Refurbished INS Vikramadityato Join Indian Navy in January2014

        Indian Navy will soon have its second aircraft carrier warship by January 2014. The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikramaditya, will be joining the Indian fleet after a delay of five years. “It will be accepted by the Defence Minister on November 16. On November 30, the ship will leave our waters for India,” Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said during a meeting with his ministers, reported Voice of Russia.

India’s Defence Minister A K Antony is scheduled to visit Russia between 15-17 November. India and Russia signed a 4,500 crore deal in 2004 and the war ship was sent to Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk port city in northern Russia for refurbishing. The deal was later revised to 13,000 crore in 2010. According to the initial plans, the 45,000-tonne Kiev class warship was scheduled to be delivered in 2008 and was later pushed to December 2012. During sea trials, it was found that the boilers of the warship were not fully functional and had to be fixed. Indian Navy will soon have its second aircraft carrier warship by January 2014. 

Refurbished INS Vikramadityato Join Indian Navy in January2014

Indian Navy will soon have its second aircraft
carrier warship by January 2014. The Russian
aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed
as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikramaditya, will be
joining the Indian fleet after a delay of five years.
“It will be accepted by the Defence Minister
on November 16. On November 30, the ship will
leave our waters for India,” Russia’s Deputy
Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said during a
meeting with his ministers, reported Voice of
Russia.
India’s Defence Minister A K Antony is scheduled
to visit Russia between 15-17 November.
India and Russia signed a ?4,500 crore deal in
2004 and the war ship was sent to Sevmash
shipyard in Severodvinsk port city in northern
Russia for refurbishing. The deal was later
revised to ?13,000 crore in 2010.
According to the initial plans, the 45,000-tonne
Kiev class warship was scheduled to be
delivered in 2008 and was later pushed
to December 2012. During sea trials, it was
found that the boilers of the warship were not
fully functional and had to be fixed.
Indian Navy will soon have its second aircraft
carrier warship by January 2014. The Russian
aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed
as Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikramaditya, will be
joining the Indian fleet after a delay of five years.
“It will be accepted by the Defence Minister
on November 16. On November 30, the ship will
leave our waters for India,” Russia’s Deputy
Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said during a
meeting with his ministers, reported Voice of
Russia.
India’s Defence Minister AK Antony is scheduled
to visit Russia between 15-17 November.
India and Russia signed a ?4,500 crore deal in
2004 and the war ship was sent to Sevmash
shipyard in Severodvinsk port city in northern
Russia for refurbishing. The deal was later
revised to ?13,000 crore in 2010.
According to the initial plans, the 45,000-tonne
Kiev class warship was scheduled to be
delivered in 2008 and was later pushed
to December 2012. During sea trials, it was
found that the boilers of the warship were not
fully functional and had to be fixed.

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton HALE UAS completes first flight

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft is one step closer to serving the Navy in maritime reconnaissance and surveillance missions, having just completed its first flight at Palmdale, California. The drone spent 80 minutes in the air, reaching an altitude of 20,000 feet. 

The MQ-4C Triton, the airborne element of the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime 

Surveillance (BAMS) system which also include the Boeing P-8A Poseidon MMA aircraft .

The aircraft can soar at up to 60,000 feet and stay airborne for as long as 30 hours. By 2015, the Triton will undergo operational testing and evaluation, and the Navy hopes to add additional aircraft to its existing fleet (currently just two strong). 

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton HALE UAS completes first flight

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft is one step closer to serving the Navy in maritime reconnaissance and surveillance missions, having just completed its first flight at Palmdale, California. The drone spent 80 minutes in the air, reaching an altitude of 20,000 feet. 

The MQ-4C Triton, the airborne element of the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime 

Surveillance (BAMS) system which also include the Boeing P-8A Poseidon MMA aircraft .

The aircraft can soar at up to 60,000 feet and stay airborne for as long as 30 hours. By 2015, the Triton will undergo operational testing and evaluation, and the Navy hopes to add additional aircraft to its existing fleet (currently just two strong). 

Urban Aeronautics upgrades AirMule with new propellers

Urban Aeronautics Air Mule

Israeli manufacturer Urban Aeronautics is testing its AirMule vertical take-off and landing unmanned air system with new propellers to enhance its capabilities.

It has replaced the UAV's previous four-blade propellers with new six-blade composite versions.

The new rotors retain the diameter of the originals and operate at the same RPM, but are expected to increase the aircraft's payload by approximately 200kg (440lb).

In a parallel effort, Urban Aeronautics is accelerating the assembly of a second AirMule prototype in preparation for a series of demonstration flights requested by potential customers.

The second prototype is intended primarily as a reserve aircraft to ensure uninterrupted flight testing once customer demonstrations, planned for mid-2014, are underway.

Read more at: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/urban-aeronautics-upgrades-airmule-with-new-propellers-385918/

Urban Aeronautics upgrades AirMule with new propellers

Israeli manufacturer Urban Aeronautics is testing its AirMule vertical take-off and landing unmanned air system with new propellers to enhance its capabilities.

Urban Aeronautics Air Mule

It has replaced the UAV's previous four-blade propellers with new six-blade composite versions.

The new rotors retain the diameter of the originals and operate at the same RPM, but are expected to increase the aircraft's payload by approximately 200kg (440lb).

In a parallel effort, Urban Aeronautics is accelerating the assembly of a second AirMule prototype in preparation for a series of demonstration flights requested by potential customers.

The second prototype is intended primarily as a reserve aircraft to ensure uninterrupted flight testing once customer demonstrations, planned for mid-2014, are underway.

Read more at: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/urban-aeronautics-upgrades-airmule-with-new-propellers-385918/

P-8I delivered to Indian Navy touches down

India's long-range maritime snooping and anti-submarine warfare capabilities will get a huge boost when the first of the eight contracted Poseidon-8I aircraft touches down at the Arakkonam naval air station inTamil Nadu on Wednesday.

P-8I First Flight Video-Boeing

Under the $2.1 billion deal inked with US aviation major Boeing in January 2009, the second and the third P-8I aircraft will reach the naval air station INS Rajali in August and November, with the other five being progressively delivered by 2015. India is going in for a repeat order of four more P-8I in a contract worth over $1 billion.

Armed with deadly Harpoon Block-II missiles, MK-54 lightweight torpedoes, rockets and depth charges, these sensor and radar-packed aircraft will be the country's "intelligent hawk eyes" over the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) that is increasingly getting militarized.

F-35B performs first vertical take-off

Sources say that test pilots at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, performed the firstLockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter vertical take-off on 10 May.

The US Marine Corps' short take-off and vertical landing variant had a requirement to perform vertical take-offs right from the outset of the JSF programme. However, the capability is not emphasised because the F-35B would not be able to carry a tactically significant payload in that configuration.

Operationally, the USMC envisions its F-35Bs performing short rolling take-offs carrying a full load of ordnance and fuel, and then performing a vertical landing once the aircraft returns to the amphibious assault ship or expeditionary airfield.

The concept of operations is similar to that currently flown by the USMC's Boeing AV-8B Harrier II squadrons. Although the Harrier is often touted as a vertical take-off and landing machine, it flies a similar short take-off and vertical landing profile for the overwhelming majority of its missions.

The original X-35B prototype demonstrated the ability to take off vertically in 2001.

F-35B performs first vertical take-off

Sources say that test pilots at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, performed the firstLockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter vertical take-off on 10 May.

The US Marine Corps' short take-off and vertical landing variant had a requirement to perform vertical take-offs right from the outset of the JSF programme. However, the capability is not emphasised because the F-35B would not be able to carry a tactically significant payload in that configuration.

Operationally, the USMC envisions its F-35Bs performing short rolling take-offs carrying a full load of ordnance and fuel, and then performing a vertical landing once the aircraft returns to the amphibious assault ship or expeditionary airfield.

The concept of operations is similar to that currently flown by the USMC's Boeing AV-8B Harrier II squadrons. Although the Harrier is often touted as a vertical take-off and landing machine, it flies a similar short take-off and vertical landing profile for the overwhelming majority of its missions.

The original X-35B prototype demonstrated the ability to take off vertically in 2001.

Iran unveils latest home-made UAV

Iranˈs latest indigenized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) dubbed as Hemase (Epic) was unveiled at the presence of Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Thursday night, IRNA reported.

The unveiling ceremony was held concurrent with the closing ceremony of the congress titled ˈthree martyred ministers, war engineering commander and 1,000 martyrs of Iranˈs defense ministry.

The Iranian UAV has been made by Aviation Industries Organization of the Defense Ministry. The home-made UAV is reconnaissance-offensive and its important feature is its flight duration.

Iran unveils latest home-made UAV

Iranˈs latest indigenized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) dubbed as Hemase (Epic) was unveiled at the presence of Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Thursday night, IRNA reported.

The unveiling ceremony was held concurrent with the closing ceremony of the congress titled ˈthree martyred ministers, war engineering commander and 1,000 martyrs of Iranˈs defense ministry.

The Iranian UAV has been made by Aviation Industries Organization of the Defense Ministry.

The home-made UAV is reconnaissance-offensive and its important feature is its flight duration.

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Turkish TFX fighter concept revealed at IDEF

     Three potential designs for a planned TFX Turkish fighter concept have been shown for the first time at the International Defence Industry Fair in Istanbul, with the programme's current initial design phase due to conclude later this year.

       Images depict a single-engined aircraft with and without canards and a twin-engined design, with these having been influenced by discussions between the Turkish air force and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

TAI says the initial designs will be ass
essed against air force requirements during a workshop, with a report to be submitted by Turkey's undersecretary of defence industries by the end of September 2013.

TAI was awarded a contract last year to perform the activity, with the company working with Swedish manufacturer Saab.

Under current plans, the TFX project could lead to the first flight of a Turkish-built fighter in 2023, with the type to potentially be acquired as a replacement for the air force's oldest Lockheed Martin F-16Cs.
Source:http://www.flightglobal.com

Turkish TFX fighter concept revealed at IDEF

     Three potential designs for a planned TFX Turkish fighter concept have been shown for the first time at the International Defence Industry Fair in Istanbul, with the programme's current initial design phase due to conclude later this year.

       Images depict a single-engined aircraft with and without canards and a twin-engined design, with these having been influenced by discussions between the Turkish air force and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

TAI says the initial designs will be assessed against air force requirements during a workshop, with a report to be submitted by Turkey's undersecretary of defence industries by the end of September 2013.

TAI was awarded a contract last year to perform the activity, with the company working with Swedish manufacturer Saab.

Under current plans, the TFX project could lead to the first flight of a Turkish-built fighter in 2023, with the type to potentially be acquired as a replacement for the air force's oldest Lockheed Martin F-16Cs.
Source:http://www.flightglobal.com