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July 2017 Front Cover.Indd AEROSPACE July 2017 44 Number 7 Volume July 2017 OUTLINING AN ATM SYSTEM FOR UAVS GOING DUTCH ROLLS-ROYCE GEARS UP FOR ULTRAFAN www.aerosociety.com Society Royal Aeronautical UNDERSTANDING AIR POWER AIR POWER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CALLS FOR FRESH THINKING Images courtesy of www.defencephotography.com Images courtesy of www.defencephotography.com 34,038 VISITORS FROM ACCESS THE REGISTER TO 108 COUNTRIES GLOBAL MARKET ATTEND TODAY (6% INCREASE IN 2015) 76% AT THE WORLD OF ATTENDEES DECISION MAKERS OR AIR LEADING DEFENCE SPECIFIERS (DSEI 2015) & SECURITY EVENT LAND 1,683 N AVA L EXHIBITORS To enquire and reserve your exhibition space contact: REPRESENTING THE T: +44 (0)20 7384 7770 E: [email protected] SECURITY WHOLE SUPPLY CHAIN Register to attend: WWW.DSEI.CO.UK/RAES JOINT 42 INTERNATIONAL Supported by Platinum Sponsors Organised by PAVILIONS Volume 44 Number 7 July 2017 Pioneering the future Plane Speaking New materials, powered An interview with Air gearboxes and virtual 14 Power Association 26 reality – Rolls-Royce President AM Greg develops aero engines Bagwell, RAF (Rtd). for the 2020s and beyond. Contents Rolls-Royce Correspondence on all aerospace matters is welcome at: The Editor, AEROSPACE, No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ, UK [email protected] Comment Regulars 4 Radome 12 Transmission The latest aviation and Your letters, emails, tweets aeronautical intelligence, and feedback. analysis and comment. 62 The Last Word Qatar solo 10 Antenna Keith Hayward predicts that Howard Wheeldon on a new for UK’s airlines, the Brexit ‘black hole’ in UK defence battle is just beginning. ‘Life moves pretty fast’ as Ferris Bueller once noted. Today, it seems that political spending. events are in overdrive – whether it is elections, FBI Director hearings or the upending and re-ordering of traditional allies and relationships from the Baltic to Bahrain. Once set in motion, there now seems to be a cascading effect of interrelated geopolitical consequences, each more potentially serious than the Features next. The deepening and escalating diplomatic rift between Saudi Arabia and Gulf states with Qatar may have had deeper and longer roots but it can be no coincidence that this has erupted now as the world shifts into a multipolar world with no fi xed interests – while the US arguably gives up its leadership role. For the aerospace sector, there are two main issues from this Middle East crisis. The fi rst is the effect on this air and land blockade on Qatar Airways and associated 34 airlines – which are already under pressure from competition, US travel 18 restrictions and the passenger laptop ban. Qatar Airways so far has been able to Cross sky traffi c smoothly reroute its fl ights around airspace it now faces itself banned from but Going Dutch with CAE The latest progress on a new this must be adding to its fuel bill. How long this might continue is a moot point. How the Royal Netherlands type of air traffi c control - for Air Force has big plans for UAVs. Secondly – the increase in regional tension and Qatar’s isolation has implications synthetic environments. for military aviation. Al-Udeid air base, for example, is not only a giant hub for US and coalition tanker, transport, ISR and fi ghter aircraft engaged in training 38 A400M competition 22 UK Spaceports A400M photo contest takes and combat operations in the Middle East – it is also the home of CENTCOM Does the UK have what it off. CAOC – the beating nerve centre of US and allied air operations over Syria, Iraq, takes to deliver commercial Afghanistan and elsewhere. Though, like any military facility, it could be relocated spacefl ight by 2020? given enough time, it could be a crucial hostage to fortune should relations SwAF deteriorate further. The siding of Washington, too, with Saudi Arabia may also have implications for defence deals. Where this now leads, is anybody’s guess. 30 We are in uncharted territory here. Tim Robinson, Editor-in-Chief 40 Ballantyne 1997-2017 [email protected] Back to the Baltic The Society’s Ballantyne Sweden refocuses its military schools careers event NEWS IN BRIEF forces back to defending its celebrates 20 years of the homeland. RAeS Careers Department. Editor-in-Chief AEROSPACE is published by the Royal 2017 AEROSPACE subscription Tim Robinson Aeronautical Society (RAeS). rates: Non-members, £160 +44 (0)20 7670 4353 Chief Executive Please send your order to: [email protected] Simon C Luxmoore Chris Male, RAeS, No4 Hamilton Place, Deputy Editor Advertising London W1J 7BQ, UK. 41 Bill Read Simon Levy +44 (0)20 7670 4352 Afterburner +44 (0)20 7670 4351 +44 (0)20 7670 4346 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Any member not requiring a print Publications Manager Unless specifi cally attributed, no version of this magazine, please 46 Message from our President Chris Male AEROSPACE contact: [email protected] material in shall be taken 47 Message from our +44 (0)20 7670 4352 to represent the opinion of the RAeS. USA: Periodical postage paid at [email protected] Chief Executive Reproduction of material used in this Champlain New York and additional Online Production Editor publication is not permitted without the offi ces. 48 Book Reviews Wayne J Davis written consent of the Editor-in-Chief. Postmaster: Send address changes Additional features and content +44 (0)20 7670 4354 to IMS of New York, PO Box 1518, 51 Library Additions [email protected] Printed by Buxton Press Limited, are available to view online on Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire Champlain NY 12919-1518, USA. 52 20017 Annual Banquet www.media.aerosociety.com/ Book Review Editor SK17 6AE, UK aerospace-insight Brian Riddle 54 Corporate Partners ISSN 2052-451X Including: Going Dutch with CAE, Back to the Editorial Offi ce Distributed by Royal Mail 56 Diary Baltic. 2017 Paris Air Show preview, In for the Royal Aeronautical Society low-cost long-haul, In the June issue of No.4 Hamilton Place 58 Filton low-speed wind tunnel AEROSPACE, Pioneers of power, Cold War London W1J 7BQ, UK 59 YPN in the spotlight in 1980s defence industry adverts, +44 (0)20 7670 4300 RAeS elections Plane Speaking with Gulfstream [email protected] Front cover: RAF Typhoon FGR4 refuels during Exercise Atlantic Trident 60 www.aerosociety.com President Mark Burns, Enter (USAF) 61 2017 Council and Trustees the Swordfi sh @aerosociety i Find us on LinkedIn f Find us on Facebook www.aerosociety.com JULY 2017 13 Radome INTELLIGENCE / ANALYSIS / COMMENT Wider exports While the USAF T-X requirement is for 350 aircraft to replace its current T-38 fl eet, Boeing believes there could be a wider global export market of around 2,000 aircraft – with the Swedish Air Force already mulling the aircraft as a possible Saab Sk60 replace- ment. Though the T-X is unarmed, Boeing Single- has revealed that the structure has been strengthened for an unspecifi ed number of engine hardpoints, opening up potential for future Boeing’s T-X is light attack variants. powered by a single GE F404 turbofan as used in the F/A-18 Hornet. Boeing is coy on the aircraft’s top speed, saying: “We have a supersonic capability but there is not a supersonic requirement.” Rival trainers eye T-X prize As well as Boeing's proposal, the T-X competition has seen public proposals from Italy's Leonardo with its T100 (a development of the M346 Master – bottom left) and Lockheed Martin/KAI, with its T-50A (a modifi ed T-50 Golden Eagle – bottom right). If selected, Leonardo, which has its US subsidiary DRS as prime contractor, will build the T100 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Meanwhile, Lockheed would build the T-50A in Greenville, South Carolina. Leonardo Martin Lockheed Boeing 4 AEROSPACE / JULY 2017 Safety fi rst With the F-35 having been designed to accommodate the widest range yet of pilot body types and weights, it is no surprise that this will extend to the T-X as well. Boeing says that the ejection seat requirements for T-X are “more stringent” than the F-35. While Boeing is currently in the process of choos- ing an ejection seat supplier, Martin-Baker this year is launching its Mk18 seat – aimed at the T-X requirement. Twin testing Boeing has built two prototypes, BTX-1 and BTX-2, to support its T-X bid. The company refuses to say how many fl ight hours have been fl own since the fi rst fl ight in December 2016 but notes that, thanks to the maturity of the demonstrators, it has seen up to four fl ights a day being fl own. W DEFENCE Sweden meets St Louis As AEROSPACE goes to press in June, Boeing and other contenders for the USAF's $16bn T-X advanced trainer competition are set to submit the fi nal package of fl ight test data for their entries. The fi rms have had to fl y set manoeuvres with their prototypes and present time-stamped HUD video as well as synchronised audio as part of their applications. Boeing's T-X proposal, developed in partnership with Saab and unveiled in August 2016 is the only confi rmed clean-sheet trainer design to be proposed – the others either having dropped out (Northrop Grumman) or have yet to publicly fl y a demonstrator (Sierra Nevada Corp/TAI). The USAF is set to make a decision later this year, with Boeing saying it will produce the T-X in St Louis, home of its F-15 and F-18 production lines. @aerosociety i Find us on LinkedIn f Find us on Facebook www.aerosociety.com JULY 2017 5 Radome GENERAL AVIATION AEROSPACE Bell 505 Jetranger X Widening Gulf rift hits Qatar fl ights gets FAA certifi cation Qatar Airways has been forced to re-route fl ights after Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya the UAE and Yemen blocked The US FAA has seat helicopter began in access to its airspace after an escalating diplomatic crisis certifi cated the Bell 505 March 2017, with the fi rst caused a split between Doha and its neighbours.
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