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AEROSPACE Feb Cover V1.Indd www.aerosociety.com LOW-COST, HIGH HOPES THE BUDGET AIRLINE REVOLUTION IN ASIA-PACIFIC February 2014 LIFT-OFF FOR UK SPACE CYBERSECURITY AND AVIATION IRANIAN GA AIRCRAFT 2014 Honours, Medals & Awards The most prestigious and long-standing awards in global aerospace honouring achievements, innovation and excellence. The Society’s Honours, Medals and Awards are open to everyone in the global aerospace community — from senior professionals to students and graduates. Do you know an individual or team that has made an outstanding contribution to aerospace and merit recognition? Nominate them today. The nomination form can be found on our website www.aerosociety.com/medalsandawards. The closing date for the 2014 round is 31 March 2014. For further information call Anna Banton on +44 (0)20 7670 4312 or email [email protected] Volume 41 Number 2 February 2014 ATR Low-cost high hopes Flight of the Scorpion The growth of the Asia- Textron AirLand launches Textron AirLand Textron Pacifi c low-cost air new low-cost jet strike 14 transport market. 30 aircraft. Contents 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. 58 The Last Word Iran: winners and losers 10 Antenna Keith Hayward on the new Howard Wheeldon looks space race in Asia. at the future of defence procurement privatisation The current international negotiations over Iran’s nuclear ambitions raise the possibility that BAE Systems Tehran’s leadership may be seeking to give up Features its plans for nuclear weapons — in return for relief from crippling sanctions. It is obviously very early USMC days yet and, given Iran’s history, there is much to be said for Ronald Reagan’s famous maxim ‘trust but verify’ — but the change in attitude Dorna Aircraft has been refreshing. Moreover, any breakthrough agreement will have signifi cant implications for the aerospace industry. Should sanctions be lifted, even slightly, this may open up a previously closed or highly 32 restricted market for Western products, skills and services. It may even, 18 as seen on page 32, go in the opposite direction with aerospace talent Persian Eagle from Iran now able to market their products and skills to the world. Pacifi c storm Profi le of Iranian GA Yet there also may be a downside for some companies. Military Asia-Pacifi c defence manufacturer Dorna Aircraft. procurement in the Gulf, for example, has been mainly driven by fears round-up. of the Iranian threat. Only recently, it has to be remembered, that talk of a joint Israel/US strike on Iranian nuclear facilities (and the potential for wider war in the Gulf) was presented as a ‘when, not if’ choice. NASA So was it, therefore, coincidence that the UAE decided against acquiring Eurofi ghter Typhoon late last year, despite high-level lobbying? Or was it a merely a pragmatic move by the UAE that with Reaction Engines conciliatory noises emanating from Tehran, there was now no need to be rushed into a decision over an expensive combat aircraft? With a global buyer’s market for fi ghter aircraft, the UAE can afford to wait and should 34 peace talks with Iran break down — it can be sure that re-opening the 22 contest will have defence companies falling over themselves to offer Lift-off for UK space It’s hip to be square A 20-year vision for the UK better deals. space industry. As ever — there are both winners and losers. The CubeSat revolution. Tim Robinson 39 Careers in Aerospace 26 Cybersecurity and LIVE NEWS IN BRIEF aviation Report on the 2013 RAeS [email protected] Tackling the hacker threat. careers fair. Editor-in-Chief AEROSPACE is published by the Royal AEROSPACE subscription rates: Tim Robinson Aeronautical Society (RAeS). 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Printed by Buxton Press Limited, 51 Honours, Medals are available to view online on [email protected] Postmaster: Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire Send address changes & Awards www.media.aerosociety.com/ Editorial Offi ce SK17 6AE, UK to IMS of New York, PO Box 1518, aerospace-insight Royal Aeronautical Society Champlain NY 12919-1518, USA. 52 Diary Including: No.4 Hamilton Place Aircraft noise reduction initiatives, London W1J 7BQ, UK Distributed by Royal Mail 54 Corporate Partners Airport capacity in SE England, +44 (0)20 7670 4300 ISSN 2052-451X Space debris — the legal issues, [email protected] 55 Obituary US moves closer to RPAS operation Airbus www.aerosociety.com Front cover: Sharklets fi tted to an AirAsia A320. 56 RAeS Elections in controlled airspace @aerosociety i linkedin.com/raes f facebook.com/raes www.aerosociety.com FEBRUARY 2014 13 Radome INTELLIGENCE / ANALYSIS / COMMENT Self-defence The Gripen NG features a comprehensive EW self-defence system. Elisra will provide a passive IR missile warning system, while the fi ghter will be one of the fi rst to offer the Selex BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy Extra range Relocating the as part of its defence suite. undercarriage position allows a 40% increase in fuel capacity, giving a combat radius of 700nm and ferry range of 2,200nm. A retractable IFR probe is now fi tted. NEWS IN BRIEF ?????? ???? ???? ??? ??? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ???? ???? ??? ??? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ???? ???? ??? ??? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ???? ???? ??? ??? ????? ????? ?????? More power The Gripen NG replaces the Volvo RM12/ ?????? ???? ???? ??? ??? F404 used on the C/D with GE’s F414G ????? ????? engine — as used on the F/A-18 Super Hornet — giving the Gripen NG 20% more thrust and allowing supercruise. Saab 4 AEROSPACE / FEBRUARY 2014 Sensor fusion The Gripen NG features a partioned avionics architecture — separating fl ight safety and mission functions — allowing from rapid updates. One such upgrade could be AESA radar replacing the three colour cockpit MFDs The Gripen NG features the Selex Galileo ES with a single giant touchscreen display. 05 Raven active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, with a moving swash plate that allows scan angles up to 100°. IRST Sensors also include the Selex Skyward-G passive infrared search and track system (IRST). More weapons Relocated landing gear now allows ten external hardpoints for carrying weapons, external fuel tanks, surveillance and targeting pods. For Brazil, integrated air-to- air missiles may include Derby, A-Darter and Meteor. DEFENCE Lightweight champ lands knock-out blow in Brazil Brazil has selected the Saab Gripen NG to become its air force’s new fi ghter aircraft, beating off competition from the Dassault Rafale and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The $4·5bn F-X2 contract will see 36 Gripens replace ageing Dassault Mirage 2000C fi ghters and Northrop F-5EMs. The contract is expected to be signed in 10-12 months with fi rst deliveries to follow 48 months later, although older Gripen C/Ds from the Swedish Air Force may be supplied fi rst until the new aircraft are ready. @aerosociety i linkedin.com/raes f facebook.com/raes www.aerosociety.com FEBRUARY 2014 5 Radome AEROSPACE DEFENCE FanWing wins France approves Rafale EU research F3 R upgrade project The French Defence BVRAAM missile, a Thales Ministry has given PDL-NG laser designation the go-ahead for pod and the latest laser Dassault to develop homing version of the the fourth tranche of Sagem AASM Hammer Rafale fi ghters to F3 R air-to-ground modular standard. weapon, already trialed in The upgraded version Mali. Validation of these will include integration new weapons is expected with the MBDA Meteor by 2018. FanWing/Adrian Mann FanWing/Adrian Innovative rotating wing propulsion aircraft developer FanWing has received a joint EU award for a two-year research and development project. Led by the DLR German Bombardier’s $2bn Aerospace and Space Research Centre, the SOAR (diStributed Open-rotor AiRcraft) biz-jet order project is being conducted by FanWing in conjunction with the University of Saarland and Bombardier has completed a $2·2bn the von Karman Institute. Work will include wind-tunnel testing and CFD data and analysis order for 38 business jets from an documentation with the aim of optimising rotor blades and wingshape. Experimental data unidentifi ed customer. The order is for 28 collected during the programme will be used to design a full-size open fan wing aircraft Global and ten Challenger 605 biz-jets. design suitable for carrying 60-70 passengers or up to eight tons of freight. SPACEFLIGHT AIR TRANSPORT Third powered fl ight for Aerofl ot unveils Red Devil Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic’s an altitude of 46,000ft SpaceShipTwo made its and Mach 1·4 above the third rocket-powered test Mojave Desert.
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