TT-1 Pinto

C-27J USAF .... procede il piano di dismissione .... Dal "Daily Report" dell'AFA del 1° Aprile 2013 .... Link .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/April%202013/April%2001%202013/Air-Force-Details-C-27J-Divestiture-Plan.aspx

New START .... dati aggiornati .... http://russianforces.org/blog/2013/04/march_2013_new_start_data.shtml

Aero Vodochody, Alenia Aermacchi, BAE Systems e Lockheed Martin UK .... ecco i quattro concorrenti per il contratto polacco AJT (Advanced Jet Trainer) .... .... il vincitore verrà scelto entro la fine dell'anno .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/four-bid-in-polish-ajt-contest-384159/

Una notizia non recentissima .... comunque interessante .... Dal sito di BAE Systems .... http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_157202/tranche-3-typhoon-goes-on-test?_afrLoop=605946399787000&_afrWindowMode=2&_afrWindowId=null

Così sembrerebbe .... Se ne era già fatto cenno ieri sera nella discussione dedicata al programma FX-III .... http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2013/Korea_13-10.pdf E mai momento è stato più propizio per gli Americani per spingere il loro prodotto ....

Si parla di un missile a lunga gittata .... ma non in grado di raggiungere gli Stati Uniti .... Fonte .... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/world/asia/north-korean-missile-moved-to-coast.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Quando si dice "corsi e ricorsi storici" .... qui gli Stati Uniti vengono definiti Impero del Male .... Qualcuno, a questo punto, dovrebbe rivendicare i diritti d'autore ....

Ha volato il terzo F-35B destinato alla Gran Bretagna .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/04/third-british-f-35b-flies-at-l.html

Il nuovo sistema fly-by-wire installato sugli F-15SA dell'Arabia Saudita richiede che l'aereo venga ri-certificato .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-and-usaf-will-have-to-recertificate-entire-f-15sa-flight-envelope-384156/

L'India ha congelato il programma per l'acquisizione di 197 elicotteri leggeri .... c'è odore di mazzette .... Link .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_04_03_2013_p0-564989.xml Anche qui .... http://www.difesa.it/Sala_Stampa/rassegna_stampa_online/Pagine/PdfNavigator.aspx?d=04-04-2013&pdfIndex=29 E qui .... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Army-asks-govt-to-probe-bribery-charge-against-Brigadier-in-197-helicopter-deal/articleshow/19348024.cms

Fu l'Unione Sovietica di Baffone a mandare la Cina a fare una guerra per interposta persona .... la Russia non doveva assolutamente figurare come partecipante .... però rifornì in abbondanza le armate cinesi di equipaggiamenti di ultimo tipo (vedasi i Mig-15) .... molti dei quali furono però portati in volo contro gli F-86 da piloti sovietici .... Quel Casey Jones del film "I cacciatori" sarà stato veramente un asso cinese o piuttosto un veterano russo della Seconda Guerra Mondiale?

Dal sito della Nasa .... Speed Agile Team Wins Laureate .... Almost since the dawn of powered flight, military aircraft have benefitted from NASA aeronautics research. Back then - in 1917 – it wasn't called NASA. It was the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which changed its name to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958. That legacy continues today and is getting recognition. A government/industry team, led by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and including NASA, won Aviation Week magazine's 2013 prestigious Laureate Award in Aeronautics and Propulsion for the Speed Agile Powered Lift System Concept Demonstrator. The idea behind the program is to design a next-generation tactical mobility aircraft that could give the U.S. Air Force more flexibility to deliver supplies and troops to remote regions of the world that might not have traditional infrastructure such as long, paved runways. Included on the award winning research team were not only NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's Fixed Wing Project, but also Boeing Research & Technology; Lockheed Martin; Advanced Technologies, Inc.; and Williams International. Since the research efforts started in 2002, AFRL and its partners have designed, tested and validated technology for cruise-efficient short takeoff and landing aircraft. NASA's primary interest is in the dual use technology and its potential application to future airliners. NASA contributed computational tool, wind tunnel, simulator and aerodynamic expertise at its Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. and Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. Researchers tested several concepts in NASA Langley's National Transonic Facility and 14 by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel. They also used NASA Ames' Vertical Motion Simulator to evaluate flying qualities and control schemes for an advanced transport. Image Credit: NASA Langley/George Homich

Approfittando della tensione fra due Coree .... il Pentagono fa la sua mossa .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-reveals-details-of-f-15se-f-35a-bids-for-south-korea-384180/ Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_04_03_2013_p0-565381.xml Documento F-15SE .... http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2013/Korea_13-11.pdf Documento F-35 JSF .... http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2013/Korea_13-10.pdf

Antimissili THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) presto a Guam .... Fonte .... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-03/u-s-to-deploy-thaad-anti-missile-system-to-guam-pentagon-says.html Il comunicato del DoD .... http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=119687 Arriveranno in tempo ?

Da Battleland ....

Da Flightglobal.com .... Link .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pilatus-pc-24-business-jet-set-for-ebace-unveiling-384160/

Infatti ....

Secondo l'agenzia di notizie Reuters .... via AW&ST .... Link .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_04_02_2013_p0-564917.xml

PC-24 .... per ora soltanto un'ombra su una pista .... ma presto sarà realtà .... Progress in the PC-24 project The PC-24 project – the new business jet by Pilatus – is making good progress. Last year, the Board of Directors gave the definite green light to the biggest, fastest and most complex aircraft that Pilatus has ever built. On 21st May this year, the aircraft will be presented to the general public at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva.

Il "concetto" Speed Agile di Boeing ha ottenuto il brevetto .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/04/boeing-awarded-patent-speed-ag.html Il precedente .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3aec0015b6-faa5-426c-945e-92b4fa021700

Le motivazioni che hanno indotto Beechcraft a presentare un'ulteriore protesta ufficiale .... Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_04_01_2013_p22-563987.xml

SPAM ....

New York, New York .... New York City at Night .... One of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station exposed this 400 millimeter night image of the greater New York City metropolitan area on March 23, 2013. For orientation purposes, note that Manhattan runs horizontal through the frame from left to the midpoint. Central Park is just a little to the left of frame center. Image Credit: NASA

Allora .... Quei marpioni degli Americani fanno scoppiare nottetempo un'atomica in una zona desertica del West .... tanto i missili nord-coreani sono notoriamente poco precisi .... creano il casus belli e replicano polverizzando un po' di Corea del Nord ..... la qual cosa non va a genio alla Cina .... che prontamente cerca di mandare in fumo qualche metropoli USA .... ma, incredibile, i suoi ICBM vengono intercettati in volo dagli ABM a stelle e strisce .... stelle che i sunnominati marpioni yankee fanno però vedere alla medesima .... risolvendo così in un botto il problema Cina .... E vissero felici e contenti .... C****o .... avrò mica alzato un po' troppo il gomito durante queste Feste Pasquali ?

La Casa Bianca sembra prenderli sul serio .... Fonte .... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14aa55b6-9926-11e2-af84-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2PCRPaRjv Nel frattempo .... i cartoonists si sono scatenati ....