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Airbus Helicopters delivers first H145M to Luxembourg

Entry into service early 2020

Donauwörth – Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of two H145M multipurpose helicopters for defence and security missions to the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Together with the helicopters, Airbus also provides a training and support package to its customer. The delivery of the second helicopter is scheduled before the end of the year. The delivered H145M is the first H145 in Luxembourg.

The helicopter is equipped with a hoist, a fast roping system, a high-performance camera, a search light, advanced communication systems, and will have provisions to install a light armour protection kit. The latest technologies to allow the helicopter to operate in adverse weather conditions and during nighttime are incorporated in the design. The helicopter will be operated and serviced at Luxembourg Findel Airport, where it has been presented to public today for the first time. With a maximum take-off weight of 3.7 tonnes, the H145M can be used for a wide range of tasks, including troop and passenger transport, surveillance, air rescue, reconnaissance and medical evacuation.

The H145M is a tried-and-tested light twin-engine helicopter that was first delivered in 2015 to the German Armed Forces and has since been ordered by Hungary, Thailand and the Republic of Serbia. Mission readiness of the H145Ms already in service is above 95 percent.

Powered by two Safran Arriel 2E engines, the H145M is equipped with full authority digital engine control (FADEC) and the Helionix digital avionics suite. It includes a high-performance 4-axis autopilot, increasing safety and reducing pilot workload. Its particularly low acoustic footprint makes the H145M the quietest helicopter in its class.

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/11/airbus-helicopters-delivers-first-h145m-to-luxembourg.html
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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US Army prepares Chinook engine testbed for flight

https://www.janes.com/article/92566/us-army-prepares-chinook-engine-testbed-for-flight


The NCH-47D testbed equipped with more powerful GE engines normally fitted to the CH-53K King Stallion. (US Army)
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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Airbus developing in-flight smoke screen to protect hovering H145M helos

https://www.janes.com/article/92342/airbus-developing-in-flight-smoke-screen-to-protect-hovering-h145m-helos


The H145M demonstrates its special forces credentials with the German KSK special forces counter-terrorism unit. Airbus is developing a smoke-screen that can protect the H145M when in the vulnerable hover. Source: Airbus Helicopters
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Harald

Long game on horizon for H160M export customers  (duurt nog wel even... )

Deliveries of the in-development Airbus H160M medium aircraft will not be available to export customers any sooner than 2026, as the manufacturer first concentrates on managing a tri-service deal with France.

Airbus will continue to prioritise a programme schedule for its launch customer that targets prototype activities beginning in 2023 ...

https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/defence-helicopter/long-game-play-h160m-export-customers/

Huzaar1

en dit is nu zo'n gebied waar de gehele Russische krijgsmacht op achter loopt.
De innovaties op dit gebied komen toch echt vooral van de Westerse markt. Ook brontechnologische innovatie vindt nauwelijks plaats in Rusland, burgerbedrijven die nu in de lead zijn heb je daar vrijwel niet.
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion" US secmindef - Jed Babbin"

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Russia's Ka-52M combat helicopter to receive AESA radar

https://www.janes.com/article/92063/russia-s-ka-52m-combat-helicopter-to-receive-aesa-radar


Russia's Ka-52M combat helicopter is to receive the V006 Rezets AESA radar. Source: Piotr Butowski
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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Alle 4 ontwerpen voor het U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programma

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Karem Aircraft unveils its design for US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA)

Karem Aircraft unveiled its vision for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program:  a rigid main rotor helicopter with a rotating wing and a rotating tail rotor, named AR40.

The AR40 aircraft has a 12.2m (40ft) wingspan – wider than the helicopter's 11m main rotor diameter. The wing can provide the majority of the aircraft's lift and tilts upwards during the helicopter's descent or ascent in order to make its vertical flight more aerodynamic.

The AR40 also has a swiveling tail rotor, which in forward flight is angled backwards to be used as a pusher propeller. The company says in forward flight the aircraft's vertical stabiliser compensates for torque from the main rotor blades. The swiveling tail rotor should allow for the aircraft "to manoeuvre aggressively at low speeds," says Karem.

The design also has a three-blade main rotor that uses Karem's Optimum Speed Rotor technology, which was initially developed using US Army research funds to create optimal efficiency for tiltrotors in vertical or horizontal flight.

On the AR40 helicopter, the system would be used to control each individual blade as it rotates, instead of forcing the blades to move in unison as is the case with a traditional swashplate system, says Thomas Berger, director of the FARA program at Karem.

"You're able to shape the trajectory of the blade path around the azimuth," he says. "Being able to shape the trajectory gives you the possibility to get better performance, better acoustics, better reliability, automatic tracking."

Karem believes that the AR40 should be able to exceed 40 kt (333 km / h) the maximum speed required by the US Army (183 km / h).

Northrop Grumman and Raytheon partnered with Karem Aircraft on the AR40. Karem is contributing its rotor and drive technologies, and is leading the design and prototyping process. Northrop is providing production and product support, as well as avionics expertise. Raytheon is the mission systems integrator and modular open systems architect.

The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program was initiated by the United States Army in 2018 to develop a successor to the Bell OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopter as part of the Future Vertical Lift program.

Design contracts for FARA candidates were awarded in April 2019 to five manufacturers: AVX Aircraft (in partnership with L3Harris Technologies), Bell Helicopter, Boeing (not unveiled yet) , Karem Aircraft, and Sikorsky Aircraft  (owned by Lockheed Martin). Two of the manufacturers will be selected to proceed with their designs in 2020, and prototypes are scheduled to first fly in 2023.

http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/2019-news-aerospace-industry-air-force/october/5545-karem-aircraft-unveils-its-design-for-us-army-s-future-attack-reconnaissance-aircraft-fara.html



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AUSA 2019: Bell unveils full size mockup of Invictus 360 future reconnaissance attack helicopter

American Company Bell Textron unveils a full-size mockup of its future attack reconnaissance helicopter Invictus 360 for US Army at AUSA 2019, the Association of United States Army defense exhibition that was held in Washington D.C. Bell has launched the development of the Invictus 360 to response to the US Army's Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition.

Bell Textron is in competition with four other companies including AVX Aircraft, Boeing, Karem Aircraft, and Sikorsky. The Invictus 360 will the replacement solution for the Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warriors.

The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program was initiated by the United States Army in 2018 to develop a successor to the Bell OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopter as part of the Future Vertical Lift program. FARA is part of the Future Vertical Lift program and its procurement is largely modeled on the Joint Multi-Role technology demonstration program. The US Army released a draft solicitation on June 22, 2018, for reconnaissance helicopter proposals, with the intent to have two flying prototype designs by 2023, which will compete for the final award. On October 3, 2018, the Army released its formal request for proposal and outlined its proposed schedule.

Combining impressive agility and lethality with a modular open systems approach and sustainability innate to its design, the Bell 360 Invictus provides a low-risk path to fulfill the U.S. Army's requirements for a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), providing security and battlefield situational awareness until the fight is finished.

The design of the Invictus 360 was unveiled on 1 October 2019, showing a two-seat tandem cockpit, with sighting optics and/or laser designator above a 20mm cannon gun turret at the chin position below the cockpit, mid-mounted stub wings below the shrouded rotor hub and four 12 m diameter rotor blades, an active horizontal stabiliser and a tilted and shrouded tail rotor. Missiles are mounted on integrated launchers. The rotor diameter is dictated by US Army requirements, which specified that maximum diameter for FARA candidates to allow the rotorcraft to fit between buildings on future battlefields. It will be powered by a single-engine derived from the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) by General Electric.

The US Army requirement calls for a cruising speed in excess of 330 km/h, and the 360 is intended to meet this; the 525 rotor system has been tested to exceed 370 km/h. The stub wings are intended to provide lift equivalent to approximately 50% of the weight of the aircraft at moderate to high speed. The combat radius will be 250 km with at least 90 minutes of time on station. It will use fly by wire control.

The Invictus 360 is fitted with internal and external weapons stores, including a 20 mm cannon mounted at the front, integrated munitions launcher, and support for air-launched effects integration.

https://www.armyrecognition.com/ausa_2019_news_show_daily_coverage_report_united_states/ausa_2019_bell_unveils_full_size_mockup_of_invictus_360_future_reconnaissance_attack_helicopter.html

You tube film vanaf 3:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3RAK_8wEuE

Harald

Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter: The next generation CRH has arrived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epa1D4zHNyU

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A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.