference on the eve of the launch. He spoke from behind a glass screen designed to ensure the astronauts do not contract illnesses before their mission.
THE HYPERSONIC PLANE THAT COULD FLY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND TOKYO IN JUST 90 MINUTES http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222246/XCOR-Aerospace-Supersonic-plane-fly-New-York-Tokyo-90-minutes.html?ito=feeds-newsxml 23 October 2012, Daily Mail Reporter A California-based flight firm says its jet can take you from the the Big Apple to the Orient in half the amount of time it would take to watch Titanic. XCOR Aerospace claims its Lynx spacecraft can travel at a speed of more than 2,500 mph - and dozens of miles above the earth - before safely landing at an airport. It would be the fastest commercial flight since the days of the Concorde.
Taking flight: XCOR Aerospace claims its Lynx spacecraft can travel at a speed of more than 2,500 mph - and dozens of miles above the earth - before safely
landing at an airport
NASA Tests Boeing Supersonic Design http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NASATestsBoeingSupersonicDesign_207556-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS October 23, 2012, Mary Grady, Contributing editor, Contributing editor
A number of technologies are in the works to solve the problem of sonic booms and resurrect commercial supersonic flight, and recently NASA tested one potential design from Boeing. Two models were tested in the supersonic wind tunnel at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The model in the photo is the larger of the two, and it's shown upside-down. The model contains a force measurement balance used to measure forces on the model such as lift and drag. The smaller model was used to measure the off-body pressures that create a sonic boom. NASA has been funding research by Boeing and Lockheed Martin to develop designs for a small supersonic airliner that would carry between 30 and 80 passengers and potentially enter service in the 2025 timeframe.
ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS COULD ENABLE HYPERSONIC PLANES October 24, 2012
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HYPERSONIC aircraft that could fly from Sydney to Madrid in less than two hours could be closer to reality following Australian scientific work with clay. Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics are promising materials for hypersonic aircraft parts because they offer good thermomechanical properties under extreme conditions and they do it without compromising the integrity of the overall structure, Dr. Tallon says. The UHTCs can also be formed into complex shapes. Using chemistry to modify a standard method of casting ceramics in a mould, the researchers have developed an alternative to the traditional technique of forming these ceramics as blocks at high temperatures and pressures. ULTRA HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS FOR HYPERSONIC VEHICLE APPLICATIONS http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/2006/062925.pdf
BOEING'S NEW MISSILE TAKES DOWN ELECTRONICS WITHOUT TOUCHING THEM
Boeing / Air Force Research Laboratory
An artist's impression of the CHAMP missile flying over buildings, disabling them as it goes.
Devin Coldewey, NBC News A new weapon being developed by Boeing hopes to defeat targets without actually destroying them. Instead, it uses a powerful microwave burst to disable electronic devices as it flies overhead. The idea of the "electro-magnetic pulse," or EMP, is a popular one in science fiction: for decades, guns and missiles have disabled starships and facilities by shutting down their electronics — but the real thing has proven a bit more difficult to create. Researchers at Boeing's Phantom Works succeeded last week when tests of their new weapon proved it to be even more potent than expected. CHAMP: Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project, or CHAMP.
ALL-ELECTRIC AIRLINER FEASIBLE BY 2035–BAUHAUS LUFTFAHRT Sep 08, 2012, John Morris, [email protected], AWIN First
An all-electric, zero-emissions airliner could be in service by 2035 if the aerospace industry pursues development of the necessary technologies over the next two decades, according to the prestigious Bauhaus Luftfahrt think tank. Extensive studies of realistic roadmaps for future lithium batteries, high-temperature superconducting motors, aerodynamics, structures and materials show these can all be ready by 2030, with entry into service five years later, says Dr. Askin T. Isikveren, the head of Bauhaus’ Visionary Aircraft Concepts research group.
CALYX'S OPERATING SUBSIDIARY MAKES AVIATION HISTORY, POWERS THE WORLD'S FIRST 100% BIOFUEL FLIGHT http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-10-30&val=647434&cat=material Marketwire - Canada VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 30, 2012) - Calyx Bio-Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CYX) ("Calyx" or the "Company") is pleased to announce yesterday's successful completion of the world's first civil jet flight powered by 100% renewable, drop-in biofuel, conducted with the Falcon 20 jet of the National Research Council of Canada ("NRC"). The drop-in fuel was produced from feedstock produced by the Company's operating subsidiary, Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. ("Agrisoma"). Agrisoma's Resonance(TM) Energy Feedstock is a dedicated industrial oilseed that has been launched at commercial scale in 2012 across a broad region of western Canada. This historic flight symbolizes a significant step not only for the aerospace industry, but also towards advancing sustainable sources of renewable energy.
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SCIENCE THAT CAN AFFECT AEROSPACE
TOP 10 MATERIALS NEWS FROM SEPTEMBER 2012 http://www.materialstoday.com/view/28519/top-10-materials-news-from-september-2012/ 01 October 2012 What's been the most talked about from Materials Science recently? Click on the titles below to read the news stories:
1. Electronics, at the molecular scale
2. New reference material could aid nano-toxicity research
3. Super stretchy super gel
4. New, cheaper nanolithography technique
5. Wirelessly powered cardiac device
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6. Rust never sleeps
7. X-rays probe magnetism in superconductors
8. World’s first HIV nanomedicines
9. Printing 3D in seconds
10. Sliding metals show fluidlike behavior
NAVY AIMS TO TURN SEAWATER INTO JET FUEL Seaman Marc Rockwe / U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command The U.S. Navy may need to look no further than the water around its ships to produce jet fuel, according to a program underway at its research laboratory. The technology would free the Navy from the logistical and economic challenges of refueling ships underway.
WIND TUNNEL TESTS SET FOR EUROPE’S LEA HYPERSONIC VEHICLE October 2, 2012, Doug Messier
Artist conception of LEA hypersonic vehicle. (Credit: ONERA-MBDA)
Aviation Week reports on upcoming tests of Europe’s LEA hypersonic program: Full-scale wind tunnel tests of the LEA, the European hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle, are poised to get under way in France, setting the stage for the buildup to flight tests in Russia…. …program officials confirm that it is ready for testing under Mach 6 flight conditions in the specially modified S4 wind tunnel in the French Alpine city of Modane.
ENGINEERS INVENT NEW DEVICE THAT COULD INCREASE INTERNET DOWNLOAD SPEEDS http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121002145754.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_technology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News+--+Top+Technology%29 ScienceDaily (Oct. 2, 2012) — A team of scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota has invented a unique microscale optical device that could greatly increase the speed of downloading information online and reduce the cost of Internet transmission. The device uses the force generated by light to flop a mechanical switch of light on and off at a very high speed. This development could lead to advances in computation and signal processing using light instead of electrical current with higher performance and lower power consumption.
ZPINCH NUCLEAR FUSION PULSE SPACE PROPULSION RESEARCH http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/10/zpinch-nuclear-fusion-pulse-space.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29&utm_content=FeedBurner
October 03, 2012 A team of scientists and researchers from UAHuntsville’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Boeing and Marshall Space Flight Center’s Propulsion Engineering Lab are busy putting together a strange looking machine they’re calling the “Charger-1 Pulsed Power Generator.” It’s a key element in furthering the development of nuclear fusion technology to drive spacecraft.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/papers/ASPW2010-Z-Pinch(RAdams).pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-pinch
IMPROVED WIND TUNNEL TESTING OF AIRCRAFT MODELS http://phys.org/news/2012-10-tunnel-aircraft.html#jCp October 4, 2012
Credit: Thinkstock
When testing numerical predictions regarding performance of aircraft, wind tunnels are still the next best thing to actual flight. EU-funded researchers improved the accuracy of test measurements with important implications for future aircraft design.
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2012/10/05 MAKING CONNECTIONS AT 45,000 FEET: FUTURE UAVS MAY FUEL UP IN FLIGHT Today, October , , 12 hours ago | DARPA Public Affairs Office
Currently global military aviation relies on a key enabler – aerial refueling. Fighters, bombers, reconnaissance and transport aircraft use “flying gas stations” to go the extra mile. Increasingly, UAVs are conducting combat and ISR operations, but UAVs aren’t designed to be refueled in flight. In 2007, DARPA teamed up with NASA to show that high-performance aircraft can easily perform automated refueling from conventional tankers, yet many unmanned aircraft can’t match the speed, altitude and performance of the current tanker fleet. The 2007 demonstration also required a pilot on board to set conditions and monitor safety during autonomous refueling operations.
NASA TO TRIAL ROTOR SYSTEM TO REPLACE PARACHUTES ON SPACECRAFT http://www.aerospace-technology.com/news/newsnasa-trial-rotor-system-replace-parachutes-on-spacecraft 5 October 2012
NASA is testing a rotor system that could replace parachutes on spacecraft to control landing when returning to Earth's atmosphere. Scientists are testing the rotor blade-equipped capsules V at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA engineer at Johnson Space Center in Houston Jeff Hagen said that the purpose of testing was to determine a way to make the rotor spin. The space agency stated that the concept of replacing parachutes with rotor blades has been taken from the fact that the helicopters have much more control and stability compared with vehicles using parachutes.
HIDDEN IN EINSTEIN’S MATH: FASTER-THAN-LIGHT TRAVEL? http://www.space.com/17951-einstein-relativity-faster-than-light-travel.html 08 October 2012, Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer
Scientists have extended Einstein's equations for faster-than-light travel. Here a three-dimensional (right) graph shows the relationship between three different velocities: v, u and U, where v is the velocity of a second
observer measured by a first observer, u is the velocity of a moving particle measured by the second observer, and U is the relative velocity
of the particle to the first observer. CREDIT: Hill, Cox/Proceedings of the Royal Society A
Although Einstein's theories suggest nothing can move faster than the speed of light, two scientists have extended his equations to show what would happen if faster-than-light travel were possible. Despite an apparent prohibition on such travel by Einstein’s theory of special relativity, the scientists said the theory actually lends itself easily to a description of velocities that exceed the speed of light.
CONTROLLING AIR FLOW OVER WINGS DURING SUPERSONIC FLIGHT http://phys.org/news/2012-10-air-wings-supersonic-flight.html October 10, 2012
Credit: Thinkstock
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EU-funded researchers evaluated control techniques of air flow over aeroplane wings during supersonic flight. The optimal wing design developed should lead to important reductions in noise, emissions and fuel consumption. Supersonic planes fly at speeds faster than the speed of sound, about 1 200 km/hr. at sea level. Their flight generates so-called sonic booms. A shock wave is formed as the plane essentially pushes air molecules out of the way much like a boat creates a wave on its bow as it moves through the water. The thunder-like noise is heard on the ground after the wave passes and there is a sudden decrease in pressure as when a balloon is popped. Needless to say, the noise is intense and the pressure wave often rattles the windows of buildings in the local environment. One way to decrease the noise, pollution and fuel consumption generated by supersonic flight is to control the transition from laminar to turbulent air flow over the wings. Although laminar flow control techniques have been widely studied for subsonic and transonic flows, little is known about the feasibility of such methods related to supersonic flight.
MEET POLARIS, THE FIRST ICE-DRILLING LUNAR PROSPECTOR-BOT The solar-powered rover is a contender for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize. 10.10.2012, Rebecca Boyle
Polaris Prospecting Bot Polaris has three vertical solar panels to generate up to 250 watts of power, along with 3-D cameras and lasers to help it navigate. Astrobotic A first-of-its-kind solar-powered lunar rover can drill 3 feet into the lunar surface, hoisting a vertical triple solar array to capture sunlight from super low on the moon’s horizon. Roboticists at a company called Astrobotic, a spinoff from Carnegie Mellon University, built a working prototype and plan to test it in the next few months. Astrobotic and CMU hope to nab the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize for the first privately funded team to send a robot to the moon. Polaris is designed to seek out water ice trapped in the cold craters and regolith at the moon’s poles. It has 3-D cameras and laser guidance systems for navigation, and it will communicate directly with Earth using an S-band antenna.
THE GRAPHENE-PAVED ROADMAP: 'WONDER MATERIAL' HAS POTENTIAL TO REVOLUTIONIZE OUR LIVES http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121010131440.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_technology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News+--+Top+Technology%29 Oct. 11, 2012, ScienceDaily Wonder material graphene could not only dominate the electronic market in the near future, it could also lead to a
huge range of new markets and novel applications, a landmark University of Manchester paper claims. Writing in Nature, Nobel Prize-winner Professor Kostya Novoselov and an international team of authors has produced a 'Graphene Roadmap' which for the first time sets out what the world's thinnest, strongest and most conductive material can truly achieve.
Graphene nanofabric: SEM micrograph of a strongly crumpled graphene sheet on a Si wafer. Note that it looks just like silk thrown over a surface.
Lateral size of the image is 20 microns. Si wafer is at the bottom-right corner.
(Credit: Image courtesy of University of Manchester)
ENGINEERS INVESTIGATE EFFECTS OF SPACE WEATHER ON AIRLINERS http://www.theengineer.co.uk/sectors/aerospace/news/engineers-investigate-effects-of-space-weather-on-airliners/1014228.article 11 October 2012 | By Andrew Czyzewski Engineers at Qinetiq are investigating the effects of geomagnetic storms and space weather on commercial airliners with a view to developing mitigating technology solutions. The company is conducting commissioned research into the phenomenon, developing sensors for advanced warning and designing novel system architectures with better tolerances. The increase in microelectronics systems in aircraft in the past few decades means that they are potentially more vulnerable to geomagnetic events originating from space.
AIRCRAFT POWER NEEDS COULD BE MET BY LANDING-GEAR WHEELS 24 FEBRUARY 2012 Read more: http://www.theengineer.co.uk/sectors/aerospace/news/aircraft-power-needs-could-be-met-by-landing-gear-wheels/1011845.article#ixzz29HilZdEs Future aircraft could contribute to their power needs by harnessing energy from the wheel rotation of their landing gear to generate electricity. They could use this to power their taxiing to and from airport buildings, which would lead to savings on aviation fuel, cutting emissions and reducing noise pollution. According to a statement, the feasibility of this — part of the Research Councils UK Energy Programme — has been confirmed by a team of engineers from Lincoln University with funding from EPSRC.
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AVFLASH! FALLING FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND RED BULL STRATOS JUMP BREAKS LONGSTANDING RECORDS (INCLUDES JUMP VIDEO) http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/2348-full.html#207508 When skydiver Felix Baumgartner stepped from his space capsule on Sunday from 128,000 feet, he broke two records that stood for more than 50 years and he also kept a promise to himself. "The only thing you want is you want to come back alive because you don't want to die in front of your parents, your girlfriend," he told reporters a few hours after he parachuted to a seemingly effortless stand-up landing in New Mexico Sunday. His was the highest-ever parachute jump and the highest manned balloon flight. Baumgartner is reported to have reached Mach 1.24 during freefall, which made it the fastest freefall. At four minutes and 18 seconds it was not the longest-duration freefall. That record still belongs to Col. Joe Kittinger, who waited until 4:30 to pull the chute on his 1960 jump. Baumgartner's successful jump took place exactly 65 years, to the day, after Chuck Yeager first broke the speed of sound in the rocket-powered X1. Like Yeager's flight, Baumgartner's jump had its potentially dangerous moments.
NEW TECHNIQUES STRETCH CARBON NANOTUBES, MAKE STRONGER COMPOSITES http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121015112728.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_technology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News+--+Top+Technology%29 ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2012) — Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques for stretching carbon nanotubes (CNT) and using them to create carbon composites that can be used as stronger, lighter materials in everything from airplanes to bicycles. By stretching the CNT material before incorporating it into a composite for use in finished products, the researchers straighten the CNTs in the material, which significantly improves its tensile strength -- and enhances the stiffness of the composite material and its electrical and thermal conductivity.
IN LONDON FOR DINNER—WITH AN AUSTRALIAN CERAMIC ROCKET http://phys.org/news/2012-10-london-dinnerwith-australian-ceramic-rocket.html#jCp October 16, 2012
A simulation of a hypersonic vehicle in the upper atmosphere.
Credit: Professor Michael Smart, Professor John Drennan, David Yu, The University of Queensland
Melbourne researchers are literally doing rocket science with clay. They have developed a cheaper and more efficient way of making the complex, heat-resistant, ceramic parts needed to build tomorrow's rockets and hypersonic airliners. Using clever chemistry to modify a standard method of casting ceramics in a mold, they have developed an alternative to the traditional technique of forming these ceramics as blocks at high temperatures and pressures. And their new method, a form of slip casting, allows them to generate ultra-high-temperature ceramic components at lower temperatures and pressures, which do not require extensive machining, hence saving time and energy.
LAB COULD DETERMINE WHETHER BASES COULD BE BUILT IN SPACE http://www.theengineer.co.uk/sectors/aerospace/news/lab-could-determine-whether-bases-could-be-built-in-space/1014345.article#ixzz2A2MOq5GH 22 October 2012
A new space laboratory could help determine whether manned research bases could be built on the moon or Mars. Researchers from the Open University have designed a device for future landing missions that can ascertain if the ground and atmosphere at a particular site contains enough water and other chemicals needed to produce fuel in order to support a base.
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SCIENCE TO MEET REALITY FOR MEMPHIS FEDEX PILOTS http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbb&plckPostId=Blog:7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbbPost:282c2bb7-a404-4466-8494-191ff1d6889c Oct 25, 2012, John Croft
FedEx pilots will be the first in the U.S. to test new wake separation standards the FAA will put in place at the cargo carrier's hub in Memphis on Nov. 1. For FedEx, the re-categorization, or RECAT, will result in about 1nm reduction in in-trail spacing for landings and takeoffs for the carrier's widebody and Boeing 757 fleet. The pilot's union says the reduction could boost capacity at Memphis by as much as 20%, though FedEx officials at this point are saying only "double-digit" increases as the operations have not yet begun. RECAT is the result of about 10 years of research and testing by the FAA and industry, and the new standards are set to go into place at other airports in 2013 and 2014, presumably if Memphis is a success.
LOCKHEED MARTIN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER DEVELOPS REVOLUTIONARY NANOTECHNOLOGY COPPER SOLDER http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/24/4935758/lockheed-martin-advanced-technology.html Oct. 24, 2012, Lockheed Martin PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 24, 2012 --/PRNewswire/ -- Scientists in the Advanced Materials and Nanosystems directorate at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto have developed a revolutionary nanotechnology copper-based electrical interconnect material, or solder, that can be processed around 200 °C. Once fully optimized, the CuantumFuse™ solder material is expected to produce joints with up to 10 times the electrical and thermal conductivity compared to tin-based materials currently in use. Applications in military and commercial systems are currently under consideration. Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Develops Revolutionary Nanotechnology Copper Solder http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2012/october/1024-ss-atc.html
NANOTUBE CHIP BREAKTHROUGH MEANS SMALLER, FASTER COMPUTERS
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IBM - Graphic illustrates the fabrication of the carbon nanotube chip
technology that should allow faster and smaller computer chips. The ability to fashion computer chips out of carbon nanotubes will allow the trend of ever smaller, faster and more powerful chips to keep apace for several more decades, according to researchers. The breakthrough reported Sunday by scientists at IBM Research comes as the routine shrinkage of computer chips every to 8 months known as Moore’s Law was hitting a physical limit. Traditionally, transistors — the switches on a chip that carry digital information — are made of silicon. Today’s silicon transistors are approaching the atomic scale — a physical limit — as their speed and performance gains are stalling due to the nature of the material.
INCREMENTAL SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION IMPROVEMENT ENABLES ELECTRIC PROPULSION HUMAN MISSIONS TO THE MOON, ASTEROIDS, AND MARS October 29, 2012 NASA FISO presentation - This Way To Deep Space Electric Propulsion Human Missions to the Moon, Asteroids, and Mars (27 pages) New solar array technologies (e.g. ROSA, FAST, Ultraflex) could provide the power for a high-power SEP stage (with specific powers of 130- W/kg). Space Solar array technology has been doubling every four years. There are other potentials for more radical improvement in space capabilities, but this incremental scaling up and improvement of what has already flown in space.
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN: X-47B VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RJ8cMDuPalA
A TOUR OF THE DLR STAND AT ILA 2012 - VIDEO http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-5177/year-all
YOUTUBE: Future Aviation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyiIWRmPjJs&feature=fvwrel
SPACEX'S DRAGON TO RETURN AMERICANS TO SPACE http://www.spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php
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THE GEnx THEATER http://www.geaviation.com/education/theatre/genx
NASA - SOLVING AVIATION'S CHALLENGES http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=89513121
NASA X-4C FIRST FLIGHT http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=42111&media_id=150029551
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THESE ARE GREAT WEBSITES TO VISIT:
FUTURE BY AIRBUS http://www.airbus.com/innovation/future-by-airbus
BOEING – BEYOND EARTH: http://www.beyondearth.com
NASA - AERONAUTICS http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/index.html
NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW AND CARGO PROGRAM OFFICE http://www.nasa.gov/offices/c3po/home/index.html
AEROSPACE COMPOSITES MARKET TO REACH $10.3 BILLION IN 2012, ACCORDING TO VISIONGAIN REPORT http://www.avionics-intelligence.com/articles/2012/10/composites-forecast.html October 1, 2012, By Courtney Howard, Executive Editor LONDON, 1 Oct. 2012. Demand for fuel-efficient aircraft and more refined composite materials manufacturing are driving positive and continuous growth in the aerospace composites market, which Visiongain analysts predict will reach $ .3 billion in value by year’s end. Aerospace composites will continue to achieve growth over the next decade, in large part due to a better understanding of the physical attributes of composite materials which can be integrated into the design and development process, as well as increasing demand for lighter and more fuel-efficient aircraft, according to Visiongain’s “The Aerospace Composites Market - ” report.
ROUTES: AL BAKER BLASTS BOEING’S 'FAILURE' OVER 787 DELIVERIES http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/routes-al-baker-blasts-boeings-failure-over-787-deliveries-377099/ Max Kingsley-Jones, Abu Dhabi
Qatar Airways boss Akbar Al Baker is losing patience with Boeing over its failure to begin deliveries of the airline's 787, as delays are now threatening its network growth.
The Doha-based airline's first 787 made its public debut at Farnborough in July and was expected to be handed over to Qatar Airways by late August. However, as a result of what Al Baker describes as "a creeping delivery date", the handover has still not taken place, forcing the airline to delay plans to introduce the twinjet on international services to London.
SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN INSULATION MARKETS CUTS ENERGY BILLS http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/10/01/space-technology-insulation-markets-cuts-energy-bills Mon, 10/01/2012, Deanne Winterton, Standard-Examiner correspondent NASA technology is taking the Northern Utah insulation market by storm, saving valuable energy in its wake. Consider a metal building used as a youth basketball gym in Northern Utah. Although insulated to code, the facility was unusable in the months of July and August. Air conditioners couldn’t keep up with the heat. In May, a thin, reflective material was installed in the building’s rafters. Even during the hottest summer on record, the building was continuously used. The reflective material, called RadiaSource, acts as a reflective shield, keeping heat out in the summer and in during the winter. The same technology has been used for suits in the space program to prevent heat gain and loss in the extremes of outer space. RADIASCOURCE: http://www.radiasource.com/
EUROPE PROPOSES BOAT TO EXPLORE SATURN'S MOON TITAN October 02, 2012 The new plans, called the Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer, propose a boat-probe, propelled by wheels, paddles or screws. The probe would land in the middle of Ligeia Mare (the biggest lake, near Titan’s North Pole), then set sail for the coast, taking scientific measurements along the way. The mission would last around six months to a year.
This rendering of the proposed TALISE probe shows one possible means
of propulsion: paddle wheels on either side of the probe.
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CANADA UNVEILS NEXT-GENERATION ROBOTIC ARMS FOR SPACESHIPS 02 October 2012, Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor
This nearly 50-foot prototype of the Next-Generation Canadarm can compact for transport in a small spacecraft.
CREDIT: CanadianThe Canadian-built robotic arms built for NASA's space shuttle fleet and the International Space Station are about to get two new siblings. Last week, the Canadian Space Agency showed off the Next-Generation Canadarm (NGC) prototypes, which were unveiled after three years of development at Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates. The mechanical limbs are the successors to the shuttle fleet's Canadarm and station's Canadarm2, which played pivotal rolls in the station's construction for more than a decade. The CSA and MDA plan to use this technology to position Canada for newer space business opportunities in areas such as in-orbit refueling of satellites, said Gilles Leclerc, the agency's director-general of space exploration.
DFC90 AUTOPILOT CERTIFIED FOR CESSNA 182 Avidyne's First Certification With Aspen EFD1000 Pro PFD The FAA has granted an STC to Avidyne Corporation for the installation of their DFC90 Digital Autopilot in Cessna 182-series aircraft when interfaced with the Evolution Pro Primary Flight Display (PFD) from Aspen Avionics. This is the first in a series of DFC90 certifications in aircraft with the Aspen PFD. Follow-on certifications are expected to include the Beechcraft Bonanza and Baron series.
This initial STC covers the DFC90 autopilot as a plug-and-play retrofit of existing STEC55X systems in 16 models of the Cessna 182 Skylane Series including the 182E, 182F,
182G, 182H, 182J, 182K, 182L, 182M, 182N, R182N, 182P, 182Q, 182R, 182S, 182T, and the R182. Over 20,000 of these specific models of aircraft were built between the years 1961-1985 and 1997-2012. STEC30/50/60-2/65 series autopilots may also be replaced by a DFC90 under this STC. Aspen holds an Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate (AML-STC) for their Evolution Pro PFD on a wide range of aircraft including all 16 of these C182 models.
ARMY DEVELOPING NEW FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT The Army is refining an initial capabilities document for a new fixed-wing utility aircraft that is designed to replace more than 112 airframes with a common platform. The new platform should be able to perform a range of key mission sets and services, officials said. "We manage 73 different series of aircraft and more than 40 different designs," said Col. Brian Tachias, project manager, fixed-wing, Program Executive Office Aviation. "A common cockpit and platform will reduce the amount of resources needed to train pilots and sustain the aircraft. Moving to one common fleet will reduce the manpower needed and allow us to gain efficiencies by reducing the number of contracts."
SOLAR IMPLUSE GETS FUNDING BOOST FOR ROUND-THE-WORLD PLAN http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/solar-impluse-gets-funding-boost-for-round-the-world-plan-377066/
Source: Solar Impulse, the solar-powered aircraft project, received a boost to its bid to fly round the world in 2015 using only solar power thanks to an increased financial commitment from Bayer MaterialScience.
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(Well OK, the next three items are not about aerospace. However, anything that is designed to move along at 1000 mph on land deserves mentioning)
1,000-MILE-PER-HOUR ROCKET CAR CLEARS PRELIMINARY TEST
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Wing Commander Andy Green, left, Defense Minister Philip Dunne, and Bloodhound Director Richard Noble pose alongside the Bloodhound
supersonic vehicle in London on Oct. 1. LONDON (Reuters) - The British team behind a project to build a 1,000-mph car have cleared a key hurdle with a successful test of the rocket they hope will push the vehicle well beyond the sound barrier. BLOODHOUND: http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/
AUSTRALIAN RACE CREW IN FASTER-THAN-A-BULLET BID http://phys.org/news/2012-10-australian-crew-faster-than-a-bullet.html
October 18, 2012, Amy Coopes An Australian race crew hoping to beat their British rivals to a new supersonic land-speed record launched their bid Thursday, unveiling the first parts of their rocket-powered bullet car. Daredevil drag-racer Rosco McGlashan has dreamed of being the fastest man on wheels since, aged 12, he saw Britain's Donald Campbell hit 403 miles (645 kilometres) per hour on Australia's Lake Eyre saltpan in 1964. AUSSIE INVADER: http://www.aussieinvader.com/
Mission Statement of “LAND SPEED RESEARCH VEHICLE, LLC” http://sonicwind.com/index.html To design, construct and campaign the most advanced, powerful and fastest, piloted ground vehicles ever conceived by man.
INNOVATION RESEARCHERS CHOOSE SPACEPORT SWEDEN FOR STUDY
October , 2012 Karin Nilsdotter, CEO, Spaceport Sweden Commercial human spaceflight is a new emerging industry and globally, space tourism is only the tip of an iceberg in this second space age. Spaceport Sweden is a pioneering initiative to establish space tourism and commercial human spaceflight as a new industry in Sweden and has now been selected by innovation researchers as a live case study. SPACEPORT SWEDEN: http://www.spaceportsweden.com/
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE EXPERIMENTS ILLUMINATE HOW ORDER ARISES IN THE COSMOS https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2012/Oct/NR-12-10-02.html October 4, 2012, Breanna V. Bishop LIVERMORE, Calif. -- One of the unsolved mysteries of contemporary science is how highly organized structures can emerge from the random motion of particles. This applies to many situations ranging from astrophysical objects that extend over millions of light years to the birth of life on Earth.
NBAA LETTER CHALLENGES PRESIDENT'S MISCHARACTERIZATIONS OF BIZAV Reminds The President That Business Airplanes Provide Jobs For Middle-Class Americans NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen has sent an open letter to President Barack Obama to question the president’s decision to mischaracterize business aviation during his Oct. 3 debate with Republican Mitt Romney.
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“I'm writing to convey my frustration at your disparaging remarks about our industry during last night's debate,” Bolen’s letter states. “Your comments seemed to illustrate a complete lack of understanding about the importance of business aviation in the U.S., and appear to be at odds with your stated interest in promoting job growth, stimulating exports, driving economic recovery and restoring America to its first-place position in manufacturing.” Bolen was referring to Obama’s response to a question from debate moderator Jim Lehrer about tax policy, in which Obama stated: “Why wouldn't we eliminate tax breaks for corporate jets? My attitude is if you got a corporate jet, you can probably afford to pay full freight, not get a special break for it.” NBAA: http://www.nbaa.org/ 2012 PRESS RELEASES: NBAA LETTER CHALLENGES PRESIDENT'S MISCHARACTERIZATIONS OF BUSINESS AVIATION http://www.nbaa.org/news/pr/2012/20121004-081.php
VIRGIN GALACTIC ACQUIRES FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE SPACESHIP COMPANY October , 2012, Doug Messier
SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo circle over the Mojave Air and Space
Port during a successful glide flight on July 18, 2012. (Credit: Bill Deaver)
MOJAVE, Calif., Oct. 5, 2012 (VG PR)–Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, today announced that it has taken 100% ownership of its sister company, The
Spaceship Company (TSC), by acquiring the 30% stake held by Scaled Composites (Scaled) since TSC’s formation under a joint venture with Virgin Galactic.
HERE IS A DIESEL AIRPLANE WHICH IS SILENTLY MAKING PROGRESSES, http://www.dieselair.com/2012/10/here-is-diesel-airplane-which-is.html October 14, 2012
…and yet remains little known outside Europe. It is a 4 seater capable of a range of 900 NM, cruising at 120 knots. The Ecoflyer, made by Robin Aircraft in France, is essentially a well proven, reliable DR400 single engine, four-seater, which is OEM’d with either the Centurion . , 135 HP or the 2.0S 155HP diesel. 55 of them have been built and are flying in France, the UK, Germany, Austria and a few other European countries. None of them has been sold outside Europe yet. The engine is world certified and is the most widespread aero diesel as of now. The Robin DR400 is a wood and fabric training and sport monoplane, conceived by the famous Pierre Robin and Jean Délémontez.
AOPA TO CREATE FLYING CLUB NETWORK Janice Wood, Associations, Flight Training The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association will create a national network of flying clubs as part of a long-term initiative to facilitate flying club growth, association officials told attendees at the AOPA Aviation Summit Oct. . The network is part of AOPA’s efforts to grow the shrinking pilot population, according to a report at AOPA.org, noting that flying clubs offer affordability, community, quality instruction, an entry (or re-entry) point to aviation, and a viable business model. The flying club initiative, built on extensive research, also promotes flying clubs and helps new clubs get started, with a goal of increasing the number of clubs nationwide from 661 to 1,000 in five years.
NASA TAPS INTO SMALL BUSINESSES http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20121014/BUSINESS/310140015/NASA-taps-into-small-businesses?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CBUSINESS&nclick_check=1 Oct 14, 2012 Bigger isn’t always better in the space industry these days. Since the massive shuttle program ended, small businesses are being sought out by the federal government. NASA acknowledges that small businesses are innovation hubs and can complete space industry jobs more quickly for less. That might be why NASA has passed its annual small-business contracting goal by more than 28 percent, spending $2.6 billion on small-business contracts.
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SOUND BARRIER PIONEER CELEBRATES 65 YEARS Re-Enacted The Bell X-1 Flight In An F-15D Eagle Tue, Oct 16, 2012 Retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, celebrated the 65th anniversary of his ground breaking event with a re-enactment at Nellis Air Force Base October 14.
(Courtesy: US Air Force)
Yeager (pictured in USAF photo) was serving as a test pilot and flying the experimental Bell X-1 named the, "Glamorous Glennis," Oct. 14, 1947, when he successfully broke the sound barrier. "Up until that time we weren't able to do it," Yeager said. "Finally, in Oct. 14, 1947, we succeeded, and that opened up the doors of space to us." Yeager's re-enactment flight began when he and the aircraft's pilot, Capt. David Vincent, 65th Aggressor Squadron pilot, flew an F-15D Eagle to 45,000 feet over Edwards AFB, Calif., and at 10:24 a.m. broke the sound barrier again. "It was the greatest moment of my life so far," Vincent said. "It's like being with Christopher Columbus when he discovered the new world or like being with Orville and Wilbur Wright on the first flight."
JEFF BEZOS’ SECRETIVE BLUE ORIGIN TESTS NEW ROCKET ENGINE http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/10/blue-origin-rocket-engine/
Photo: Blue Origin The most secretive commercial space company has passed a milestone after successfully test-firing part of its new rocket engine. Blue Origin, the suspiciously quiet rocket company started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, fired up the thrust chamber for its engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The engine is a 100,000-pound thrust model that uses liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as fuel. Blue Origin plans on using the engines as part of its reusable booster system that will launch its interestingly shaped spacecraft into orbit as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) project. The Washington-based company is one of four upstart private space firms receiving funding for the development of a manned spacecraft that will be capable of carrying astronauts into orbit. The other participants are Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
GULF AIR WINS 'ARAB TECHNOLOGY AWARD 2012' http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/gulf-air-wins-arab-technology-award-2012-.html 18 October 2012 Gulf Air has won the 'Best Airline Award' at the 'Arabian Computer News Arab Technology Awards 2012' for its outstanding work in the area ofinformation technology and implementation over the past 12 months. It was was voted the best airline in the Hospitality and Tourism Implementation of the year category, establishing once again its leadership position in the Arab and Middle East regions’ aviation industry. Dr. Jassim Haji, Gulf Air director of information tchnology received the award at a gala ceremony in Dubai yesterday that saw over 400 leading technology professionals and organizations from the Arab world taking part.
VIRGIN GALACTIC REVEALS PRIVATELY FUNDED SATELLITE LAUNCHER AND CONFIRMS SPACESHIPTWO POISED FOR POWERED FLIGHT http://www.virgingalactic.com/news/item/xxx/ 10.07.12
New vehicle “LauncherOne” to transform small satellite market, as space
tourism business powers into final leg of test flights Today during the Farnborough International Air Show 2012, Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, announced “LauncherOne”, a new air-launched rocket specifically designed to deliver small satellites into orbit. With substantial funding already raised from Virgin Galactic’s partner aabar Investments PJS, and with commercial flights of this new orbital launch vehicle expected to begin by 2016, Virgin Galactic aims to offer frequent and dedicated launches at the world’s lowest prices. Virgin Galactic also announced that four private companies have already put down deposits as future LauncherOne customers, expressing their intent to purchase a total of several dozen launches, which would
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exceed the level of early commitment of any previous new launch vehicle. AABAR: http://www.aabar.com/index.php
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT DECIDES TO RESTRUCTURE BUSINESS AFTER CHINESE DEAL FAILS http://www.aerospace-technology.com/news/newshawker-beechcraft-decides-to-restructure-business-after-chinese-deal-fails 22 October 2012 Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft has announced plans to come out of bankruptcy protection by the first quarter of 2013 as an independent company and restructure its business. It said that talks with Chinese aerospace firm Superior Aviation Beijing to sell its business jet and general aviation operations for $1.8bn had failed, as the parties could not reach an agreement on the terms of a plan sponsorship agreement.
PROPOSED COLORADO SPACEPORT COULD BE SUBORBITAL SPACEFLIGHT HUB http://www.space.com/18132-colorado-spaceport-suborbital-private-spaceflight.html 19 October 2012, Leonard David, SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist The proposed Spaceport Colorado is moving closer to reality, with its supporters seeing it as an ideal hub to support high-speed suborbital flights with intercontinental range. Front Range Airport, striving to be the home of Spaceport Colorado, signed a letter of intent last month with Rocket Crafters Inc. for horizontal launch, dual-propulsion, suborbital flight operations at the general aviation airport.
‘UNPRECEDENTED’ BUDGET ENVIRONMENT DRIVES CHANGE ACROSS SPACE INDUSTRY http://www.spacenews.com/civil/1121019-unprecedented-budget-environment.html 19 October, 2012, Brian Berger HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Declining U.S. federal budgets and the looming threat that things could get much worse before they get better are forcing government space agencies and contractors to rethink the way they do business, and according to some officials, that is not such a bad thing. The budgetary uncertainty has caused hiring freezes, and some programs are being structured in ways that might offend the sensibilities of development-efficiency experts.
BOEING – 10,000 ORDERS http://boeingblogs.com/randy/archives/2012/10/the_third_quarter_1.html?ss=paid We marked many accomplishments during the 3rd quarter, including our 737 becoming the first commercial jet to surpass 10,000 orders. See how our Renton employees celebrated this amazing feat!
YOUNGEST BOEING B-52 STRATOFORTRESS ACHIEVES 50 YEARS OF SERVICE http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2465 Oct. 26, 2012, WICHITA, Kan., -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today marks 50 years since the company delivered its last B-52 Stratofortress to the U.S. Air Force. H-model bomber 61-040 was assigned to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., where it remains in active service.
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Boeing built 744 B-52s, in eight different models, from 1952 to 1962. The Air Force fleet today comprises 76 H-models -- two test aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and 74 operational aircraft that are assigned to
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Minot and to Barksdale Air Force Base, La. All the H-models were built in Wichita. The Boeing B-52 has been the backbone of the United States' manned strategic bomber force for nearly 60 years. Modern engineering analyses show the B-52's expected life span extending beyond 2040.
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COLLABORATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN JAXA AND RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY (GERMANY) http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2012/10/20121005_aachen_e.html October 05, 2012 (JST) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen) of Germany have agreed to cooperate in promoting comprehensive collaborative activities in the field of research and education. On September 28, representatives of the two parties signed the Framework Agreement for Cooperation at the RWTH Aachen University to conclude the deal. This is the first time for JAXA to enter into a comprehensive cooperation agreement with an overseas university.
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT HOSTS ITS 11TH ANNUAL REGIONAL BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS CAMP http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/05/4884693/sikorsky-aircraft-hosts-its-11th.html Oct. 5, 2012, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp STRATFORD, Conn., Oct. 5, 2012 --/PRNewswire/ -- More than 500 Boy and Girl Scouts, and their leaders, from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York will pitch their tents this evening for a three-day campout on the Sikorsky Aircraft grounds in Stratford. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). "Some of these scouts may one day choose careers in aerospace. We are proud to offer them a chance to visit our facility and spend three exciting days getting familiar with the inner workings of Sikorsky Aircraft," said David Adler, President, Sikorsky Aerospace Services
SAFA'S FIRST SAUDI STUDENT ACHIEVES SOLO MILESTONE http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/safa-s-first-saudi-student-achieves-solo-milestone.html 3 October 2012 Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) the Kingdom's new pilot training academy at Thumamah Airport, 28 km
northeast of King Khaled International Airport, Riyadh has achieved a major milestone with its first full-time Saudi national student making his first solo flight.
FAA PARTNERS WITH AVIATION EDUCATION GROUPS http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAAPartnersWithAviationEducationGroups_207464-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS October 9, 2012, Mary Grady, Contributing editor
The FAA has renewed educational partnerships with Jamail Larkins and Build-A-Plane to help encourage young people to pursue careers in aerospace. These partnerships "inspire students across the nation to explore the many opportunities that aviation and aerospace careers offer," said Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. Larkins will continue to serve as the FAA's official ambassador for aviation and space education under the Science, Engineering, and Mathematics - Aviation and Space Education program. Build-A-Plane is a non-profit organization that encourages interest in aerospace and aviation careers by helping student groups build and restore airplanes.
INVESTING IN AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGY FUTURE: NASA SEEKS SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/oct/HQ_12-356_OCT_Fellowships_2013.html Oct. 10, 2012, David E. Steitz WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking applications from graduate students for the agency's Space Technology Research Fellowships. Applications will be accepted from students pursuing or planning to pursue master's or doctoral degrees in relevant space technology disciplines at accredited U.S. universities. The fellowship awards, worth as much as $68,000 per year, will coincide with the start of the fall 2013 term.
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The fellowships will sponsor U.S. graduate student researchers who show significant potential to contribute to NASA's strategic space technology objectives through their studies. To date, NASA has awarded these prestigious fellowships to 128 students from 50 universities and across 26 states and one U.S. territory.
NASA NOW MINUTE: HOW TO BECOME AND BE AN ASTRONAUT http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=153787451
Learn about the necessary steps to become an astronaut, the job responsibilities of a pilot on the space shuttle and the incredible experience of being in space. NASA Now Minutes are excerpts from a weekly current events program available for classroom use at the NASA Explorer Schools Virtual Campus located at: › http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.
FAIRBORN: WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY HOME TO NEW CENTER Barrie Barber, FAIRBORN An initiative announced Friday aims to solve an ironic problem with Ohio’s economy — in spite of high unemployment rates there are more than 10,000 unfilled jobs in the state’s aerospace industry. Wright State University will be home to the Aerospace Professional Development Center, a first-of-its-kind outreach initiative in Ohio to train, educate and attract skilled workers into the ranks of the aerospace industry, officials said Friday.
GET SKILLS TO WORK http://www.getskillstowork.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdrs4tDF2w GE's new collaborative program, Get Skills to Work, joins major manufacturers and educators to prepare and place veterans in long-term careers. With an estimated 600,000 open advanced manufacturing jobs across America, this program is committed to closing the gap and creating new futures for those who worked to make ours better.
16 YEAR OLD SPENDS BIRTHDAY SOLOING THREE DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT TYPES
Cessna 150, Blanik Glider, and A Piper Twin Already In the Young Man's Logbook A solo flight series showcasing one young man’s efforts to learn to fly three different kinds of aircraft has been successfully accomplished over the weekend, beginning with a spectacular night three ship formation flight launched at midnight, on October 14, 2012.
The day began early for Drew Gryder of Hampton, Georgia as he sat strapped in his single engine Cessna 150 aircraft positioned on the center line of a 3700 foot runway at midnight. FAA regulations specify that an individual be 16 years of age to fly as the sole occupant of an aircraft – that threshold occurring at : a.m. by Drew’s calculations. Positioned within a few feet behind him to his left and right on the same runway were two more Cessna’s. Together, the three Cessna’s simultaneously lifted off as planned for the highly unusual night element formation takeoff; at the instant he became legal to do so. Flying off Drew’s left and right wings were his father, Dan Gryder, and local friend Scotty Collins.
HELP WANTED SIGN OUT AT GULFSTREAM BRUNSWICK Facility Needs Employees For Added Completions Work in 2013 Oct 17, 2012 Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. says it plans to increase employment at its Brunswick, GA, facility by approximately 20 percent in the next year to support growing volume in completions work. The site currently has 174 employees, including nearly 90 technicians.
“Adding about 3 positions is significant growth for Gulfstream Brunswick and a boost to the community as a whole,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream Product Support. “As we grow, customers can continue to count on the personalized service Gulfstream Brunswick’s employees are known for and the outstanding interiors they produce.”
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FAA Policy Causes Checkride Costs To Rise http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Checkride_Costs_Rise_207547-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS October 21, 2012, Russ Niles
Obtaining a pilot certificate in popular training areas of the Southwest may get more expensive thanks to a decision by the FAA to limit the number flight tests designated pilot examiners (DPEs) can administer. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor confirmed to AVweb that the agency has capped flight tests for DPEs under the authority of the Scottsdale and Las Vegas flight service district office (FSDO). "The FAA routinely reviews procedures, policies and programs to ensure they are operating safely, efficiently and properly," Gregor said. "A review of our Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) program identified potential issues with DPEs who conduct a high number of pilot flight checks. As a result, the FAA's Western Pacific Region is limiting DPEs in two locations -- Las Vegas and Scottsdale -- to conducting 50 flight checks per quarter, or 200 per year." Gregor declined to specify what led to the action but Fred Gibbs, a flight instructor in Flagstaff, said the result will come right out of the pockets of his students. "The examiner intends to raise the rate from $450 to $700 to make up the lost income he will incur as a result of the fewer number of flight tests he is allowed to administer," Gibbs said. EDITOR’S NOTE: WAY TO GO FAA!
IN FOCUS: Training centre tackles skilled labour shortage http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/in-focus-training-centre-tackles-skilled-labour-shortage-377904/ N
102612, Stephen Trimble, Wichita Source: The five Wichita-based original equipment manufacturers - Boeing, Bombardier, Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and Spirit AeroSystems - decided that needed to change. "The five competitors came together," says Edwards, now the dean of manufacturing technology at the school that was formed in response. United by a single cause, the leaders of the five airframers called on the state to establish a new technical school dedicated to training a new cadre of aviation workers. They argued that other existing and emerging clusters - Seattle, and even Chihuahua, Mexico - already boasted technical schools with strong aviation manufacturing training programmes. Wichita's workforce needed to keep pace, or be over-taken in a global competition for skilled labour.
Published: Sunday, , 12:01 a.m.
High Hopes: Aerospace an industry hungry for workers
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20121028/BIZ/710289993
October 28, 2012, Mark Mulligan / The Herald
Loretta Aragon tightens a bit as she prepares to drill a hole in part she's
machining. Aragon is working on a degree at Lake Washington Institute of Technology.
At a time when jobs are tough to come by, the one industry that keeps hiring is aerospace. That trend likely won't change soon, given a growing demand for aircraft and the high number of aerospace workers who are approaching retirement. Over the past few years, state and local government leaders have beefed up education and training programs for the aerospace industry.
HELICOPTER SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Oct 29, 2012, Janice Wood,
The deadline is fast approaching for the 18 scholarships that the Helicopter Foundation International (HFI) will award to students in the helicopter industry. If you are currently enrolled in school and working toward a career in rotorcraft, you are eligible to have some of your tuition paid for.
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PICTURE OF THE MONTH Courtesy of SPACE.COM
http://www.space.com/17961-supersonic-skydive-worlds-highest-space-jump.html
The 55-story helium-filled balloon lifted off from Roswell, N.M. around 9:30 a.m. local time today (11:30 a.m. EDT; 1530 GMT), carrying the daredevil aloft in his custom-built 2,900-pound (1,315 kilograms) capsule.
Felix Baumgartner stepped into the void nearly 128,000 feet (39,000 meters) above southeastern New Mexico Sunday at just after 12 p.m. MT (2 p.m. ET, 1800 GMT), then landed safely on the desert floor about 20 minutes later.
successfully completed the world's highest skydive
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first skydiver ever to break the sound barrier, which is about 690 mph (1,110 kph) at such lofty heights. And this happened on a special day. The jump's top speed was thus Mach 1.24 — considerably faster than the speed of sound
4 minutes and 20 seconds in freefall (a record without a drogue parachute
Baumgartner landed about 37 miles away from his launch point in New Mexico, project officials said.
His capsule touchdown a further 55 miles east of the landing site, they added.
One of the many folks congratulating Baumgartner today is doubtless Joe Kittinger, who set the previous altitude mark of 102,800 feet (31,333 m) in 1960 while a captain in the U.S. Air Force .
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FELIX BAUMGARTNER OCT. 14, 2012
