[Vitor Santos]

Saab compra a empresa brasileira de radares Atmos Sistemas

Sueca Saab faz primeira aquisição no Brasil e assume operações da Atmos Sistemas

O Valor Econômico noticiou que a Saab comprou 100% da empresa de radares Atmos Sistemas.

A aquisição, em valor não divulgado, envolve a Atmos Sistemas – companhia, com sede em São Paulo, especializada no desenvolvimento e na manutenção de radares meteorológicos para uso civil e militar.

Fundada em 2004 e com 100% de capital nacional até agora, a Atmos participa do que se chama de aviônica na indústria de defesa (os sistemas tecnológicos embarcados em uma aeronave). Com a transferência de controle, ela se mudará para as instalações do grupo sueco em São Bernardo do Campo (SP) e passará a chamar-se Saab Sensores e Serviços do Brasil.

Os suecos já têm participação acionária de 40% na Akaer, empresa de engenharia voltada para os mercados aeroespacial e de defesa, mas é a primeira vez que adquirem o controle de uma companhia no país.

A “nova” Atmos deverá ser responsável pela manutenção de radares dos caças Gripen que começam a chegar neste ano ao Brasil, mas também tem o objetivo de atender a clientes civis e militares, no mercado doméstico e no exterior, segundo Saito.

   https://www.aereo.jor.br/2020/04/29/saab-compra-a-empresa-brasileira-de-radares-atmos-sistemas/

[HSMW]

https://theaviationist.com/2019/11/29/the-story-of-the-famous-renderings-of-the-secretive-stealth-black-hawk-revealed-by-the-osama-bin-laden-raid/

A 2 de Maio de 2011 ficávamos a saber da versão furtiva do BlackHawk.

A imagem de cima é o conceito original e da outra a versão mais recente e provável.

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NATO prepares to receive first A330 tanker-transports

NATO is set to receive its first Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft into Eindhoven Airbase in the Netherlands over the coming weeks.



The European Union/NATO Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet will comprise six countries operating eight MRTT tankers.
The first two of eight MRTT aircraft to be operated jointly by NATO members Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Norway under the NATO Support and Procurement Agency’s (NSPA’s) Multinational Multi-Role Tanker and Transport Fleet (MMF) are on course to be delivered in June, the agency reported on 14 May.

Managed by the NSPA, with support of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), the MMF capability will provide the six participating nations pooled access to aerial refuelling (hose-and-drogue and boom/receptacle) strategic passenger and cargo airlift, as well as aero-medical evacuation (medevac) capabilities.

The Netherlands and Luxembourg initially launched the programme in July 2016, with the first one as the lead nation of the project. Germany and Norway joined in 2017, Belgium followed in early 2018, and Czech Republic lastly joined the MMF programme in October 2019.
Germany is the largest contributor with a share of 5,500 hours per year.
The Netherlands will take up 2,000 hours per year.
Belgium will take 1,000 hours.
Luxembourg 200 hours, and Norway and Czech Republic will take 100 hours a year each.
As the projected utilisation will be 1,100 flying hours per aircraft per year, the fleet of eight aircraft is fully committed. The MMF nations will use these capabilities in support of national missions as well as in support of NATO, EU, and other multinational commitments.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/2020/05/15/3368815c-7f40-4e78-9f7d-be82a5f7101c

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[Lusitano89]

  https://www.cavok.com.br/chinooks-britanicos-completam-2-000-horas-de-operacao-no-mali?fbclid=IwAR1KiF27JjFnS0bGGFR_F5cZ3UJkXCVmzSFdMCifmCWAUMcASHKZJxOjqnc

[Vitor Santos]

DESAER e CEIIA (Portugal) criam Joit Venture para o desenvolvimento do ATL 100

A DESAER Desenvolvimento Aeronáutico, empresa brasileira especializada no desenvolvimento de aeronaves de diversas tipologias e o CEIIA (Centro de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento), com sede em Portugal, firmaram um Acordo de Joint-Venture para o desenvolvimento, industrialização e comercialização de uma aeronave de transporte leve.

O ATL-100 é uma aeronave de uso civil e militar, com configurações para o transporte de passageiros (até 19 pax.) e para carga (2,5 ton.), com o objetivo de atender as necessidades de transporte regional em áreas já adensadas e nas regiões mais remotas, necessitando de pouco apoio de infraestrutura no solo e possibilidade de pousar em pistas curtas e não pavimentadas.

A fase de desenvolvimento do projeto, agora com decisiva participação do CEIIA, será executada em 3 anos, seguida das fases de industrialização e comercialização. Em todas as fases, o projeto vai ser executado por profissionais portugueses e brasileiros em infraestruturas localizadas em Portugal e no Brasil.

O desenvolvimento do ATL-100 terá como alicerce o foco na sustentabilidade, não só pela aplicação de tecnologias menos poluentes em seus componentes, mas, também, pela perspectiva de utilização, no futuro, de novas tecnologias como motores elétricos.

O CEIIA e a DESAER entendem que esta parceria, que agrega competências complementares do setor aeroespacial de Portugal e do Brasil, além de ser um importante projeto de inovação tecnológico, e de criação de renda e emprego em ambos os países, surge com especial relevância agora como um contra-ataque aos efeitos danosos sobre a economia mundial causados pela crise da Covid-19.

   https://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/aviacao/desaer-e-ceiia-portugal-criam-joit-venture-para-o-desenvolvimento-do-atl-100

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Querem ver que vai ser esta lindeza que irá substituir os 295.

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[goldfinger]

Vuela el Cessna Skycourier

El aeropuerto Beech Field, a las afueras de Wichita (Kansas), donde está enclavada la factoría de Beechcraft, fue el punto de origen y destino del primer vuelo del nuevo Cessna Skycourier.

El vuelo tuvo una duración de dos horas y quince minutos con los pilotos de pruebas de Cessna Corey Eckhart y Aaron Tobias a los mandos. En el mismo los pilotos llevaron a cabo las habituales pruebas de control aerodinámico, sistemas y de los motores en todo primer vuelo.

Corey Eckhart señaló tras el mismo que el avión se había mostrado muy estable en el despegue y aterrizaje y que durante el vuelo todo se había desarrollado como esperaban y habían podido completar las pruebas previstas.

Cessna usará seis aviones en el programa de certificación, tanto para las pruebas de vuelo como para las de fatiga y estáticas en tierra.

El SkyCourier podrá transportar a un máximo de 19 pasajeros o 2.700 kg de carga o una combinación de ambos a un máximo de 1.650 km. Su aviónica es la Garmin G1000 NXi y sus motores los Pratt & Whitney PT6A-65A que le dan una velocidad máxima de crucero de 200 nudos.

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[NVF]

Evakuação com estilo.

Italy reveals Leonardo helo sales to Egypt

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/d5aedf0d-aa74-4763-9e77-52d09c89dd92

According to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Leonardo has sold 24 AW149 and eight AW189 helicopters to the Egyptian military for approximately EUR871 million (USD957 million). The sales were recorded in the ministry’s 2019 arms exports report to the Italian Senate of the Republic.

The documents do not disclose any further information pertaining to production or delivery timelines, aircraft roles, or which branch of the Egyptian military will field them.

While the Italian government report provided no details as to the intended role of the helicopters within the Egyptian military, it did note that the AW149s would be configured with eight seats (it can normally carry up to 18 passengers), while the similarly-sized AW189s will be configured with the maximum 19 seats. These configurations suggest that the AW149s will perform a specialist military task that requires the fitting of bespoke mission equipment, while the AW189s will be used for general passenger transport.

Leonardo has not commented on the report nor the sales contained within it.

Seen in Italian military markings, the Italian government has confirmed that the AW149 has now been sold to Egypt.


Seen here in UK coastguard service, the AW189 is the civil variant of the military AW149 and has also now been sold to Egypt.

[nelson38899]

Angola Recebeu os primeiros K8 chineses para treinos.

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O que é que este Viper, A4N Skyhawk, andará a fazer em França ?





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[Get_It]

O que é que este Viper, A4N Skyhawk, andará a fazer em França ?

Em território francês poderá ser por a Draken ter (tido?) um contrato para apoiar o treino dos franceses como também pode ser por causa desta parceria: https://www.secapem.com/sdts/?lang=en.

Também poderá estar de passagem por causa disto: Defence Contractor Draken International Offers Air Adversary Training. Só não sei se ainda continua activo.

From these locations, tailored detachments of aircrew and groundcrew deploy to wherever they are needed, not exclusively in the US; for example, a Draken detachment recently deployed in support of a Fighter Weapons School course at Leeuwarden Air Base for the European Participating Air Forces (EPAF), a consortium of F-16 users comprising The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and Denmark.

EDIT: O mais provável é que deverá ser treino com a marinha francesa, visto que a actividade observada é perto das bases aéreas navais:

Cumprimentos,

[Vitor Santos]

Brazilian Desaer and Brazilian CEiiA to Develop ATL-100 Light Transport Aircraft

The Brazilian firm Desenvolvimento Aeronáutico (DESAER) is teaming up with the Portuguese centre of engineering and product development (CEiiA) to proceed with the development of the ATL-100 lightweight twin-turboprop multirole aircraft. The venture agreement, revealed in mid-May, will enable DESAER and CEiiA to jointly develop, manufacture, and market the ATL-100. The aircraft will have civilian and military variants. The military version will perform roles such as troop transport, logistics support, search and rescue, paratrooper airdropping maritime patrol, liaison, border surveillance, medical evacuation, and special operations.

The ATL-100 offers 7,500 kg maximum take-off weight, 380 km/h cruising speed, 16 m length, 6 m height, 20 m wingspan, 2,500 kg maximum payload, 430 km/h cruising speed, 1,500 m maximum range, and a 25,000 ft maximum operating altitude. With configurations for the transport of passengers (up to 19 people) and for cargo (2.5 tonnes), it aims to “address the needs of regional transport in already densely populated areas and in the most remote regions, requiring little infrastructure support on the ground. and the possibility of landing on short, unpaved runways. The ATL is a logistic aircraft that needs to be available and ready for the operator to fulfill its varied range of missions.

The collaboration, which includes the development, production and marketing of the platform, will be carried out with the Portuguese engineering and product development centre, CEiiA. The industrialization and commercialization phases will follow, and “in all phases, the project will be carried out by Portuguese and Brazilian professionals in infrastructures located in Portugal and Brazil. CEiiA and Desaer consider that this partnership, which adds complementary skills to the aerospace sector in Portugal and Brazil, in addition to being an important project for technological innovation and the creation of income and jobs in both countries.

    https://militaryleak.com/2020/05/27/brazilian-desaer-and-brazilian-ceiia-to-develop-atl-100-light-transport-aircraft/

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The L-39NG Fatigue Test Has Started; Should Confirm Triple Lifespan

Fatigue testing of the Aero L-39NG began on May 25 at the Czech Aerospace Research Center and will take almost two years. Aero Vodochody has committed to test the first two service lives, but anticipates a triple lifespan. (VZLU photo)

The fatigue test of the L-39NG jet aircraft, proving the service life of the new airframe in the length of 5,000 flight hours, has started in the Czech Aerospace Research Centre (VZLÚ).

The process of airframe tests will be performed by fatigue load sequence simulating the real operating loads of the aircraft. In total, up to five service lives will be tested, where 1 life (5,000 flight hours) will consist of at average 650,000 cycles. The number of proven service lives is in accordance with the European military regulation EMACC, which defines the rules for the L-39NG type certification.



Compared to its predecessor L-39 Albatros, the new-generation aircraft should have three times longer lifespan. "Depending on how the aircraft is used, according to the loads on the structure during flights, the estimated life of the L-39NG is up to 15,000 hours, which is significantly higher than the lifespan of the L-39 Albatros. This is one of many arguments for our potential customers, confirming that their investment in the new aircraft will bring them great benefit," said Dieter John, President & CEO of AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE.

For the purpose of the fatigue test, the company Aero Vodochody produced an aircraft with manufacturing serial number 7003. "The aircraft 7003 was delivered to VZLÚ in several parts. After installation of some testing equipment, it was assembled by experts from Aero. The testing equipment consists mainly of units for load transfer and balancing of own weight," says David Novotný, the test engineer of VZLÚ responsible for this project.

The fatigue test at VZLÚ has begun on May 25, 2020 and will take almost two years. For the purpose of certification, Aero Vodochody has committed to test the first two service lives, which is expected by autumn 2020 thanks to the continuous run of the test, interrupted only by regular inspections.

The airframe was placed in a sophisticated test rig that will simulate operation of the aircraft through controlled loading of individual parts of the aircraft. The testing will simulate take-offs and landings, the flight itself, as well as various additional cases specific for aircraft with underwing weapons. Thanks to the 24/7 test regime, interrupted only by regular inspections, it is expected to prove the 1st and 2nd life by the autumn 2020.

http://www.thefifthcolumn.xyz/Forum/viewthread.php?tid=39&page=7

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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3949579

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https://www.aeroflap.com.br/caca-f-16-block-50-da-usaf-atinge-a-marca-historica-de-10-000-horas-de-voo/

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