Por Tierra Mar y Aire

Regresa con éxito la Starliner, eso sí, sin tripulación: https://starlinerupdates.com/starliner-arrives-safely-back-on-earth/

• "El nuevo satélite de las Fuerzas Armadas se hace esperar: el lanzamiento del ‘Spainsat NG I’ se retrasa a 2025": https://www.infobae.com/espana/2024/09/06/el-nuevo-satelite-de-las-fuerzas-armadas-se-hace-esperar-el-lanzamiento-del-spainsat-ng-i-se-retrasa-a-2025/

La puesta en órbita del primero de los dos sistemas que conforman la misión ‘Spainsat NG’, que ha costado 1.400 millones de euros, no tendrá lugar en noviembre, tal como estaba previsto. Ahora, “cuestiones técnicas” amplían la ventana de lanzamiento hasta el próximo enero

@chema dijo en F-35 Lightning II:

los israelitas lo han convertido en un sistema de arquitectura abierta

No. Los israelitas contratan y colaboran con LM para que les integren lo que ellos piden. El F-35 está virando a sistemas abiertos y modulares por mandato de EEUU (es obligatorio desde 2019 para todos los sistemas de nuevo desarrollo). Algunos ejemplos de sistemas abiertos y modulares ya adoptados en el F-35 son la PCD-EU ("Panoramic Cockpit Display – Electronic Unit"), el ICP ("Integrated Core Processor"), el LYNX MOSA.ic adoptado para la TR.3, el AMS (“Aircraft Memory System”) o próximamente el UAI ("Universal Armament Interface") ya presente en otras plataformas de la USAF y USN/USMC. Respecto al armamento, el de EEUU cumplirá el estándar WOSA ("Weapon Open System Architecture"), no así el de Israel.

La USAF vuelve a los tableros de diseño con la plataforma tripulada de superioridad aérea conocida originalmente como PCA, aunque avanza con el resto de la familia NGAD: https://www.twz.com/air/air-force-going-back-to-the-beginning-with-6th-gen-crewed-fighter-requirements-review

Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 4, 2024 3:52 PM EDT
The crewed sixth-generation combat jet component of NGAD traces its roots back to a requirement for what was originally termed a Penetrating Counter-Air (PCA) platform ostensibly to succeed the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter, which emerged publicly in the mid-2010s. This, in turn, was an outgrowth of work the Air Force had done in cooperation with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Frank Kendall, now Secretary of the Air Force, was involved in those efforts, which he has said produced at least one flying demonstrator aircraft.
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The comments today at the Defense News Conference also put remarks about the status of the NGAD combat jet that Gen. Allvin made during a talk at the Hudson Institute think tank last month into a new light.

“I want to clarify that, just because specifics and words matter. It’s the pause on the NGAD Penetrating Counter-Air platform. NGAD stands for Next Generation Air Dominance. It’s not a thing. It is a family of systems. Within that NGAD family of systems is Collaborative Combat Aircraft, is the open systems and government reference architecture, is some of the sensors that we’re developing, is some of the [other] technology. So all of those, that family of systems, is still going forward,” Allvin said at that time. “We want to make sure we evaluate that [the NGAD combat jet requirements] versus others, given the pace of the threat and how fast the threat has evolved, versus the imagined or estimated threat at the time it was being developed. And so I don’t have an announcement as to whether there’s going to be a contract award at the end of the year or not, but the rationale for the evaluation is because … we want to make sure that we don’t do something that’s a one-way door when we haven’t really looked at that design in the context of all the other things that it makes [sic; takes] to meet the requirement.

Raytheon prueba el SVMR ("SeaVue Multi-role Radar") en el ejercicio RIMPAC: https://www.rtx.com/news/news-center/2024/08/28/rtxs-seavue-multi-role-radar-provides-critical-targeting-data-at-rimpac

MQ-9B pictured with Raytheon’s SeaVue Multi-role Radar at RIMPAC in Honolulu, Hawaii

August 28, 2024

HONOLULU, Aug. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, successfully demonstrated the SeaVue Multi-role Radar's superior long-range target detection at the U.S. Navy's Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) – the world's largest international maritime exercise.

Performing a Sink Exercise, or SINKEX, an MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Unmanned Aircraft System from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. used SeaVue Multi-role Radar (SVMR) surveillance and imaging to survey multiple targets and send track data to F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft. The aircraft were able to use the data provided by the radar to successfully fire a Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) at a decommissioned amphibious assault ship, the USS Tarawa (LHA-1), showcasing SVMR's net-enabled, long-range weapons employment capabilities.
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SVMR is a modern, software-defined radar that provides all-weather surveillance and superior multi-mission performance for crewed and uncrewed aircraft, including fixed, rotary-wing and aerostat platforms.

"Patrullas oceánicas: Abitab rechazó otorgar préstamo a Cardama y el astillero deberá conseguir US$ 4 millones en 72 horas para que la venta siga": https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nacional/patrullas-oceanicas-abitab-rechazo-otorgar-prestamo-cardama-y-astillero-busca-conseguir-us-4-millones-72-horas-que-venta-siga-n5959244/amp

"Comienza la construcción del destructor Arleigh Burke número 80 para la Armada de los EE.UU.": https://www.zona-militar.com/2024/09/02/comienza-la-construccion-del-destructor-arleigh-burke-numero-80-para-la-armada-de-los-ee-uu/

"SSJ 100, Il-114 y Tu-214: El gobierno de Rusia firma una carta de intención por 238 aviones de UAC": https://aviacionline.com/2024/09/ssj-100-il-114-y-tu-214-el-gobierno-de-rusia-firma-una-carta-de-intencion-por-238-aviones-de-uac/

Pablo Díaz (diazpez) 04/09/2024

La compañía de leasing estatal rusa GTLK y el conglomerado industrial aeronáutico United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) firmaron en el Foro Económico del Este, que se celebra en Vladivostok, Rusia, una carta de intención para la fabricación y entrega de 238 aviones: el documento prevé la entrega de 132 Superjet SSJ-100 de corto recorrido, 65 turbohélices regionales Il-114-300 y 41 Tupolev Tu-214 de medio recorrido.

La firma fue celebrada por el CEO de UAC, Yuri Slyusar, y el CEO de GTLK, Evgeny Dietrich. El documento establece las principales condiciones para la entrega de aviones en el quinquenio comprendido entre 2027 y 2032, condiciones que se reflejarán posteriormente en contratos en firme.

"Las Fuerzas Aeroespaciales Rusas continúan recibiendo nuevos cazabombarderos Su-34 para reemplazar las pérdidas en Ucrania": https://www.zona-militar.com/2024/09/03/las-fuerzas-aeroespaciales-rusas-continuan-recibiendo-nuevos-cazabombarderos-su-34-para-reemplazar-las-perdidas-en-ucrania/

Contrato para extender pruebas de motores hasta 2026 (4/09/2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3894847/

Raytheon Technologies Corp., doing business as Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $111,875,732 contract modification (P00032) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N0001919C0007). This modification extends the period of performance for the Propulsion System Block Four Flight Test Program to December 2026 to provide continued technical engineering, flight test support, special tooling, test equipment repair, and flight test spare and repair parts for the F-35 Lightning II Propulsion System Block Four Flight Test Program for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and F-35 Cooperative Program Partners (non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)). Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (32%); Edwards Air Force Base, California (33%); and Patuxent River, Maryland (35%), and is expected to be completed in December 2026. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $11,077,874; fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,517,721; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $4,685,005, will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Y del mismo día, también para la repuestos del F135:

Raytheon Technologies Corp., doing business as Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $405,343,228 undefinitized contract modification (P00016) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001920D0013). This modification adds scope to procure spares for the production and delivery of the F135 propulsion system including spares depot and common for the F-35 global spares pool, and country unique spares in support of the Joint Strike Fighter program for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-Department of Defense participants, F-35 Cooperative Program Partners, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (91%) (labor surplus area); North Berwick, Maine (4%); South Windsor, Connecticut (2%); Rockford, Illinois (1%) (labor surplus area); Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico (1%) (labor surplus area); and Phoenix, Arizona (1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2027. No funds will be obligated at the time of award, funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

"Nuevo corazón operativo en el Arsenal de Cartagena: así será el hogar de los S-80": https://murciaplaza.com/nuevo-corazon-operativo-en-el-arsenal-de-cartagena-asi-sera-el-hogar-de-los-s-80

"El primer Airbus A330 MRTT del Ejército del Aire luce sus colores": https://fly-news.es/defensa-industria/el-primer-airbus-a330-mrtt-del-ejercito-del-aire-luce-sus-colores/

El primer A330 MRTT del Ejército del Aire a su llegada a Getafe ya con sus colores definitivos.

@frapu , la mayoría de los desarrollos de la T2 no valen para la T1. El software de la primera tranche iba ligado al hardware, por eso no puedes tocar este último sin tener que reescribir el primero. En la T2 y posteriores esto ya está resuelto y son independientes. Esta es una de las razones por la que la mayoría de los países han decidido invertir solo en los T2 y posteriores (más fáciles de actualizar), dejando medio de lado a los T1.

Respecto a los austríacos y el M-346FA, su compra se contemplaba a la vez que la necesaria actualización de los T1 (los suyos están "capados"), por lo que una compra no invalida la otra. Una noticia al respecto: https://aviacionline.com/2023/03/austria-to-upgrade-its-eurofighter-and-shows-interest-in-the-leonardo-m-346/#:~:text=Leonardo M-346-,Austria to upgrade its Eurofighter and,in the Leonardo M-346&text=The Austrian Air Force will,a fleet of advanced trainers.

According to the Austrian media Kronen, which had access to internal government documents, the Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer) will receive 1.6 billion euros to upgrade its air assets. This money will be invested mainly in the modernization of its Eurofighter fighters, and in the purchase of a fleet of advanced training and subsonic ground attack aircraft.
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Among the deficits that the modernization of the Austrian Eurofighters should address are mainly three:

• Night combat capability: night combat capability will be improved by incorporating night vision goggles for its pilots, or by integrating a modern optronic targeting pod.
• Survivability: Upgrade of the DAAS self-protection system.
• BVR capability: Addition of AMRAAM or Meteor medium/long range air-to-air missiles.

"El Bombardier Global 7500 alcanza más de 50 récords en 50 semanas": https://www.transponder1200.com/el-bombardier-global-7500-alcanza-mas-de-50-records-en-50-semanas/

La IAF prueba el misil Astra disparándolo "en red": https://idrw.org/iaf-tested-astra-bvr-missile-in-networked-mode-a-major-capability-milestone/

Un LCA ha realizado el disparo con los sensores apagados y otro en modo activo lo ha guiado hasta su objetivo.

"Adquisición de munición ejercicio 120 mm para carro de combat": https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2024/09/02/pdfs/BOE-B-2024-30728.pdf

7. Descripción de la licitación: Adquisición de munición ejercicio 120 mm para carro de combate.

8. Valor estimado: 11.187.750,00 euros.

En los pliegos se especifica que ha de ser compatible con Leo 2E y 2A4.

"Adquisicion de Bengala Multiespectral Helicoptero HA-28 (TIGRE)": https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2024/09/02/pdfs/BOE-B-2024-30727.pdf

Del PCAP: https://contrataciondelestado.es/wps/wcm/connect/2f3676db-5a89-4166-bff3-7278ec7e085c/DOC20240820114018026+PCAP.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

Otra imagen de las barquillas IRST: https://x.com/Fighterman_FFRC/status/1830200163161571602

Airbus Defense espera que terminen por fin los problemas financieros derivados del A400M: https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/airbus-defense-sees-exit-a400ms-financial-turbulence

El Pentágono retiene $5 millones/avión hasta que LM complete la certificación del TR3: https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/pentagon-withholds-some-f-35-payments-until-full-tr-3-capability-certified/159775.article