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DAY 4 FARNBOROUGH July 19, 2018 Airshow News PUBLICATIONS

« Like a happy child’s scattered toy collection, the static display park at the Farnborough International Airshow offers lots of choices, each with its own magical allure. Be sure to focus on 2020, when we meet again, July 20 to 26.

Data & analytics GE looks to the cloud for mx data › page 10 Innovation Robotics focus in UK display area› page 17 Fighters No speed-up in civil supersonics F-16 still amazing, after all these years › page 18 by Mark Phelps & James Wynbrandt Ramp equipment There has been no great acceleration in-development, Mach 1.4 AS2—out of its up, and the development team has tested toward the finish line in the journey to line of fire. the wing spar, composite joints, and com- IAI’s TaxiBot good for reinstitute supersonic civil air travel. The This week at the Farnborough Airshow, pleted low-temperature trials. A second, environment › page20 process of revisiting the halcyon days of Boom Aerospace told AIN it now expects separate engineering team is working on Concorde—which last flew in 2003—has to fly its GE J85-15-powered “Baby Boom” the final product. been slow and, at times, controversial. demonstrator sometime next year, a pre- Scholl reports the company is funded Disruptive tech The hurdles are not only technical but cursor to its planned 55-seat, Mach 2.2 through first flight and has already raised perhaps, more significantly, economic, Boom airliner. As of January, the plan $85 million, including $10 million from UK officials support political, and social. had been to get the demo ship airborne launch customer Japan Airlines. In Decem- R-R efforts› page 21 A 13-page working paper released yester- this year. It is now under assembly near ber, JAL placed an order for 20 at a price of day by the International Council on Clean Denver, Colorado, with flight tests slated $200 million each. Transportation (ICCT) casts a shadow on for California, in 2019. Scholl answered the question of where Pseudo-satellites optimism for successfully reintroducing Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl the Boom would be produced—in the U.S. Airbus Zephyr is now in supersonic flight, though it leaves smaller said here at the show that engines and He also projects fares for supersonic flights supersonic business jets—such as Aerion’s hydraulic systems have been powered continues on page 8 production › page 23

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If asked about his heroes, Rickard Gustafson would likely cite the SAS crews that pioneered commercial aviation’s first polar routes in the ’50s. These men and women were armed and trained for the “unlikely event” of a polar bear encounter. Possessing that same adventurous spirit that’s so much a part of every Scandinavian’s DNA, he’s pushing SAS to new heights in both service and efficiency as an innovative explorer of exciting possibilities and new frontiers.

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VietJet and Boeing on Wednesday signed a a pair of ATR 42-600 turboprop twins, $12.7 billion contract for 100 Max aircraft as well as an option for a third, that will at the Farnborough Airshow. The deal calls replace its Saab 340s. EasyFly of Colombia for 80 Max 10s and 20 Max 8s to go to Viet- came in late signing an MoU aith ATR for nam’s first private airline, which previously three ATR 72-600s and two ATR 42-600s. ordered another 100 Max 8s in 2016. Uganda National Airlines signed a $190

Boeing later said it had received further million firm order for four new Bombardier WAGNER MARK orders, from four unamed customers, for CRJ900 regional jets with the new Atmo- ATR showcased its 42-600 at Farnborough Airshow. The aircraft is currently in the livery of 40 high capacity Max 8s and 53 Max 8s — sphère cabin, as well as two A330-800 news.. Silver Airways, which will become the first new operator of ATRs in the U.S. in years. deals worth $11B in total. Air Lease Corp. signed two orders with Also on the third day of the airshow, CFM International with a collective value Airbus signed a memorandum of under- of $3.3 billion. The first calls for Leap 1A standing (MoU) with an undisclosed engines to power 34 Airbus A321neo air- ATR ‘Rocking’ a Turboprop customer for six of the new A330neo craft, and the second for Leap 1B engines widebodies. Mexican ultra-low-cost car- for 83 Boeing 737 Max twinjets. rier Viva Aerobus firmed up an amendment Pratt & Whitney announced that Tian- Renaissance for 25 A321neos and converted a previous jin Airlines and West Air signed long-term order for 16 to A321neos. This brings the EngineWise Comprehensive service agree- by Bernie Baldwin all-Airbus operator’s total order book to 15 ments to support Geared Turbofan engines A320ceos, 24 A320neos, and 41 A321neos. on their new A320neos; and Rolls-Royce “ATR is rocking,” declared the compa- the eve of a new program, simply because On the regional aircraft front, Japan’s announced CDB Aviation as a customer ny’s CEO, Christian Scherer, as he set- [the ATR -600 Series] is as contemporary Hokkaido Air System signed an MoU for for its new LessorCare program. n tled into a briefing at the Farnborough as it gets. It consumes 40 percent less fuel Airshow. Calming slightly from his intro- than any other turboprop,” he claimed. ductory words, he reported the organi- Scherer followed the briefing by signing zation as having a “stabilized industrial an MoU with Hokkaido Air System for two system with improving operational per- ATR 42-600s, with an option for another. formance indicators.” Deliveries will begin in November 2019. n “Commercially, we are doing well with a book-to-build ratio comfortably greater than one, and it’s a trend we see con- NEWS INDEX tinuing,” Scherer added, noting that he 328 Support Services ...... 18 Aero Vodochody ...... 5 observes the operation not only as CEO Airbus ...... 11, 23 but also, at present, as head of sales. Alvant ...... 20 Behind that trend, the CEO views a Aviall ...... 14 BAE Systems ...... 14 growing recognition by the traveling Bell ...... 14 customers of the better environmental BlueBird Aero Systems ...... 21 performance of turboprops. “Because Boeing ...... 8, 10, 14 of this, I will bet that there will be more Britten-Norman ...... 20 CAE ...... 21 turboprops in the future than the cur- CargoLogicHolding ...... 23

INTOSH rent predictions,” he proclaimed. ATR CFM ...... 21 intends to make a strong effort to “ride Consolidated Precision Products (CPP)...... 21 Cyient ...... 20 DAVID M c DAVID the wave of awareness that flying can be Daher ...... 16 eco-responsible.” Dornier ...... 18 The ATR 42-600 is the focus for the EasyJet ...... 8 L3 Longsword brandishes new sensors Esterline Corp...... 16 OEM at Farnborough 2018, where it is Esterline Mason ...... 16 at this year’s Farnborough Airshow displaying an aircraft in the livery of Sil- FlightAware ...... 22 ver Airways, which is set to become the FlightSafety ...... 5 Gardner Aerospace ...... 20 The L3 Longsword is evolving from a rug- Thales I-Master surveillance radar can be first new airline operator of ATRs in the GE Aviation ...... 10 ged light attack aircraft into a multi-sensor, found there, also in a 15-inch turret. Mean- U.S. for many years. Silver’s choice has General Atomics Aeronautical Sysems Inc. ....17 multimission platform, as can be seen in while, the left outer wing station houses a also underlined the message that 30- to Geo Kingsbury ...... 20 40-seat aircraft can be replaced by the GKN Aerospace ...... 10 the static park this week at Farnborough “Cobra” SIGINT and electronic warfare pod GoFly ...... 10 2018. L3 Aerospace Systems (Chalet A15) from BAE Systems. smaller member of the ATR family. Goonhilly Earth Station ...... 8 flew this aircraft, which is based on the Air The Longsword offers a total payload of Scherer explained that Silver, currently Grob ...... 14 Tractor AT-802U cropduster, from Texas to more than 3,629 kg (8,000 pounds) from operating Saab 340s, will show “that you can H3 Aerospace Group ...... 14 Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) ...... 20, 21 Farnborough in six hops, and then hung eight wing and three fuselage stations. take a 34-seater with low capital costs and L3 ...... 4, 11 some new equipment beneath it. So the other stations can carry a range replace it with a 46-seater that will operate Leonardo ...... 5, 14, 17 For instance, a new plug-and-play ISR of laser-guided bombs, missiles and gun at the same costs. That’s the renaissance Lockheed Martin ...... 18 Meggitt ...... 4 pod from British company Horizon Tech- pods. New this week at Farnborough opportunity of the ATR 42-600.” Mitsubishi ...... 5 nologies can monitor satellite telephone is an Alkan dual 7-cm (2.75-inch) rocket As for Bombardier refocusing on Pattonair ...... 20 calls, as well as ship movements via the launcher on the right outer-wing station. regional aircraft following the C Series’ Peach Aviation ...... 20 transfer to Airbus, Scherer welcomes the Pratt & Whitney ...... 10 automatic identification system (AIS). L3 still awaits a first customer, but at £7.6 Raytheon ...... 21 Named the XPOD, it also houses an L3 to £9.1 million ($10 to $12 million) apiece, increased competition. “I hope it will be Rolls-Royce ...... 16, 17, 21 Wescam MX-15D EO/IR imaging turret. The the Longsword is a survivable and effective good for all of us to have them singing the ST Engineering Aerospace ...... 16 MX-15D was previously installed beneath replacement for attack aircraft that cost praises of turboprops again,” he remarked. SteelRock Technologies ...... 21 Supersonic Future ...... 1 the nose of the Longsword, but now a much more to acquire and operate. C.P. However, he does not see that competi- Tamarack Aerospace Group ...... 18 tion prefacing a new model. “We’re not on UK Research and Innovation ...... 17

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Pg-4_d4_v5.indd 1 7/18/18 5:31 PM Aero Vodochody resurges Aero Vodochody by Samantha Cartaino and David Donald revealed its F/A 259 Striker, the fighter/ Czech airframer Aero Vodochody has short-, mid-, and long-term leasing options. attack version of the seen something of a turnaround in for- RSW Aviation, which is a U.S. mili - company’s L-159 and tunes in recent years, with the upgraded tary training provider, signed a letter was developed to meet L-39NG with Williams FJ44-4M turbofan of intent (LOI) for 12 L-39NGs and an the U.S. Air Force’s and revised cockpit avionics revitalizing additional upgrade of six legacy L-39 into OA-X requirement. IAI its offering in the military trainer market, the similar L-39CW variant. Aero Vodo- provided an avionics as well as the restart of L-159 production. chody also agreed to leverage the skills of suite with multifunction L-159s have also become combat-proven RSW Aviation and its affiliate companies tactical displays and during operations with the Iraqi air force. for military systems integration into the advanced capabilities. This year the company teamed with L-39NG/CW fleet. Additionally, RSW can If it is required, IAI can IAI to produce a fighter/attack version of perform operational support for L-39NG also provide an Elta

the L-159 aimed at answering the U.S. Air overseas customers. INTOSH multi-made radar for Force’s OA-X requirement. It was unveiled Executive v-p of the L-39NG program, the aircraft.

this week at Farnborough 2018 as the F/A- Marco Venanzetti, explained that a new M c DAVID 259 Striker. Powered by a Honeywell F124 training program, which focuses on the turbofan, the Striker has an avionics suite “digital native generation” of millennials provided by IAI that offers advanced com- and generation Z, is based on using new bat capabilities. IAI can also provide an methods and tools such as lessons through Elta multi-mode radar if required. mobile applications and gamification to be Leonardo launches new ASW capabilities Meanwhile, Aero Vodochody (Hall 1, more effective. Additionally, participants Stand 1170) announced that its L-39NG will be trained through two stages, focusing Through two separate partnerships—one integrated ASW suite, while Ulisses is trainer has logged orders from SkyTech and on how to fly and how to fight. The flying with L3 Technologies and one with Ultra compatible with Ultra’s new range of mini- RSW Aviation. SkyTech signed an agree- stage features 142 training events, while the Electronics—Leonardo has developed sonobuoys that are being developed with ment for 10 L-39NGs, including an option fighting stage is broken into two sections a suite of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) UK MoD funding for multistatic operations. for an additional six aircraft. The aircraft that teach trainees how to fight individu- capabilities that can take advantage of The SSQ 92X is a passive buoy weighing in will be available to SkyTech customers for ally in their own aircraft (70 training events) the company’s compact and lightweight at 3.5 kg (7.7 pounds), while the SSQ 95X flight training by the hour, as well as through and as a team (68 training events). n Ulisses (ultra-light sonics enhanced sys- active buoy weighs 7.8 kg (17.2 pounds). tem) processor that has been unveiled this Ultra has developed a self-contained week at the Farnborough Airshow. pod that can be carried by helicopters— Ulisses weighs just 6.5 kg (14.3 pounds) yet both manned and unmanned—to provide offers increased functionality over the OTS- an ASW capability to multirole platforms. Those who participate 90 system that Leonardo (Outdoor Exhibit The modular pod can be expanded to carry in the Delta Propel L1) previously developed for the NFH90 ASW 12 to 48 mini-sonobuoys, and features the Pilot Career Path will helicopter. Crucially, Ulisses can process data Ulisses processor. get the chance to work from both sonobuoys and dipping sonar, Trials of the ASW system are scheduled as an instructor at combining the signals from many sources to begin later this year, with an aim of hav- FlightSafety Academy to create an enhanced underwater “picture.” ing the Ulisses processor fully developed by while attaining the The system can handle data from up to 64 2019. The buoys and pod are expected to required 1,500 sonobuoys, or 52 buoys and a dipping sonar. be ready in 2020. Leonardo has received flying hours for an In terms of dipping sonar, Leonardo significant interest in Ulisses already and ATP certificate. is offering L3’s low-frequency HELRAS is involved in a number of campaigns to and mid-frequency Firefly as part of an answer fixed-wing ASW requirements. D.D. FlightSafety to propel Delta Air Lines pilots Delta Air Lines has chosen FlightSafety they will then fly for a Delta Connection International to provide flight training to the regional carrier and transfer to Delta Air company’s employees through the Delta Lines in 42 months or less. Propel Pilot Career Path. According to Delta FlightSafety Academy offers a variety executive v-p David Davenport, “This new of programs tailored to the specific needs approach to hiring the next generation of of domestic and international airlines; cor- pilots, while advancing employees from porate flight departments; government within, is an excellent opportunity for Delta and military agencies; other flight training employees to benefit from the highest- organizations; and individuals with no prior quality and most comprehensive programs flight experience. The academy’s fleet of available. We look forward to welcoming more than 100 aircraft includes Piper War- Delta employees to the FlightSafety Academy riors, Arrows, and Seminoles equipped with in Vero Beach, Florida, starting in December.” Garmin G500/650 series avionics, ADS-B

The employees chosen by Delta to par- In/Out, and iPad compatibility. INTOSH ticipate in the Propel program will earn Its 30-acre campus, which can accom-

FAA multi-engine commercial instrument modate more than 500 students, features M c DAVID ratings and become qualified as certified multi-media classrooms, flight training flight instructors at FlightSafety Academy. devices, and an air traffic control com- Mitsubishi’s MRJ makes showstopping debut They’ll then get the chance to work at the munications lab. Meanwhile the company It has been quite a show for Mitsubishi Aircraft’s MRJ—literally. The company’s new MRJ90 academy as an instructor while accumulat- also has a simulator training facility spe- turned heads during its airshow debut on Monday, powered by a pair of high-thrust, low-noise ing the 1,500 flying hours needed to meet cializing in business aircraft and helicop- Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan engines. After several rocky years and numerous delays, the FAA requirements for an Airline Transport ters at TAG Farnborough Airport, opposite development program is making steady progress toward service entry in 2020 with launch Pilot (ATP) certificate. Upon completion, the Farnbrough Airshow site. G.P. customer All Nippon Airways. The program is about halfway through flight testing and will start increasing certification work later this year.

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Visit us in Chalet OE-4 at the Farnborough International Airshow Goonhilly takes inside track in the UK’s race to space by Ian Sheppard

The iconic Goonhilly Earth Station, situated An £8.4 million contract from the Euro- close to the southwest extremity of the UK, pean Space Agency was enough to attract has set out a roadmap following an injection the further £24 million of private invest- of £32.4 million ($40 million) that has saved ment, said Goonhilly. the site from being mothballed. It intends to use the funding to estab- “Goonhilly offers tracking and mission lish the first private deep-space commu- operations services for all launch opera- nication network to support commercial tors,” said a spokesperson. “And we will lunar and Mars missions from 2020; to be providing mission operations and invest in projects in the U.S. and Australia tracking services to Spaceport Cornwall… to support deep space activities, LEO con- we will be an integral part of the Space- stellations and other projects; and to open port Cornwall, Cornwall Council, and up an R&D and manufacturing facility to Virgin Orbit partnership.” support the industry. n A cash infusion has placed Goonhilly Earth Station in a lead spot of the UK’s space plans.

continued from page 1 The paper suggests that supersonic airliner proponents have two path - No speed-up for ways to success—either develop aircraft based on new, clean-sheet engines civil supersonics or lobby international policymakers to establish separate standards and on the Boom to be on par “with subsonic environmental rules for supersonic business class.” He projected costs per airline travel. seat mile to be in that range, adding, For example, ICCT suggested that “We want to get the cost of speed down.” using area-rule aerodynamics would Entry into service has also stretched out, reduce wave drag and increase efficiency. previously predicted as early as 2023 but The paper also notes, “The engine model Neo-impressionistic Art now set for 2025. used in this work is a low-fidelity model. EasyJet took delivery of its first A321neo at the show Wednesday, following a flight from Gatwick For its part, ICCT believes that the Engine and component efficiency is Airport with UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling on board. The delivery consummates an best-case, per-passenger fuel burn for a based on technology level estimates agreement to convert positions for 30 A320neos to the largest of the family’s variants, appearing supersonic airliner would be three times from…2006.” here with a 235-seat configuration. EasyJet still awaits delivery of another 120 A320neo-family that of a business-class traveler on a cur- In the category of going still faster— jets on order and holds rights to convert more of the delivery positions to A321neos. rent subsonic airliner. albeit much further into the future— That jumps to nine times as much fuel Boeing is here with its concept of a hyper- for an economy-class passenger flying in sonic airliner, a class generally thought to a supersonic airliner at subsonic speeds, be capable of speeds up to Mach 10. While which would be required over territorial details are few, Boeing said it could fly Boeing Next Aims To Shorten ‘The Last Mile’ North America. such an aircraft in 20 to 30 years. n It takes nine hours to fly the 4,799 miles vertical takeoff and landing vehicles from Seattle to London and about one capable of moving cargo and people hour to drive from Heathrow to Farn - on demand. borough, with the latter stage repre - “These vehicles are going to start fly- senting one-ninth of the time to go less ing around in the next few years,” Boeing than 1 percent of the distance. That is chief technology officer Greg Hyslop said. the sort of problem that Boeing aims to Turning Boeing’s vision into reality solve with its new venture, Boeing Next, means overcoming technological and announced on Tuesday morning at the psychological challenges. A fatal car Farnborough Airshow. crash in March involving a self-driving Boeing Next’s aim is to turn what sounds car being developed by Uber high - like science fiction now into every day in lighted many people’s unease at the tomorrow’s world. “Future travelers will thought of turning the wheel over to an expect an on-demand world,” said Steve artificial intelligence program. At the Norland, the first head of Boeing Next. same time, following the crash Uber Next is focused on driving innovation backed off but did not stop its self- within the company toward a more inte- driving development work. grated, more seamless travel ecosystem, “That’s why the first words out of our whereas HorizonX, which Norland previ- mouth are safety and reliability,” Hys - ously oversaw, invests in outside compa- lop said. While he hopes to begin trial nies. Two key areas for innovation are programs in the next two to five years, more efficient air traffic management and huge technology problems remain to autonomous vehicles. be solved. “We don’t think its unsolv - Its other projects include a hypersonic able, but there is hard work to be done Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Aerospace, took a guided tour of British Airways passenger plane concept and electric around that.” D.C. Concorde “Delta Golf” during the company’s Farnborough Airshow event at Brooklands Museum. Conducting the tour was Mike Bannister, former BA Concorde chief pilot.

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GE Aviation looks to cloud for predictive mx services by Dan Catchpole

GE Aviation’s digital solutions business is how additive manufacturing could help combining its data and analytics domain the Japanese company. The two com- expertise with the scale of Microsoft’s panies developed the GE Honda HF120 Azure cloud service to speed up digiti- engine that powers the HondaJet busi- zation in aerospace, the two companies ness aircraft. announced on Tuesday at the Farnbor- Meanwhile, GE Aviation said it had won ough Airshow. a contract for avionics systems on the

“Microsoft’s cloud, with its strong Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, MARK PHELPS enterprise capability, including global including delivery of the pylon interface GoFly founder and CEO Gwen Lighter presented Team Leap as one of the company’s reach, scale and security were all unit, with deliveries taking place through Phase 1 winners. UK-based Team Leap includes Jakob Howard, responsible for important in our decision to partner to December 2018. propulsion; Bruno Howard, team leader; and Nikhil Aggarwal, who was in charge of with them,” said GE Aviation chief dig- The company also announced it structures. Team Leap and other contenders will launch Phase 2 soon. ital officer John Mansfield. would become an exclusive provider Azure will allow GE Aviation (Chalet of Terradata’s high-performance “ana- GoFly reveals one Challenge winning team P2) to speed up its worldwide deployment lytics in the cloud” for airlines. of existing products, as well as offer new An example of this application is Following up on the earlier announce- team leader Bruno Howard and one of 10 analytic workbench capabilities. In fact, GE’s FlightPulse, which “automatically ment that Pratt & Whitney has joined main winners of Phase 1, $20,000 awards for its Microsoft’s cloud is allowing GE Aviation merges complex aircraft data with crew sponsor Boeing as a supporter, the GoFly Vantage five-rotor flying bike design. With a to expand its collaboration with Emir- schedules, allowing commercial pilots to… competition held a brief event on Tuesday degree in mechanical engineering and expe- ates Airline to include predictive main- conduct their own analysis and peer com- at the United Technologies Farnborough rience in the field of venture capital, Howard tenance and diagnostics. The effort uses parisons,” discovering areas “to optimize Airshow chalet (Outdoor Exhibit 4). Repre- met up with the other members of the team the emerging digital capabilities, such as operations and efficiency, while reducing sentatives from both sponsor companies on a GoFly online forum. Also at the event artificial intelligence, coupled with air- risk, fuel consumption and carbon emis- displayed the passion for the project that were team members Jakob Howard (no lines’ real-world operations experience, sions.” At a management level it allows their companies are backing with their relation), who is responsible for integrating to make better use of resources and auto- “enterprise-level insights,” said GE. checkbooks—Boeing has committed $2 the Vantage’s hybrid-electric powerplant and mate operations. Finally, GE Aviation has signed an million; P&W, $100,000, so far. The mission rotor drive system; and Nikhil Aggarwal, in agreement with South Korea’s Kookmin is to use teamwork to design and build a charge of structural design. Honda Engine Work University for continued work on the personal flying device that can lift off verti- Team Leap and other contenders are Also at the Farnborough Airshow, GE validation of unmanned systems. Kook- cally and safely carry a person for 20 miles set to launch Phase 2, with an eye toward announced its GE Additive division has min University established the Defense without refueling or recharging. flying a prototype of their designs and been selected by the Honda Aircraft UAS Research & Development Center in The big stars of the show were three mem- earning the next-level prize of $50,000 Engine R&D Center to help determine April this year. n bers of UK-based “Team Leap,” organized by from Boeing. M.P.

NEWS note GKN Aerospace is to build an aero engine component repair and research facility in the Malaysian state of Johor. The new facility, which is set to open in 2019, will service engine fan blades and discs for commercial aircraft, providing additional capacity in the Asia-Pacific region to supplement the aircraft systems manufacturer’s facility in San Diego, California. The new location, which will employ 150 people initially and rise to 300 over two years, will be GKN’s seventh facility in Asia. It already has sites providing wiring systems, transparencies and services in China, India, Singapore, Thailand, and Turkey. The UK- based group said it chose Johor because of its central location in southeast Asia, strong infrastructure, and skilled workforce. “This new facility highlights GKN’s com- mitment to support our customers in Asia, as well as demonstrating our intention to

INTOSH grow our engine capabilities,” said GKN Engine Systems CEO Joakim Anders-

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Pg-10_d4_v4.indd 1 7/18/18 2:54 PM Airbus’ Eric Schulz redefines the role of top salesman by Dan Catchpole

Airbus’s new top salesman, Eric Schulz, Ihssane Mounir’s role as head of sales for has a simple message this week at the Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Schulz said. Farnborough Airshow: he is his own man. In recent years, Airbus has claimed annual He could be forgiven for feeling intimi- leads in new orders, thanks to its popular dated to follow his predecessor, John A320 family. Boeing is considering a New Leahy, who headlines called “legendary” Mid-market Airplane (NMA) to challenge and “salesman supremo” when he handed Airbus’s long-range A321. On Sunday, Boeing the reins over to Schulz in January. CEO Dennis Muilenburg said the aerospace “Intimidated? No,” Schulz said of Leahy. giant had put off a decision on the NMA until “I would have been intimidated if I wanted 2019. The company is still working to close to do the job the way he was doing it.” the business case, Boeing Commercial Air- Unlike his predecessor, Schulz is an planes chief Kevin McAllister said. engineer and has extensive experience Airbus already has solidified its dom- with airlines and aerospace manufacturing. inance in the longest-haul single-aisle “I come with an intimate knowledge of the sector, thanks to the A321LR, Schulz said. industry and an absolute understanding “That explains why the NMA decision has of what…people [are] thinking when they still not been made. buy an airplane, and what they do with it,” “It’s nice to believe that you can come L3’s Manned-to-unmanned Team technology is used on the U.S. Army’s Apache attack he said. “That makes me more focused on right into the middle of the market with helicopters, as well as multiple unmanned platforms. The Dutch military has also selected it. what an airplane can do for a customer and an airplane that will be optimized and will how to get the most out of it.” do everything,” he added. But the NMA Schulz doesn’t want to simply talk over will lack commonality with Boeing’s the price tag with customers, but rather slightly smaller 737s and larger 787s. “It’s L3 acts as guardian angel discuss what they need, which airplane is a lost airplane in the middle of the page,” the best fit, and how to get the most value Schulz concluded. n out of it. That might mean optimizing con- against drone threats figurations or signing service contracts to cut a carrier’s maintenance overhead costs. by Charles Alcock He has some things in common with Leahy, though, Schulz said: “The fighting Airbus’ newest Businesses wanting to protect their threats in a way that takes full account spirit, the determination, the tenacity, top salesman, facilities from possible security of the location. the ability to find innovative solutions to Eric Schulz, is breaches by unmanned aircraft are The U.S.-based group has set up a make sure we can do a deal.” setting his own looking for ways to be able to monitor Drone Guardian network this week at the He is not taking his eye off the compe- tempo as the and potentially block drone activity. Farnborough Airshow site. This consists tition in Seattle, either. “There are only head of sales. According to L3 Communications, its of four radio frequency nodes around the two jobs like mine in the world”—his and Drone Guardian Counter-Unmanned airfield and a 30-degree arc camera, with Aircraft System provides a flexible and staring capability that looks for individual scalable way to put this protection in pixel movement across the field of view. place in settings as diverse as a city cen- The camera can zoom and its pictures ter financial institution, a large, stand- integrated with CCTV cameras. Meggitt expands to meet growing demand alone industrial site, or the home of a high-net-worth individual. Manned-to-unmanned Teaming Already one of the 50 biggest aerospace Meggitt is spending nearly $170 million The company is currently trialing the L-3 also is demonstrating the latest ver- and defense companies in the world, Meg- on a new manufacturing and office campus use of Drone Guardian in the city of Man- sion of its Manned-to-unmanned Team gitt (Chalet A28) is expanding production at Ansty Park in Coventry, UK, which will chester in northwest England. “Drone (MUMT) suite of integrated products facilities globally to keep up with growing become the site of its new headquarters. Guardian involves the integration of for improving situational awareness and demand. “There’s a lot of stress across the This site also will produce wheel and brak- multiple sensors into a command and decision-making in a combat situation. industry right now” to keep pace with air- ing systems. control capability that can detect drones The technology allows pilots to share high craft manufacturers’ plans to increase pro- The company is also expanding production and deploy an appropriate response to bandwidth data, video and intelligence, duction, Meggitt CEO Tony Wood told AIN. facilities in Mexico, Vietnam, and the U.S. (in them,” explained Chris Knapman, L3 surveillance and reconnaissance informa- Wood has worked to make sure Meggitt San Diego, Miami, and Danville, Kentucky). vice president of business development. tion with other pilots or unmanned aircraft. is ready to meet OEMs’ growing demands, “We are the largest aerospace business in Viet- “It correlates and creates a single picture According to Rob Johnston, L3 Com- and has focused the company more on nam,” with nearly 1,000 employees, he said. of the drone threat.” munications’ director of business devel- aerospace and defense. “I made the deci- Meggitt broke into the large com- The system harnesses advanced sen- opment, MUMT facilitates faster and sion in the fairly early days that we needed mercial jetliner segment when Wizz Air sor fusion technology to integrate inputs more informed decision-making in the to be sharper in our strategy,” he said. selected Meggitt’s electric braking system from real-time sensors such as radio fre- battlefield—reducing the danger of That meant selling off seven business for its Airbus A321neos. Its system is also quency detection, radars, electro-optical friendly-fire incidents. It also saves cost units in the automotive, medical, and light on the Airbus A220 (formerly C Series). cameras that can be cued from the system by increasing the capacity of warfighters industrial sectors, acquiring one aerospace Meggitt is increasing its aftermarket and or other sensors. It can also manage and to monitor and deal with hostile targets. company, and investing more than $100 MRO work. “We’re providing lots of propri- initiate responses to drone threats, such For instance, the equipment is ideal for million to expand Meggitt’s capabilities. etary equipment,” Wood said. “Essentially as jammers or kinetic energy. situations in which a pilot needs to hand “This is the steepest ramp-up curve that I we’re becoming much more embedded with L3 can help customers to establish a off a mission to a colleague. think the industry has seen in history” out- our customers. Also, we are using data to distributed sensor network around the MUMT is being used by the U.S. Army’s side of wartime, he said. “That means a improve performance and maintenance, and area to be protected. It can also help to Apache attack helicopters and various huge investment in industrialization.” predict failures.” D.C. train security personnel to use the tech- unmanned platforms. It has also been nology to manage the response to drone selected by the Dutch military. n

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C40094.021_CFM_TranspEngine_Aviation International News_16Jul_352x550_DPS_v2.indd 2 27/06/2018 12:26 V-22B Osprey News Clips BAE Systems to expand in Alabama to commence BAE Systems has agreed to take on a $45.5 million project to expand its operations in the state of Alabama. The refueling company said the multi-phase growth plan calls for the immediate expansion of its existing offices in Huntsville and develop tests in 2019 a manufacturing and office space facility in the city’s Cummings Research Park. by David Donald Work at the facility will consist of An F/A-18 Hornet flew closely behind a Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey during initial tanker new programs and existing business, Having earlier conducted concept valida- compatibility trials. The Osprey is expected to begin midair refueling trials early next year. including the design, development, and tion flights, the Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey manufacturing of precision munitions is set to begin midair refueling trials early The VARS is palletized so that it can be radio, and a public address system in the and aircraft survivability technology. BAE next year, with an aim of clearing the capa- rolled on or off the Osprey as required. The cabin for when it is carrying passengers. Systems (Outdoor Exhibit L1) is working bility for service by 2020. Adding the ability MV-22 has been tested in the forward rapid Production CMV-22Bs are scheduled to with a Huntsville developer to build its to refuel other aircraft from the MV-22B will refueling role on the ground, but VARS begin delivery in 2020, with initial fielding new 83,000-square-foot facility, plans for provide the Air Combat Element (ACE) of will allow the in-flight offload of around on carrier USS Carl Vinson planned for which include engineering development deployed Marine Expeditionary Units with 4,535 kg (10,000 pounds) of fuel to receiv- 2021. For both the Navy and Marine Corps, space, manufacturing space, and a an organic refueling capability to free the ers such as the F-35B, F/A-18, AV-8B, and the V-22 is an integral element of support- Department of Defense lab. BAE expects ACE from reliance on shore-based tankers CH-53, as well as other MV-22s. For now, ing the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter at construction of the new building to or carrier-based Navy refuelers. the VARS is a U.S. Marines-only program. sea, as it is the only means of transport- start this year and conclude in 2019. Using the Osprey as a tanker was first eval- In late 2019, the U.S. Navy is expected ing the F-35’s engine power module to a uated in 2013 when an F/A-18 Hornet flew to receive the first two CMV-22B Ospreys carrier or “L-class” assault vessel. Middle Eastern customer in close proximity to a representative hose for trials. The Navy has ordered 39 CMV- To date, the Bell Boeing joint ven - selects Miysis DIRCM system and drogue trailed from the rear ramp of an 22Bs, to be primarily used for carrier ture has delivered 289 of 360 Marine An undisclosed Middle Eastern country MV-22B without any issues. In October 2016 onboard delivery duties as a replace- Corps MV-22Bs on order, and 50 of has become the latest customer for Cobham Mission Systems was contracted ment for the C-2 Greyhound. Compared 54 CV-22Bs for U.S. Air Force special Leonardo’s new Miysis directed infrared to develop the V-22 aerial refueling system with the Marines’ MV-22B, the Navy forces operations. Japan has ordered countermeasure (DIRCM) system, (VARS), basing the equipment on the com- version has additional fuel in the wings 17, the first five of which are due to be which uses high-powered lasers to pany’s FR300 hose drum unit (HDU). and enlarged fuselage-side sponsons, HF delivered next year. n protect aircraft from heat-seeking missiles by confusing their targeting sensors. The manufacturer recently started making deliveries of Miysis for the OEM’s standard cargo pod. It can to the Royal Canadian Air Force for contain various sensors and a datalink, and use on its CP-140 ISR/ASW aircraft. The ISR pod on this is already certified. Hiebeler toldAIN that According to Leonardo’s UK-based Grob 120TP was the Caravan is already serving widely in division, demand for DIRCM systems has designed by H3 Africa, which is a key target market for H3. increased in recent years because older Aerospace. It has the Kenya is a customer and H3 hopes to close countermeasures, such as decoy flares, ability for quick fit more deals with others “in the next couple are no longer able to protect against the and removal and can of weeks,” according to Hiebeler. latest infrared guided missiles. Miysis be fitted to aircraft Meanwhile, the G120TP carries the ISR accurately locates and tracks incoming such as King Airs and pod that H3 has designed for quick fit and missiles and then shines a high-powered helicopters. H3 has removal. It also could be fitted to a variety laser onto their targeting sensors to direct been working on the of aircraft, including Textron Beechcraft the weapons away from the aircraft. ISR technology for King Airs, the Embraer Super Tucano, The Miysis equipment is smaller, lighter, the past three years. and helicopters. The EO/IR turret on the and draws less power than other DIRCM

MARK WAGNER MARK Caravan is from Hensoldt’s South Afri- systems. It provides full spherical coverage can subsidiary; the control station from that Leonardo says is now needed to Spanish company Sainsel; and the data- counter advanced threats. Its open Grob is now H3 Aerospace link from Italian company IPR. But H3 architecture makes it easier to fit on a is offering to integrate a variety of other variety of aircraft, the company added. sensors, such as radars from Leonardo or and has new ISR solutions Thales, the Wescam MX-20 EO/IR turret, Aviall inks series of deals and various SIGINT or AIS systems. at Farnborough Show by Chris Pocock Notably, these are all ITAR-free sys- Boeing’s Aviall subsidiary (Chalet B6) tems that can be offered as “no-nonsense has signed a supply chain management The H3 Aerospace Group is making its particular, H3 (Outside Exhibit 3) sees solutions,” according to Hiebeler. He agreement with Ukraine’s Antonov, debut with a prominent outside display great opportunity in providing ISR mis- admitted that H3 is entering a crowded a distribution deal with Canada’s this week at the Farnborough Airshow. sion systems, where it is merging sensors, field, but said that Grob’s experience with International WaterGuard (IWG), and a While the branding is new, the man datalinks, and displays from a variety of a wide customer base will pay off. “We can parts-support contract with Luxembourg’s behind H3—Andre Hiebeler—is a famil- non-U.S. suppliers. The company has been make every installation a success story,” Cargolux, Aviall announced on Wednesday iar face in the aerospace world. Hiebeler working in earnest for the past three years Hiebeler claimed. at the Farnborough Airshow. and his brother and sister bought Grob on the ISR solutions that are displayed Moreover, the company is preparing The agreement with Antonov includes Aircraft out of bankruptcy nine years ago this week at Farnborough—a Cessna to restart production of the G520 Egrett support for production of the Ukrainian and developed it into a premier provider 208B Grand Caravan, Grob G120TP, and a high-altitude turboprop, which he said company’s newest aircraft program, of basic training aircraft. German MAN all-terrain truck converted is a viable ISR platform. “We are in the the An-1X8. Under the deal, Aviall will Now the company has expanded its as a ground control station. last stages of negotiation for three to manage supply-chain procurement for range of activities and the new label is The Caravan features a new underbelly four new-generation G520NG versions,” Antonov production, including logistics more appropriate, Hiebeler told AIN. In radome that H3 has designed as a substitute Hiebeler told AIN. n and forward-stocking concepts.

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Visit us in Chalet OE-4 at the Farnborough International Airshow ST Aero A UPS Boeing 757 freighter stood on display with many of its wing access panels removed for a C-check during opens Florida the grand opening of ST Engineering Aerospace’s new 173,500-sq-ft MRO facility in Pensacola, Florida. UPS’s MRO facility, fleet of seventy-five 757 freighters will be cycled through the facility for these inspections, with 21 to be signs UPS performed there this year and 40 per year thereafter. by Chad Trautvetter

ST Engineering Aerospace (Chalet B18) Meanwhile, UPS’s 757 and 767 freighters recently opened a new $46 million, are also receiving avionics upgrades at ST 173,500-sq-ft airframe MRO hangar at Engineering Aerospace’s facility in nearby Florida’s Pensacola International Air- Mobile, Alabama. That involves swapping Daher assumes warehousing duty for R-R port. The new facility, which is the com- out the aircraft’s legacy CRT-based avi- pany’s third airframe MRO location in onics with a Rockwell Collins LCD-based Building on a 15-year working relationship, accountability throughout the supply the U.S., can perform heavy and line “large display system,” Walton said. Daher and Rolls-Royce have agreed that chain, according to the engine maker. maintenance, as well as modifications, This week at the Farnborough Air - the former will assume full warehousing Reducing transport costs is another goal. on narrowbody and widebody jets. UPS show, ST Engineering Aerospace duties for some 28,000 tools used to man- Daher has created a constantly updated is the launch customer for the new secured a multi-year component main- ufacture Rolls-Royce jet engines across the internal web portal with the warehouse’s maintenance center. tenance contract from Solaseed Air. UK. Daher will centralize and stock the sup- inventory of handling tools. Operators with Able to accommodate six Airbus A321s Under the new agreement, ST Engineer- port tooling in a 30,000-sq-m warehouse in camera-equipped glasses are directed simultaneously, the facility includes one ing Aerospace will expand its scope of Doncaster in northwest England. via Wi-Fi prompts to find specific tools of the largest hangars in Singapore-based support services for the airline’s fleet of The tools, which range from hand tools throughout the warehouse. ST Engineering’s global network of air- Boeing 737-800s. to those weighing up to 30 metric tons, “We are proud that Rolls-Royce has frame maintenance facilities. It carries an ST Engineering Aerospace’s main- serve the nationwide production network, renewed its confidence in us, and our annual capacity of 600,000 labor hours, tenance-by-the-hour (MBH) program handling components from fan blades teams are fully committed to meeting the according to the company. involves a global network of distribution to large powerplant modules. Daher will engine manufacturer’s current and future UPS director of engineering Edward centers, satellite stores, and repair shops, package and dispatch the tools to the warehousing and logistical challenges,” Walton told AIN that its fleet of seven- allowing airlines to choose a range of sites where they are needed, then super- said Jacques Grimal, managing director of ty-five 757 freighters cycle through the support services and pay a correspond- vise their return and storage. Daher UK. Stewart Morris, R-R programs Pensacola facility for C-check inspec- ing flight-hour rate. The company pro- This arrangement is part of R-R’s pro- executive for civil aerospace operations, tions, with 21 to be performed there this vides MHB component support to more gram to simplify its logistics operating said, “Daher’s services are part of a new year and 40 per year thereafter. The 757 is than 20 operators flying more than 600 model, adopting industry-standard prac- way of working and represent a significant UPS’s smallest aircraft in its fleet and is aircraft in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and tices, and enhancing transparency and step in improving our processes.” M.P. thus used to serve thinner markets. the Middle East. n

Esterline contracts diversify bizav portfolio Esterline steps up game Esterline Corp. is increasing its business advanced cooling, and insulation prod- aviation portfolio, winning contracts ucts that can withstand higher tempera- with system controllers to provide a range of advanced com - tures and pressure. ponents for Rolls-Royce’s new Pearl 15 These include Esterline’s Inconel 625 by Samantha Cartaino engine, as well as the throttle quadrant exhaust mixer, Nimonic 75 exhaust cone, assembly for Textron Aviation’s Cessna titanium full core engine fairings, titanium Esterline’s Mason product team is dis- way to break into the market while adding Denali turboprop single. low-pressure turbine fairing, titanium tur- playing its newest Harm’s Way Control- diversity to the company’s inventory. Rolls-Royce (Chalet D3; Hall 4, Stand bine case cooling manifold assembly, and lers (HaWC–pronounced “hawk”) this The InSight HaWC and Mighty HaWC 41394) in May unveiled the new Pearl stainless intercase fire shield. The com- week at Farnborough International Air- offer different options for users. The family for large-cabin and ultra-long- pany will produce the components at its show. The rugged controllers, which are InSight, which was the first model created, range business jets after years of keeping facility in Stillington, UK. shaped like PlayStation and Xbox gaming does not have a display screen. It is pri- the program under wraps. The Pearl 15, Meanwhile, Esterline’s Mason unit in controllers, come in two different models: marily for users who have a direct line of the first member of that family, will power San Fernando, California, will build the the InSight HaWC and the Mighty HaWC. sight to the object they are working around. Bombardier’s newly announced Bombar- throttle quadrant assembly for Textron’s Operators can stand at a distance while Meanwhile, the Mighty features a 5.6-inch dier 5500 and 6500 ultra-long-range jets (Chalet L2) Cessna Denali. The contract using the controllers to operate different display on the controller. Within these that are set to enter service in 2019. builds on the recent award for Esterline devices, including cranes, weapons, pipe- series, there are three different configu- The engine will produce 15,125 pounds to provide the control wheel for the new lines crawlers, and more. rations available: trigger versus joystick, of thrust (ISA+15), providing up to 9 per- turboprop, which is slated to enter ser- As a company focused on human- palm buttons that must be held down to cent more thrust during climb than the vice in 2020. machine interface technology, Esterline enable the controller, and a basic model BR710, but at the same time providing a 7 “Esterline’s heritage of being a Mason (Hall 1, Stand 1180) manufactures without these features. percent improvement in specific fuel con- renowned leader in technology, along products including control wheels, throt- One of the reasons why the HaWCs are sumption while being two decibels quieter. with decades of human-machine interface tle quadrants, rudders, and brake pedals. shaped like gaming controllers is because Esterline (Hall 1, Stand 1180) is pro - expertise and countless product mission Esterline Mason president David Tessier of ease and familiarity. “We’ve gotten posi- viding components that the company hours, is positive proof that our controls told AIN that the company is doing well tive feedback from our customers,” Tessier said “contribute to the advanced mate- are reliable, valuable tools in military, com- in the North American market and is trying told AIN. “People pick it up and within rials science” behind the engine design, mercial, or civil venues,” said David Tessier, to break into the European market. While three minutes they know exactly what including lighter-weight materials, president of Esterline Mason. K.L. Esterline does have some undisclosed they’re doing. The HaWCs are efficient and European customers, the HaWCs are a the training is very minimal.” n

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After the excitement of last week’s trans- atlantic flight by the MQ-9B Sky Guardian unmanned aerial system (UAS), Tuesday’s media briefing at Farnborough 2018 by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI; Hall 2, Stands 2078 and 2175) was a low-key affair. But it served to emphasize

the expanding possibilities for adding non- INTOSH U.S. systems to the latest version of the

famous MQ-9 series of UASs, as GA-ASI M c DAVID seeks more international customers. Coincidentally, GA-ASI announced that Leonardo’s ATR 72MP is an aircraft on a mission the Netherlands had confirmed a long-ex- It’s inevitable that airframes designed to efficiently carry passengers from A to B become the subject of special-mission modifications for the pected order for four MQ-9 Reapers, thus military owing to their endurance and capacious cabins. But few can have been adorned with so many lumps and bumps as the ATR 72-600 becoming the fifth European operator. that Leonardo has transformed into the P-72A (ATR 72MP) maritime patroller for the Italian air force. The first pair was delivered for service with Officials from five European companies 41° Stormo at Sigonella in Sicily in November 2016, with another pair completing the order to allow the replacement of the long-serving Breguet sat alongside GA-ASI president Dave Alex- Atlantics a year later. ander to explain their ambitions. Alastair Morrison, deputy managing director of Leonardo UK, said that the SAGE electronic intelligence and warning sensor available from the Anglo-Italian company. Fokker business noted that his company from the outset, although initially in seg- could become a standard fit, as GA-ASI James Allibone from MBDA UK noted was now producing landing gear for GA-ASI. regated airspace until GA-ASI’s sense-and- seeks more customers for the MQ-9B. The that the Brimstone dual-mode weapon Meanwhile, John Corner of Cobham avoid radar is added. He predicted various two companies have just agreed to inte- would be carried by the MQ-9Bs to be explained his company’s role as GA-ASI’s new roles for the Protector, such as search- grate SAGE, which needs no external pod. operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), UK representatives and that in support of and-rescue, domestic counter-terrorism, Leonardo is also proposing the BriteCloud which is the launch customer and which the RAF’s current MQ-9 Reaper operation. and other policing tasks. active decoy, an infrared countermeasures has named the aircraft the “Protector.” Wing Commander Neil Towers, the RAF GA-ASI also announced here that the system, and an infrared search and track Dean Mason from Raytheon UK noted Protector program manager, looked for- MQ-9B will be able to use the European system. Morrison noted that Leonardo’s Sea- that the ever-improving Paveway IV ward to the certification that will enable Galileo satellite navigation system, as well Spray maritime radar had been test-flown on would be the other precision-guided the UAS to fly in non-segregated airspace. as the U.S. GPS. This would increase flexi- the Reaper six years ago, and was now much weapon option on the RAF’s aircraft. He confirmed that the new UASs will oper- bility, especially if connectivity to one sys- improved. A land surveillance radar was also Roland Aarts from GKN Aerospace’s ate from RAF Waddington near Lincoln tem is lost or denied, said Alexander. n

could go into engines “like an endoscope.” Robotics take over UK Innovation display This could range up to having a “swarm” of miniature robots that could enter the by James Wynbrandt engine to do inspections and even repairs (in some cases controlled by engineers in With robotics and AI expanding their the Robotics Industrial Strategy Chal- maintenance. In what it describes as an what R-R terms “boreblending”). This presence in aerospace—and within the lenge Fund. element of its new “IntelligentEngine” could, for example, remove the need to Farnborough International Airshow exhi- The Challenge is currently funding five concept, the company is working with the take an engine off-wing, or at least make bition halls—the British government is different use cases for drones in five UK University of Nottingham and Harvard decision-making on maintenance actions highlighting at the UK Research and Inno- cities. At the Farnborough Airshow dis- University to see how “snake”-like robots more reliable. n vation airshow display (Innovation Zone play, VTOL Technologies is exhibiting 3796) its Robotics for a Safer World Chal- the flying wing built for one of the challenge. The Challenge is a £93 million ($123 lenges, designed to deliver medical sup- million) grant program aimed at speeding plies between hospitals in London—a job development of safer and more produc- currently done by motorbike. tive technologies for working in extreme At FIA, Challenge leaders are eager to Rolls-Royce’s engine environments. interface with “technology providers and maintenance robots are Potential applications include robots people who don’t necessarily identify part of the company’s and drones that work in high radiation themselves as being in the [drone and new “IntelligentEngine” areas, undersea, in confined spaces, robotics] marketplace,” said Tyrer. “They concept and enter and outer space. While much of the have the technology, but realize they can engines to complete technology is available today, the two transfer it” to these future applications. inspections and even major impediments to progress are Meanwhile UK engine maker Rolls- repairs. This could “regulations and public perception,” Royce is demonstrating how robotics remove the need to take said Andrew Tyrer, interim director of could “revolutionize” the future of engine an engine off-wing.

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Pg-17_d4_v3.indd 1 7/18/18 11:49 AM 30 machines, but the process would be more invasive and might not be cost-effective for high-time aircraft, the company said. In terms of structural life, 841 of the U.S. Air Force’s F-16s will go through a service Even though the first life-extension program that raises their F-16 prototype flew lives from 8,000 to 12,000 hours, suffi- in 1974, the aircraft cient to keep them in service until at least continues to receive 2045. One test aircraft was put through a updates that allow it simulated life of more than 27,000 hours. to still compete with New-production aircraft are now being newer aircraft in the built as 12,000-hour airframes. market. The newest With production at Fort Worth com- iteration is the F-16V, ing to an end to provide more space for which features a F-35 assembly, future F-16s—beginning revised cockpit and with those for Bahrain—will be built in a Sniper ATP Greenville, South Carolina, where the targeting pod. production line will start receiving components next year. The first aircraft being delivered from the new plant is expected in late 2021/early 2022. F-16: still a powerful force 44 years on Howard reported that there are four F-16V upgrade programs under way, cov- by David Donald ering more than 400 aircraft. He also envi- sions a realistic market for more than 400 Following the recent order for 16 F-16V developments, including conformal fuel future. It’s not all a one-way street either: new aircraft. Block 70 fighters for Bahrain, and the tanks, revised cockpit with two 10- by F-16V technology such as the Auto-GCAS Of the 4,604 F-16s built to date, nearly announcement last week that Slovakia has 10-cm (4- by 4-inch) side displays and a 15- is finding its way into the F-35. 3,000 remain operational in 25 countries, selected 14 of the same version to replace by 20-cm (6- by 8-inch) center pedestal APG-83 and the F-16V’s new mission providing good potential for upgrades its aging MiG-29 fighters, the Lockheed display, auto ground collision avoidance computer and high-speed data network or follow-on orders. As well as pointing Martin F-16 is underlining its credentials system, advanced helmet-mounted cue- provide the aircraft with advanced radar out that the aircraft has flown more than in the fighter marketplace. And although ing sight, Sniper ATP targeting pod, and capabilities, such as the ability to track 400,000 combat sorties and has a 75:0 kill- the prototype first flew in January 1974, Link 16 datalink. 20 air-to-air targets, with up to six prior- to-loss ratio in air combat, Howard noted the type remains a force to be reckoned Most importantly, it is the first F-16 itized. The radar can work in interleaved that there have been 56 cases of repeat with in competition with much younger with an AESA “E-scan” radar in the form air-to-air and air-to-surface modes, the orders throughout the F-16’s history. rivals, the company pointed out. of the Northrop Grumman APG-83. This latter including mapping to 160 nm (296 Among the most prominent new-build “We’re seeing a remarkable resurgence radar has greater than 90 percent soft- km). At the same time, the solid-state opportunities is that for India, where Lock- in interest in the F-16,” remarked Randy ware commonality and more than 70 radar is considerably more reliable than heed Martin has offered to move the pro- Howard, Lockheed Martin’s F-16 business percent hardware commonality with the the earlier mechanically scanned radars. duction line if selected. The company has development executive. “A lot of it has to APG-81 radar of the F-35. Indeed, much of Lockheed Martin is offering the F-16V teamed with Tata to compete for the Indian do with the Block 70.” the Block 70 technology has been drawn as both new-build machines and as an requirement. There would be some local The current version, also known as the from the F-35 program and can continue upgrade to older Block 40/50 aircraft. The modifications required, including the instal- F-16V, brings together a host of recent to benefit from similar updates in the upgrade could be applied to earlier Block lation of probe/drogue refueling gear. n

NEWS note 328 Support flaunts Dornier conversions here in Farnborough Tamarack Aerospace Group (Hall 2 Pavilion 2186) is partnering with 328 Support Services, which provides giving visitors a glimpse of its performance Sierra Nevada Corp., has been attempting Kaman Composites–Wichita (Hall 3 support to the world’s fleet of some 200 and maneuverability. to relaunch production. Pavilion 3160) to target select military Dornier 328 twin-engine turboprops and With their low cost and versatility, Brown An MoU signed in 2015 with the Trans- applications for the former’s Atlas Active jets, is showcasing its conversions of the said interest in refurbished platforms is portation Ministry of Turkey for that purpose Winglet technology. aircraft, as seen in an example on display growing. “What’s not to like?,” he asked. was canceled in 2017, but plans to build a Noting the success the Atlas wing- at the show. The fast, highly versatile plat- The German company (Chalet B14, Out- new, stretch version of the 328 in Germany let program has had with Cessna Ci- form can be purposed as a cost-effective side Exhibit 35), a subsidiary of U.S.-based appear on track, Brown said. J.W. tationJets, Tamarack president Brian civil transport, military special operations Cox said, “Our Active Winglets have aircraft, medevac, cargo hauler or for other the ability to add performance bene- utility missions, 328 Support said. fits to a broader assortment of military The interior of the aircraft that 328 Support and commercial platforms without has on display has been artfully reconfigured the weight and cost penalties of oth- to show several of these mission capabilities er solutions, which require structural within one fuselage. Gary Brown, a specialist reinforcement of the wing.” aviation consultant with 328 Support, said Mark Withrow, v-p and general the company can source in-service Dornier manager of Kaman’s U.S. compos - 328s for customers, complete the conver- ites business, said, “Our agreement sion—including zero time engines—and combines the innovative technology deliver the aircraft at a cost of between of the Tamarack Aerospace Atlas $7 million to $9 million for the turboprop version.

Active Winglet with Kaman’s engi - An AeroRescue Dornier 328-100 operated INTOSH neering, contracting, and structural- by Australia’s Coast Guard is participating

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Cyient introduces light weight agreement signed in 2016 for 10 A321neos, X-band radars for global market with two of the 10 orders now being Cyient is displaying for the first time at upgraded to the LR version. Deliveries the Farnborough Airshow its indigenously of these neos and LRs are scheduled designed and developed X-band Dual to commence in 2020 (both LRs are Transmit & Receive Module (DTRM) for expected that year), coinciding with the next-generation radar applications. Cyient planned launch of Peach’s mid-range (Chalet A21) is a Hyderabad, India-based LCC service, and continue through 2022. engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, With a range of 7,400 km (4,600 network, and operations management nm), the A321LR is the world’s longest- services provider and is looking at offering range single-aisle airliner, according the DTRM to the global market. to Airbus, and will give Peach the This ultra-lightweight DTRM offers capability of serving all of Asia. increased capabilities at much lower costs, a key advantage given that weight Alvant advertises its innovative and cost are the major drivers of the hybrid aluminum composites ISR market today, said John Kenkel, U.K.-based Alvant is showcasing its hybrid- Cyient v-p and head of strategy and metal aluminum composites (AMCs) marketing aerospace and defense. at the Innovate UK stand (Hall 3, Stand 3796) this week at the Farnborough Gardner Aerospace expands Airshow. The AMCs are Alvant’s response IAI’s TaxiBots, which are controlled by pilots, connect to aircraft to taxi airplanes from the jet its worldwide production to the aerospace industry’s challenges of bridge to the runway. The product does not use the aircraft engine for power. To support new contracts worth more reducing aircraft weight and emissions. than $70 million, Gardner Aerospace is AMCs are made with aluminum reinforced expanding worldwide production capacity. with a secondary high-performance The deals include Gardner’s first work material such as long fiber, short fiber, or IAI heading to Delhi and on Boeing’s 737. It will provide GKN particles. Some of the benefits of AMCs Aerospace (Chalet G1) with 737 wingtip include higher strength, greater stiffness, and sharklet navigation light housings. less weight, and wear resistance when Mumbai with TaxiBot in tow Gardner also won work with GKN on compared to unreinforced metals. Airbus programs, including a contract Alvant’s success with AMCs led to the by Neelam Mathews for turned parts on the A330 and A350 company receiving orders to supply the programs. These will be produced at “Breakthough Aerospace Materials” project New Delhi and Mumbai International International Airport became one of the the firm’s production site in Poland. with Rolls-Royce (Hall 4, Stand 41394). Airports will soon be operating envi - two airports in Asia-Pacific to achieve a Gardner (Hall 1, Stand 1285) already ronmentally friendly Israel Aerospace three-year extension of Airports Coun- has facilities in the UK, France, Poland, Geo Kingsbury touts its full Industries (IAI) TaxiBot vehicles. IAI’s cil International’s (ACI) Airport Carbon and India. It is building a 44,593-sq-m range of machine tools agreement with Delhi-based KSU Avi- Accreditation (ACA) “Level 3+ Neutral- (480,000-sq-ft) plant in Chengdu, UK-based machine tool supplier Geo ation includes the first phase of the ity” certification. China, which is slated to open by year- Kingsbury (Hall 1, Stand 1080) is contract to carry out controlled trials Hauling of the aircraft by the TaxiBot end. The site will supply that country’s displaying an array of large volume CNC at the airports until later this year. The saves 85 percent of the fuel consumed growing aerospace sector and support turning, prismatic metal-cutting, and second phase includes delivery of 38 during standard taxi and provides a Western aerospace firms looking to grinding equipment from eight German additional vehicles within four years similar reduction of greenhouse gases expand their sourcing in China. manufacturers, as well as additive to the two airports. emitted by the aircraft’s main engines. manufacturing equipment from France. TaxiBot is a semi-robotic vehicle The TaxiBot also reduces noise levels by Pattonair, Parker Aero The manufacturers include Index and that connects to the aircraft and is con - 60 percent and foreign object damage streamline fluids supply chain its subsidiary Traub, which produce trolled by the pilot to taxi the airplane (FOD) by 50 percent, as foreign objects Pattonair has won a contract to manage CNC single- and multi-spindle lathes; from the airport’s jet bridge (“sleeve”) can’t be sucked into the aircraft engines the supply chain for Parker Aerospace (Hall Hormel, which offers 3- to 5-axis to the runway without using the air - if they are not running. 4, Stand 4660) Fluid Systems Division. The machining centers; and four large craft’s jet engines. “We trust the TaxiBot will prove itself contract, which was announced July 15, prismatic metal-cutting machine In October, TaxiBot was officially cer- effective in reducing air pollution, which adds about 1,500 new parts to Pattonair’s manufacturers: Burkhardt + Weber; F. tified by the U.S. FAA for dispatch tow- is intensifying due to the fast growth of supply chain. It will support the fluid systems Zimmermann; SHW; and Waldrich Coburg. ing for the Boeing 737 family. The system India’s aviation market, with the signifi- division’s controls, fuel specialty products, Last year, Geo Kingsbury established a

does not require any modification in air- cant savingsYOUR SOURCE in fuel…and FOR AVIATION improvement NEWS in hydraulics, and engine pneumatics lines. new Grinding Technology division, and has plane systems, APU replacement, added gate congestion. We believe this agree- Pattonair (Hall 1, Stand 1140) will help been appointed agent for grinding machine www.ainonline.com weight, or cargo space, according to the ment will open the path for many more Parker Fluid Systems in relation to several manufacturer Hass Schleifmaschinen. company. “The pilot is in control at all significant contracts for this product platforms it is a supplier for—primarily times after pushback using the airplane’s worldwide,” said Shaul Shahar, IAI exec- the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 and Trent BN-2 Islander looks to tiller and brakes, transparent to the utive v-p and general manager of IAI’s 7000 aero engines; the Airbus A320; the mainland China to enter market pilot,” it noted. MilitaryENEWSLETTER Aircraft FORGroup. BUSINESS AVIATION Lockheed C-130; and the CFM56-5B Britten-Norman has signed an agreement The final tests of the vehicles desig- “The usewww.ainonline.com/ of TaxiBot at Indianalerts airports in and -7B. The work is expected to expand with Beijing Fangyuan General Aviation nated for New Delhi Airport are being the next five years will bring about a saving to include the Gulfstream G650, Airbus (BFGA) for the Beijing-based company completed at Germany’s Frankfurt Air- of $1.5 billion to Indian airlines and reduce A350, and Textron Cessna Citations. to market the BN-2 Islander twin-engine port with the support of Lufthansa, environmental damage of greenhouse gases utility/passenger aircraft in China. The Lufthansa Engineering and Operational by fourAERO millionDEFENSE INDUSTRY tons,” explained ENEWSLETTER Yogesh Peach picks Airbus A321LR primary targets are small regional Services (LEOS), and ground support Sethi, www.ainonline.com/the founder of KSU Aviation.subscribe n for medium-haul operations carriers with short-haul, high-frequency equipment company TLD, in collabora- Peach Aviation signed an agreement schedules and those that operate from tion with IAI. with Airbus to purchase two A321LRs, short airfields in difficult terrain. The two Indian private metro air - which will make the Japanese low-cost The agreement was signed during the

ports are working hard to adhere to AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY ENEWSLETTER carrier (LCC) the first in the region to recent Royal International Air Tattoo strict standards for emissions set by the operate the long-range aircraft. The held at RAF Fairford and announced www.ainonline.com/subscribe government. Recently, GVK Mumbai order represents a revision of a purchase at the Farnborough Airshow.

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FOR NEWS VIDEO FROM EBACE News Clips CFM brings fat order CPP expands casting reach book to Farnborough with Selmet acquisition CFM’s 2018 sales ledger shows orders Consolidated Precision Products (CPP, Hall for 1,371 engines as of the end of June, 1, Stand 1395) is building a comprehensive including 1,306 examples of the Leap portfolio of aerospace and defense casting turbofan. On July 13, celebrating the ten- capabilities under a definitive agreement year anniversary of the Leap program’s to acquire Selmet, a manufacturer of launch, the company (Outdoor Exhibit 22) components. Terms of the acquisition had collected orders and commitments for were not disclosed. Lazard’s aerospace 15,450 of the narrowbody workhorses valued and defense group served as financial at more than $220 billion (£167 billion). advisor to Selmet, a portfolio company Meanwhile, the company expects to of Blue Point Capital Partners. deliver more than 2,100 CFM56s and Leap The pairing will combine CPP’s product engines this year. This month, the company line of highly engineered components for With funding support from the UK government, Rolls-Royce is working on all-electric aircraft. will for the first time build more Leaps than the aerospace and defense markets with CFM56s, and plans call for Leap production Selmet’s complex, titanium castings, and rates to nearly double by 2020, to 2,000 machined components. Selmet operates engines annually. CFM continues to recover an investment-casting foundry spanning UK supports Rolls-Royce from a four- to five-week delivery delay more than 220,000 sq ft in Albany, Oregon, mainly generated by irregularities in casting providing parts for programs such as the and forgings delivered by suppliers. Boeing 737, Airbus A320, and the Lockheed in disruptive tech efforts Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Israel Aerospace Industries Selmet management team will remain by Mark Phelps shoots for the moon in place following closing, CPP said. Israel Aerospace Industries and nonprofit Rolls-Royce’s experimental Advance3 civil Rolls is currently planning to ground test SpaceIL plan to send an unmanned SteelRock launches Odin aerospace engine is now running at full the project’s flying generator—the world’s spacecraft to the Moon in December. Counter-UAV system power, the company announced this week most powerful—before year-end. Though a specific launch date has not UK-based SteelRock Technologies at the Farnborough Airshow. Release of Also on Monday, R-R announced further been set, the spacecraft is expected to is launching the Odin counter-UAV the news followed on the heels of the UK UK government funding for research on land on the Moon on Feb. 13, 2019, making system this week at the Farnborough government Monday confirming further all-electric propulsion. Together with new Israel only the fourth country to do so. Air Show. SteelRock (Hall 1, Stand funding for R-R’s future engine designs. partner YASA, Rolls is leading exploration This mission follows eight years of work 1195) has developed the system in The Advance3 demonstrator is built in using a high-power electrical system between IAI (Chalet A29) and SpaceIL. The cooperation with technology partner around a new engine core developed for in a demonstrator aircraft. YASA manu- spacecraft will be launched as a secondary Silent Sentinel. Odin is meant for civil, optimum fuel efficiency and low emis- factures high-power, lightweight electric payload of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from public protection, and military applications sions. The new core is a fundamental ele- motors, and controllers for automotive, Cape Canaveral, Florida, and is expected and is available to buyers formally ment in the upcoming UltraFan engine. aerospace, and industrial applications. to take two months to reach the Moon. approved by the British government. Run at full power, the Advance3 is gather- Taking advantage of R-R’s experience in At 600 kilograms (1,322 pounds), it will be Odin has a modular architecture that ing engine performance data across more aero engines and their safety and reliability the smallest craft to land on the Moon. enables integration with existing detection than 2,800 parameters. requirements, the team hopes to flight test The project has cost about $88 million, and tracking systems. It can detect, track In addition, the UK also confirmed fur- the system to explore the practical poten- much of which came from private and control threat UAVs at a range of up ther funding for other Rolls-Royce future tial of electric flight. Rob Watson, director donations. SpaceIL president Morris to three kilometers (1.9 miles). Combined technology projects, such as the E-Fan X of electrical at R-R said, “The increased Kahn donated $27 million to the effort. with partner Silent Sentinel’s advanced program, a joint hybrid-electric project use of electrical systems is an inescapable Three SpaceIL founders—Yariv Bash, pan-and-tilt system and electro-optical involving R-R, Airbus, and Siemens. Work trend in our markets and championing Kfir Damari, and Yonatan Winetraub— array, Odin can also control the hostile continues on an Avro RJ100 testbed air- electrification is a core part of our long- also provided financial support. UAV with SteelRock’s existing Night Fighter craft that is expected to fly as early as 2020. term strategy at Rolls-Royce.” n The spacecraft was built at IAI’s Mabat plant, options—hover, land, and return home. part of the company’s electronics division. CAE starts scholarship Jordan taps Raytheon for for female pilots cybersecurity services CAE (Chalet A30) launched a new scholarship ThunderB UAS gets cargo-release ability Raytheon has been selected as the program called CAE Women in Flight, which cybersecurity advisor to the Royal Hashemite is committed to supporting the advancement BlueBird Aero Systems, the Israel-based as medications during an epidemic; and Court of the Kingdom of Jordan, the U.S. of women in the aviation industry. One developer of small unmanned aerial systems scattering small ground intelligence company announced this week at the of the program objectives is to ensure and peripheral systems, recently announced sensors for wide ground coverage. The Farnborough Airshow. Through its Intelligence, selected candidates become role models new cargo release capability for its Thun- ThunderB can carry a range of payloads, Information and Services (IIS) division, and inspire more women to join the industry. derB UAV. The small, long-endurance (up such as a triple-sensor, three-gimbal Raytheon (Chalet C9, Outside Exhibit 9) will Through this program, CAE will to 24 hours) UAV weighs around 30 kilo- gyro-stabilized payload with a cooled protect the Kingdom’s critical infrastructure offer five full scholarships to aspiring grams (66 pounds) and has a wingspan of thermal imager; high-definition day systems, conducting vulnerability assessments female pilots for one of its cadet pilot four meters (13 feet). It can carry small cargo color camera, laser pointer, and RGB, and providing cyber test range services, as training programs through its global pods under each wing and release the pods NIR and radiometric photogrammetric well as cyber governance and policy strategy. training network. Additionally, CAE will automatically or by remote command. equipment. The operational control Additionally, the company will conduct a help selected candidates find their The release system uses an integrated range of the ThunderB is listed as 150 holistic vulnerability assessment on the Royal first job through its global partners. electromechanical mechanism. Upon km (81 nm). aviation fleet to ensure all integrated systems “By leveraging our global training network release, the cargo capsules can either fol- BlueBird lists potential roles for the are hardened and resilient to cyberattacks. and our relationships with operators, low a ballistic trajectory or dropped with a ThunderB to include long, covert, low-sig- “The cyber threat is increasing globally,” said CAE can provide aspiring female pilots parachute attached to prevent damage of nature intelligence, surveillance, target Dave Wajsgras, president of the company’s ISS direct access to our numerous active fragile items. acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) branch. “We’ve been protecting large-scale pilot creation programs around the world, Mission scenarios include search-and- missions, as well as tactical mapping systems for decades and know how to help facilitating their journey to the cockpit,” rescue; dropping essential materials, such on-demand applications. M.P. nations protect themselves from those who said Nick Leontidis, CAE group president want to exploit our interconnected world.” of civil aviation training solutions.

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Pg-21_d4_v4.indd 1 7/18/18 8:11 AM Spurred by MH370 tragedy, flight tracking is evolving by Chris Kjelgaard

The flight-tracking industry is set not only said Baker. “Until one or two years ago, to allow operators to meet ICAO’s dead- the vast majority of the decision-making lines for normal and distress tracking (the in HyperFeed [FlightAware’s flight-track- former is November 8 this year), but also ing data-analysis engine] was algorithmic,” to evolve rapidly to provide powerful new he added. At that point, HyperFeed used capabilities. The industry’s commercial approximately 1,000 separate software prospects have been boosted by require- algorithms to process raw flight-plan and ments mandated for aircraft operators radar data from air traffic control systems by ICAO’s Global Aeronautical Distress in 55 countries. It also tapped FlightAware’s & Safety System (GADSS) following the network of terrestrial ADS-B ground sta- disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight tions in 175 countries and more recently, MH370 in March 2014. space-based global ADS-B data feeds provided by Aireon. All these resources enabled the company to track aircraft in flight all over the world. However, virtually Daniel Baker, all of the processed data reflected the his- FlightAware tory of each flight: it provided little in the CEO, believes way of predictive capability. big data and “But now the state of technology has artificial changed; we’re moving into machine learn- intelligence are ing, using artificial intelligence to leverage the future of big data to predict the future world,” said FlightAware’s Firehose programming can predict when an airliner will touch down to within 30 flight tracking. Baker. “We’re fortunate that we’re at this seconds. That will make gate selection a far more reliable science, leading to fuel savings. point where a lot more data is out there and A number of factors are combining to a lot more technology is available to process ATC instructions and runway availabil- companies’ joint turnkey web offering allow providers of flight-tracking services and analyze it. So two things are converging.” ity couldn’t be predicted accurately,” for smaller carriers—and also for bigger to offer new predictive flight-tracking These two trends are dramatically said Baker. “If, say, an airline had three carriers that don’t have time to integrate capabilities that will give aircraft opera- changing FlightAware’s ability to predict flights due to arrive at the airport within a space-based ADS-B data feed into their tors a range of commercially important the future behavior of a flight, particularly a 15-minute period, it couldn’t make an existing automation platforms before the benefits, according to Daniel Baker, CEO its ability to predict the elapsed time that informed decision to allocate specific ICAO GADSS 15-minute normal tracking of FlightAware, a provider of flight-track- key phases of the flight will require. These gates for each flight, because it couldn’t mandate goes into effect on November 8. ing data. Those benefits range from include the time it will take for an aircraft know exactly when each would arrive.” Airlines are now beta-testing Global- alerting operators automatically when to negotiate the last 150 to 200 nm of a Now, however, he said FlightAware “can Beacon, and it will enter commercial aircraft behave unexpectedly in flight to flight through congested terminal-area predict touchdown time to within 30 sec- service by November, according to Baker. improving flight efficiency and boosting airspace. Further, because FlightAware onds” for an aircraft 200 nm from its desti- The one-minute updating frequency operators’ resource-scheduling, gate-allo- can also now predict the flights’s pathway nation and about to enter terminal airspace. GlobalBeacon provides means that as of cation, and flight-connection capabilities. on taxiways, it can predict the taxiing and The company is already offering the capa- November the service will offer opera- Additional new benefits will emerge over ground holding time after landing, or— bility for about 100 airport terminal areas tors the tracking-message frequency that the next decade as operators’ flight- and after it departs the gate—before takeoff. as an extra option through its Firehose the GADSS one-minute autonomous dis- resource-planning and flight-tracking “Five years ago, we could only predict programming API for customers. The soft- tress tracking mandate will require them automation platforms become increas- to within five to 10 minutes the time it ware can process high-volume streams of to have as of Jan. 1, 2021. However, by ingly integrated, Baker told AIN. would take a given flight to travel through aircraft positional data entering their auto- November, GlobalBeacon won’t necessar- “We’re at a really interesting time in com- the terminal airspace surrounding a mation systems. Through Firehose, Flight- ily meet all of the 2021 mandate’s autono- puter technology and computer science,” busy airport because variables such as Aware is also offering the optional ability mous-alerting requirements. for customers to track their aircraft while FlightAware has also long partnered they are moving on the airfield surface. with SITA on joint data products and, Search ends for MH370 wreckage Arming an airline with this knowledge— together with Aireon, FlightAware now and the knowledge of how long the aircraft is offering Aireon’s space-based ADS-B The renewed search for the wreckage of engines flamed out through fuel starva- will take to taxi to the gate once it has feed through SITA’s Flight Tracker ser- MH370 ended last month. Ocean Infinity, tion has been questioned. With so much landed—might not let the flight arrive any vice (for an extra fee over and above the a seabed exploration company, failed circumstantial evidence pointing to the more quickly, but it will help the airline basic Flight Tracker product). Many air- to find anything despite covering some flight having been diverted by deliber- decide which gate to allocate and efficiently lines use it as part of an integrated suite of 50,000 square miles with multisensor ate actions in the cockpit, other inves - schedule vehicle drivers, aircraft-servicing operations-management capabilities built autonomous underwater vehicles. The tigators have suggested that the airliner crews, and ground agents meeting the into SITA’s automation platform. company and its venture finance back- made a controlled ditching. flight, as well as flight crews positioning to Baker predicts that, as operators ers were working to a “no find, no fee” “We’ve always accepted that possibil- operate the aircraft’s next mission. “It’s not increasingly choose to integrate data contract with the Malaysian government, ity,” former ATSB commissioner Martin always about changing the flightpath; it’s from flight-tracking specialists such as which would have paid them $70 million Dolan told an Australian television doc- about having the information and what you FlightAware into the suites of opera- for success. umentary in May. But, he added, if that can do about it,” said Baker. tions-management data tools provided by A new search area was defined by were the case “the search is an almost FlightAware is partnering with Air- automation-platform providers such as additional research on the last Inmar- impossible task.” eon to offer customers flight-tracking Rockwell Collins and IBM (FlightAware also sat “log-on” data by the Australian “We sincerely hope that we will be able data from Aireon’s space-based ADS-B provides data for both of these companies’ Transportation Safety Board (ATSB). to again offer our services in the search data feeds at least once a minute for flight-tracking products), flight-tracking But its assumption that the Boeing 777 for MH370 in future,” said Oliver Plunkett, any aircraft anywhere in the world, via a services not only will become more available, made an uncontrolled descent after the the CEO of Ocean Infinity. C.P. number of products, one of which is Fire- but they will also offer operators powerful hose. Another is GlobalBeacon, the two new decision-making capabilities. n

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Pg-22_d4_v5.indd 1 7/18/18 7:54 AM energy to the payload during the day, while simultaneously being recharged to enable Farnborough overnight flight. Currently, ZephyrS Airshow News has a 25-meter wingspan and weighs JAMES HOLAHAN (1921-2015), FOUNDING EDITOR less than 70 kg/154 pounds (30-kg/66- WILSON S. LEACH, MANAGING DIRECTOR pound structure, 30-kg/66-pound bat- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Matt Thurber tery, and 10-kg/22-pound payload). A PRESS ROOM EDITOR – Ian Sheppard larger, twin-tailed Zephyr T version PRESS ROOM MANAGING EDITOR – Chad Trautvetter under development will weigh 140 THE EDITORIAL TEAM Rick Adams Guillaume Lecompte-Boinet kg/308 pounds. Operating altitude is Charles Alcock Reuben F. Johnson 65,000 to 70,000 feet. Bernie Baldwin Vladimir Karnozov Cathy Buyck Chris Kjelgaard The first Zephyr S is currently on its Samantha Cartaino Kerry Lynch Dan Catchpole Neelam Mathews maiden flight from a base in Arizona and Chen Chuanren Mark Phelps can be followed in real-time this week Gerrard Cowan Chris Pocock David Donald Gregory Polek at Airbus’s chalet (K8) at the Farnbor- Peter Dunai Alexa Rexroth Gordon Gilbert Peter Shaw-Smith ough Airshow. The predecessor Zephyr 7 Ian Goold James Wynbrandt development version already holds the Mark Huber Born of the High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) program, Airbus’s Zephyr is a refined design, world endurance record for a UAV, set in GROUP PRODUCTION MANAGER – Tom Hurley PRODUCTION EDITOR – Martha Jercinovich with much of the R&D centered on the aircraft’s battery-management technology. 2010 at 14 days 22 minutes. Airbus might GRAPHIC DESIGNERS – Mona L. Brown, Alena Korenkov, be trying to beat that, since it said the John A. Manfredo, Grzegorz Rzekos Zephyr can theoretically fly for up to 120 PHOTOGRAPHERS – David McIntosh, Mark Wagner days, although 30 days is the typical envi- LEAD DEVELOPER – Michael Giaimo sioned duration. DEVELOPERS – Nathan Douglas, Ryan Koch Airbus Zephyr in production, VIDEO PRODUCER – Ian Whelan Key applications of the Zephyr S are surveillance and communications GROUP PUBLISHER – Dave Leach ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER – Nancy O’Brien relay. In the production facility, Airbus 30-day missions targeted ADVERTISING SALES is showing a Spider radar payload for Georges France – Western Europe by Chris Pocock Zephyr S weighing 5 kg/11 pounds for ship- Tel: +33 6 80 21 17 93 Melissa Murphy – Midwestern U.S. detection, location and tracking, and a Tel: +1 (830) 608-9888 Airbus Defence and Space has started and Space. According to the company, larger multi-mode imaging radar named Nancy O’Brien – Western U.S./Western Canada/Asia Pacific Tel: +1 (530) 241-3534 production of the solar-powered, high-al- Zephyr “endures like a satellite, focuses Marlin that weighs 20 kg/44 pounds and Anthony T. Romano – Northeastern U.S./Eastern Canada/ titude Zephyr S unmanned aerial system like an aircraft, and is cheaper than could be carried by Zephyr T. Mexico/Brazil Tel: +1 (203) 470-4957 Joe Rosone – Southeastern, Mid-Atlantic U.S./Middle East (UAS) at a facility just outside the airfield both.” Development of this High-Al - QinetiQ is showing a software-defined Tel: +1 (301) 693-4687 perimeter at TAG Farnborough Airport. titude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) was multi-function LIDAR (SDML), and an auto- Diana Scogna – Italy/Northern Europe/Middle East While the UK Ministry of Defence is the started in Farnborough by QinetiQ 16 matic track, locate and rebroadcast (ATLR) Tel: +33 6 62 52 25 47 Victoria Tod – Great Lakes U.S./United Kingdom launch customer, for three of the long- years ago and Airbus bought the pro - payload for “red force” tracking, command, Tel: +1 (203) 733-4184 endurance UASs, Airbus has also secured gram in 2013. and control, and communications rebroad- Yury Laskin – Russia Tel: +7 05 912 1346 a first commercial customer. Since then, it has invested heavily cast. UAV Vision is showing small EO/IR AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – Jeff Hartford “The Zephyr S is demonstrably years to refine the design, and especially the sensor balls. SatixFy is showing a broadband MARKETING AND CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER ahead of any comparable system,” said battery-management technology. The multi-beam communications system that – Lisa Valladares MANAGER OF ONSITE LOGISTICS – Philip Scarano III Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defense “strings” of battery cells must provide offers 30 Gbps of data speed. n ONSITE PRODUCTION – Zach O’Brien SALES COORDINATOR – Nadine Timpanaro SALES ADMINISTRATOR – Cindy Nesline

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