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All News

December 15, 2013

Sikorsky Innovations Awarded Contract For Phase 1 DARPA X-Plane Program

Teams With LMC's Skunk Works On Development Of High-Speed VTOL Aircraft

Sikorsky Innovations has won a contract for Phase 1 of the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) program by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company said Thursday. The proposed effort is valued at $15 million to develop the preliminary design for the VTOL X-Plane, a high-speed vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft with the hover capability of a helicopter.

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Flight Attendant Union Vows To Fight FCC On In-Flight Cell Phone Use

AFA Launches Campaign Against The Proposal

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) has begun an extensive public and congressional outreach campaign aimed at reversing a decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that could lead to in-flight cell phone voice calls being allowed onboard commercial aircraft.

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NASA Developing Legs For Space Station's Robonaut 2

Will Provide Mobility For 'R2' To Complete Regular, Repetitive Tasks

NASA engineers are developing climbing legs for the International Space Station's robotic crewmember Robonaut 2 (R2), marking another milestone in space humanoid robotics. The legless R2, currently attached to a support post, is undergoing experimental trials with astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory.

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Laser Instrument On NASA Mars Rover Tops 100,000 Zaps

Beam Checks Chemical Elements In Rocks And Soils

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has passed the milestone of 100,000 shots fired by its laser. It uses the laser as one way to check which chemical elements are in rocks and soils. The 100,000th shot was one of a series of 300 to investigate 10 locations on a rock called "Ithaca" in late October, at a distance of 13 feet, 3 inches (4.04 meters) from the laser and telescope on rover's mast.

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Mars One Selects LMC To Study First Private Unmanned Mission To Mars

Aerospace Giant Will Develop Mission Concept For A Mars Lander Spacecraft

Mars One has selected Lockheed Martin to develop a mission concept study for its Mars lander spacecraft. The lander will be based on the successful 2007 NASA Phoenix spacecraft and will be a technology demonstrator.

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RobotShop Enters The UAS Market

'The Amazon of Robotics' Acquires DiaLFonZo-Copter, Launches Lynxmotion UAV

RobotShop ... a retailer of personal and professional robot technology, has acquired DiaLFonZo-Copter, a company established in Canada which designs and produces a variety of multi-rotor UAV copters.

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CAE Deploys Boeing 737 NG FSS To Air France Training Center

Will Train Pilots From Multiple European And African Carriers

CAE announced Tuesday that it has relocated a Boeing 737NG full-flight simulator (FFS) to the Air France training center located in Orly, France. The FFS recently received qualification and is now ready for training. CAE is installing the simulator in Paris to primarily support the training needs of pilots from Transavia France, a carrier who is part of the Air France- KLM group.

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General Dynamics Appoints Smith As President Of Jet Aviation

Succeeds Daniel Clare, Who Will Be Moving To Gulfsteam As CFO

Robert E. Smith has been appointed as president of Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dyamics, reporting to Joseph T. Lombardo, executive vice president of the company's Aerospace group. Smith succeeds Daniel G. Clare, who has been appointed chief financial officer of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., also a subsidiary. The appointments are effective January 1, 2014.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.15.13)

Aero Linx: B-52 Stratofortress The B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000 feet. It can carry nuclear or precision guided conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability. In a conventional conflict, the B-52 can perform strategic attack, close-air support, air interdiction, offensive counter-air and maritime operations.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.15.13): Radiation Fog

Radiation Fog Fog that is created when radiational cooling at the earth's surface lowers the temperature of the air near the ground to or below its dew point. Formation is best when there is a shallow surface layer of relatively moist air beneath a drier layer, clear skies, and light surface winds. This primarily occurs during the night or early morning.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (12.15.13)

"Sikorsky has a solid legacy of developing game-changing advances, and the DARPA X-Plane program is exactly the kind of project that Sikorsky Innovations was created to execute." Source: Chris VanBuiten, Vice President of Sikorsky Innovations, in comments made after SI won a contract for Phase 1 of the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) program by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

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