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Aero-TV: Icarus Avionics' SAM -- GPS Roll Steering For ...
Aero-TV: Icarus Avionics' SAM -- GPS Roll Steering For ...
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There IS An Easier Way To Let Your Autopilot Fly.... Sometimes its the little things that really improve your quality of flight... and the potential of some novel roll-steering solutions are sure to make a positive contribution to the busy pilot's IFR ambitions. Roll-Steering?? Whassat?? Well, in the case of Icarus Instruments, their Steering Assist Module (SAM) is an insanely small avionics accessory that allows your auto-pilot to make like (in some ways) an FMS. When flying a GPS flight plan, you typically fly in HDG mode and your autopilot flies the course you’ve set with the heading bug in the HSI. At each waypoint, the GPS displays the new track or heading to the next waypoint. You then must twist the HDG knob to the new course, often making several tweaks until the correct track is finally acquired. With GPS roll steering, the autopilot is provided with a dynamically calculated bank angle in advance of the new track, automatically accounting for ground speed, wind speed, and wind direction to accomplish a smooth turn on to the new track. These are figured into the turn calculation and the turn is started prior to the waypoint to achieve a comfortable, very precise turn to the new waypoint track. With WAAS-enabled receivers, Icarus says that not only will SAM and your autopilot fly the flight plan waypoints, they’ll fly your holds, procedure turns, and GPS approaches. Hey... what's not to like about that? Sit back, relax and let SAM do the brain work.... Aero-TV Checks Out The Roll-Steering Charms Of SAM! FMI: http://www.icarusinstruments.com, www.aero-tv.net, www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, http://twitter.com/AeroNews Copyright 2009, Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
MTHEL
MTHEL
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MTHEL: Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser.
MTHEL uses directed energy (laser beam) to intercept aerial targets such as rockets, missiles, artillery shells and other aerial threats.
Air Force Research Lab's Directed Energy Directorate
Air Force Research Lab's Directed Energy Directorate
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Vision: To exploit the military potential of directed energy to achieve asymmetric advantage over our adversaries.
Mission: Develop, integrate, and transition science and technology for directed energy to include high power microwaves, lasers, adaptive optics, imaging, and effects to assure the preeminence of the United States in air and space. * To support user needs for directed energy weapons applications and to address mission area deficiencies. * To exploit directed energy technology for Air Force and Department of Defense applications. * To avoid technological surprise. * To foster user awareness of the potential of directed energy for Air Force and Department of Defense applications. * To explore directed energy technology that offers high payoff for directed energy capabilities and applications.
ComputerTV Tech Update Episode 59
ComputerTV Tech Update Episode 59
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Get the early scoop on the Intel "Rock your Quad Tour", watch these geeks talk about the big news this week coming from E3 and Computex, and hear the great story about a man (dubbed the "Reborn Michaelangelo") who underwent brain surgery and woke up with an incredible talent for painting.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Delta II (7925) exploded only 13 seconds after lift off
One of the reasons for concern over GPS systems health
Aero-TV: On The Frontline -- CBP's P-3 AEW (Part 1)
Aero-TV: On The Frontline -- CBP's P-3 AEW (Part 1)
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CBP's P-3 AEW Crews -- These Folks 'Have Our Back' Day and night, there are a number of heroic people and aviation assets prowling the skies for signs of those that would threaten America in one of many forms. One of those heroic groups is employed by US Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, for short. CBP is one of the Department of Homeland Security’s largest and most complex components, with a priority mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the US. It also has a responsibility for securing and facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of U.S. regulations, including immigration and drug laws. One of the most critical tools in the CBP arsenal are the few Lockheed Orion P-3B AEWs in use around the world. The P-3 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Detection and Monitoring (D&M) aircraft are the only law enforcement AEW aircraft in the world. They were developed to provide wide area search, increased command control, and communications capabilities. CBP Air and Marine’s P-3s are high-endurance, all-weather, tactical turbo-prop aircraft, which are utilized primarily for long-range patrols along the entire U.S. border, and in source and transit zone countries, throughout Central and South America. The aircraft carries a crew of eight (pilot, copilot, flight engineer, and radar/sensor operators), are routinely sent on temporary duty to support the United States and foreign government initiatives to stem smuggling into the United States. With the escalation of terrorist threats and the commitment of DoD AEW assets in other regions of the world, CBP Air and Marine P-3s have also assumed a significant role in Homeland Security efforts. Lockheed Orion P-3B AEW has a Vne of 300 knots, a service ceiling of 26,000 ft., a range of 3000 NM, a potential endurance of 12 hours, and a Max Gross Weight of 135,000 lbs. Aero-TV Visits Some Unsung American Heroes... The Crews of CBP's P-3 AEW (Part 1) FMI: www.cbp.gov, www.aero-tv.net, www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, ...
Aero-TV: On The Frontline -- CBP's P-3 AEW (Part 2)
Aero-TV: On The Frontline -- CBP's P-3 AEW (Part 2)
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CBP's P-3 AEW Crews -- These Folks 'Have Our Back' Day and night, there are a number of heroic people and aviation assets prowling the skies for signs of those that would threaten America in one of many forms. One of those heroic groups is employed by US Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, for short. CBP is one of the Department of Homeland Security’s largest and most complex components, with a priority mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the US. It also has a responsibility for securing and facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of U.S. regulations, including immigration and drug laws. One of the most critical tools in the CBP arsenal are the few Lockheed Orion P-3B AEWs in use around the world. The P-3 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Detection and Monitoring (D&M) aircraft are the only law enforcement AEW aircraft in the world. They were developed to provide wide area search, increased command control, and communications capabilities. CBP Air and Marine’s P-3s are high-endurance, all-weather, tactical turbo-prop aircraft, which are utilized primarily for long-range patrols along the entire U.S. border, and in source and transit zone countries, throughout Central and South America. The aircraft carries a crew of eight (pilot, copilot, flight engineer, and radar/sensor operators), are routinely sent on temporary duty to support the United States and foreign government initiatives to stem smuggling into the United States. With the escalation of terrorist threats and the commitment of DoD AEW assets in other regions of the world, CBP Air and Marine P-3s have also assumed a significant role in Homeland Security efforts. Lockheed Orion P-3B AEW has a Vne of 300 knots, a service ceiling of 26,000 ft., a range of 3000 NM, a potential endurance of 12 hours, and a Max Gross Weight of 135,000 lbs. Aero-TV Visits Some Unsung American Heroes... The Crews of CBP's P-3 AEW (Part 2) FMI: www.cbp.gov, www.aero-tv.net, www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, ...
Friday, May 22, 2009
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DRS Supermap
At the recent Navy League conference, DRS Technologies demonstrated their Global Situational Awareness product. It’s a Microsoft surface-esque device, large table-sized touchscreen, that can consolidate data from almost any source (UAV videos, schematics, SAR, photos, IR, etc) and overlaid onto GIS data and used for mission planning, and more.
http://www.vizworld.com/2009/05/drs-technologies-global-situational-awareness-tool/