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South Korea will update F-15K fighters and buy new tanker planes

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/30/2022 - 14:34m in Military

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South Korea approved major projects this week to upgrade the combat capabilities of its F-15K fighters and acquire new air refueling tankers, the state arms acquisition agency said, in a move to contain the growing North Korean threats.

The Defense Project Promotion Committee approved a 3.46 trillion won project (USD 2.73 billion) to strengthen the mission and survival capabilities of the 2024-2034 F-15K jets, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration.

The project includes the replacement of the old radar system of the current F-15Ks by an advanced AESA radar and the installation of integrated electronic warfare equipment and an updated mission computer.

It is not known if the update of the F-15Ks will be similar to the "Japanese Super Interceptor" (JSI) configuration of Japan. JSI uses AESA APG-82(v)1 radars, Advanced Display Core Processor II Mission System Comorors and Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) AN/ALQ-250.

An F-15K with its impressive variety of weapon options arranged in front of you.

The F-15K 'Slam Eagle' is a variant of the F-15E developed specifically for the needs of the Republic of Korea (ROKAF) Air Force. Currently, 59 F-15K fighters are in operation. ROKAF expects to operate the jet by 2060. In February 2022, the South Korean government granted Boeing a new contract to provide support and operational readiness to its F-15K fleet.

The committee also gave the green light to a 1.2 trillion won (US$ 950 million) project to buy between 2024 and 2029 new foreign-made refueling tanker planes. South Korea currently operates four A330 MRTTs that it designates as KC-330 Cygnus.

DAPA did not disclose how many refrevers will be imported, but it is expected to buy two planes. Potential candidates for the project may include Boeing's KC-46 and Airbus A330 MRTT, observers said.

A KC-330 Cygnus plane from ROKAF.

The acquisition projects serve “to ensure the continuation of air fighter operations and ensure additional tankers to carry out long-distance air transport missions”.

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eVTOL ALIA de BETA Technologies redefine el transporte aéreo con un enfoque en el pasajero

BETA Technologies, un desarrollador de aeronaves eléctricas con sede en Vermont, se está posicionando de manera específica para avanzar en su tecnología eVTOL (despegue y aterrizaje vertical eléctrico) para una variedad de aplicaciones, que incluyen el transporte de carga y médico. Sin embargo, la visión más amplia de la empresa contempla planes para el transporte de pasajeros con su modelo…

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Beta Technologies unveils first passenger carrying electric aircraft

Beta Technologies unveiled Monday the next electric aircraft in its lineup — a passenger-carrying version of its ALIA vertical takeoff and landing and fixed-wing vehicles. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles don’t rely on a runway, whereas fixed-wing aircraft do. The Vermont-based startup, which has raised over $860 million to date from heavy hitters […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All…

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Learning From Podcasts: Smart Car Washes; Electric Planes; Good & Bad Peanut Butter

An interesting and informative podcast can act as a stress reliever from all the family visits, gift exchanges, and lofty expectations we burden ourselves with during the holidays. In the midst of massive overeating, family that overstayed their welcome, and the frantic scrolling during cyber shopping deal days, I was still able to tease out nuggets of valuable information from my podcast choices during Thanksgiving week. ************************************************************** Car Washes Go High-Tech

 This week, I learned that technology has even reached the venerable car wash. In the October 15th episode, host Zachary Crockett of The Economics Of Everyday Things, interviewed Eric Wulf, the CEO of the International Carwash Association — an industry group that represents car wash owners and suppliers.

Holy crap, even car washes have a nefarious, faceless organizations. Anyway, car washes are now a $16 billion dollar business in the U.S. There are around 80,000 of them in North America. And on any given day, they service eight million vehicles. 

The most surprising part about this episode? Car washes are rich in technology. For example, in years past, a customer would push on the gas or hit the brake, and it would cause the cars to pile up in the car wash tunnel. Now, car washes have a system called “NoPileups.” If one car jumps outside this box, it shuts the car wash down. Where, in years past, that could create three or four or five, six-car pile-ups and nobody knew.

Eric Wulf, the car wash guru, saysof the vehicles entering the car wash tunnel,  "We know how tall it is, how wide it is, how long it is, the contour of the vehicle. So, for instance, trucks, we don’t feel it’s efficient to throw soap in the back of an open truck bed. So we’re going to, you know, get that soap to a certain level, shut it off. The open bed goes. We turn it back on to get the sides in the back of the car. " The most obvious change via technology is the disappearance of brushes in car wash tunnels. Now, touchless car washes use high pressures of air and water instead of mechanical agitation to push the dirt and grime out of every nook and cranny, no matter a vehicle’s model. ****************************************************************

Vermont company tests electric-powered planes

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Salad With A Side Of Fries investigates peanut butter

I love Salad With A Side Of Fries. It's a nutrition and health podcast that doesn't advocate a NO or ALL diet. No carbs, all protein. No eating for 18 hours. All red meat all the time because someone said our ancestors ate that way.

Host Jenn Trepeck is a staunch advocate of informed, common-sense eating. Her podcast does these periodic Nutrition Nugget episodes that only run about 15 minutes. These mini-sodes focus on one food or food group.

On the November 10th episode, Trepeck discussed the nutrition facts and what to look for when reading ingredients to determine which types of peanut butters give us the best nutritional value because while all will be called “peanut butter,” the products can range from an almost whole food to an ultra-processed food.

For example, peanut butter with partially hydrogenated oil, hydrogenated oil, or palm oil are to be avoided, as are low-fat varieties because they contain more sugar. Peanut butter is rich in protein, minerals, and vitamins, but it can also be high in calories, sodium, and unsaturated fat. Trepeck says, "The healthiest peanut butters are free of added sugar and made with just one or two ingredients." Trepeck's recommendation is to eat peanut butter that contains minimal ingredients, is free of additives, preservatives, added sugar, and other sweeteners, low in sodium, and rich in protein and heart-healthy fats. Finally, here's a weird food pairing. As we've learned, peanut butter can be healthy choice food. Yet, when making a PB&J sandwich, jelly sticks out as a sweet, low-fiber, nutrient-lacking food.

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HELIJET PLACES ORDER WITH BETA TECHNOLOGIES FOR FIRST PASSENGER SERVICE eVTOL AIRCRAFT IN CANADA

Helijet International Inc., North America’s largest and longest-standing helicopter airline, today announced plans to become the first Canadian air carrier to provide passenger and cargo services using electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft after placing firm orders for ALIA eVTOL aircraft from BETA Technologies.  Helijet President and CEO Danny Sitnam and BETA Sales Director Skye…

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These are the American Beta Technologies with its eVTOL Alia-250c, the British Cranfield Aerospace and its hydrogen solution, the Israeli Eviation ... https://bit.ly/3Tg944g

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Electric VTOL Aircraft: Market Dynamics and the Competitive Landscape of the Key Players

The purpose of the market analysis is to examine the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft market outlook in terms of factors driving the market, trends, technological developments, and competitive benchmarking, among others.

The report constitutes an extensive study of the electric VTOL aircraft (eVTOL) market. The report largely focuses on providing market information on electric VTOL aircraft (eVTOL) covering various segments and regions.

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The Pentagon, in a technological war with China, is moving to launch its first electric aircraft

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/29/2022 - 22:08em eVTOL, Military

U.S. Air Force Major Jonathan Appleby (left) and Beta Technologies test pilot Camron Guthrie sit in the cockpit of Beta's Alia electric aircraft during a flight test on March 14 over Plattsburgh, N.Y. (Photo: Beta Technologies)

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The U.S. government has taken a direct approach when it came to the development of consumer drones. Now, a single Chinese company, DJI, has conquered more than three quarters of the world market, and Washington fears that its drones may be a tool for Chinese espionage in the U.S. heavens.

To avoid a similar error and the alarming national security implications, the U.S. Air Force's Agility Prime program has channeled more than $100 million since 2020 into another promising but unproven innovation: battery-powered aircraft known as eVTOLs for "electric vertical takeoff and landing", which many companies are developing for civilian use as air taxis and cargo transportation.

The military's commitment helped U.S. eVTOL developers raise billions of dollars and made them more likely to survive to fight for an eventual civilian market.

“The involvement of the U.S. Air Force attests that these are real planes – not toys, not flying cars,” said Will Roper, who launched Agility Prime when he served as head of purchasing for the USAF during the Trump administration.

After decades of high development costs for military aircraft, Agility Prime is an experiment to see if the Pentagon can take advantage of advanced, cheaper and ready-to-use commercial technology. The military foresees the use of eVTOLs in utility functions to transport people and cargo away from the airstrips at a lower cost than conventional helicopters. Because they are silent, they can also be useful for placing troops behind enemy lines and conducting rescue operations.

The 15 companies participating in Agility Prime include creators of piloted eVTOLs, such as Joby Aviation and Beta Technologies, and startups that develop cargo drones such as Elroy Air and Talyn. The program provided not only funding, but government testing resources and the potential to earn revenue from military sales before the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the green light to start civil service.

The HEXA being prepared for loading on a C-130.

Lawmakers seem to like the program: in the defense appropriations bill passed by Congress on Friday, they gave Agility Prime $50 million more in funding for fiscal 2023 than the $73.9 million the Biden government had requested. However, they denied an order for $3.6 million to rent a handful of eVTOLs during the year for exploratory use, citing a “lack of clear acquisition or field strategy”.

Several companies participating in the program believe that the military will start acquiring their aircraft in 2024. The move to the acquisition would be a major milestone in the Department of Defense, according to Roper, who is currently a board member of Beta Technologies. "It's a different color of money," he said. Before the completion of the allocation bill, AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force technology accelerator that manages Agility Prime, said in a statement that the program “continues to evaluate the acquisition of eVTOL aircraft in Fiscal Year 2023”.

Among the first aircraft acquired is a small Lift Aircraft multicopter called HEXA - single-s seat partially closed on top by a circular structure with 18 rotors. The Lift says that the ship can fly up to 15 miles and carry a maximum of 300 pounds. The military is considering using the HEXA for search and rescue, transporting small loads around bases and emergency response. The company expected some form of acquisition of the U.S. Air Force in 2023, said founder and CEO Matt Chasen.

The HEXA weighs only 430 pounds and its small size means it is relatively affordable. Lift, based in Austin, Texas, offered the first models as recreational vehicles for $500,000. In comparison, Beta Technologies expects its electric aircraft, Alia, which can carry up to 1,250 pounds of cargo or four passengers in a maximum of 200 miles, will cost from $4 million to $5 million.

The HEXA from Lyft Technologies.

Other Agility Prime participants say they are progressing to put the aircraft into military service.

Joby, based in Northern California, which received contracts through Agility Prime worth up to $75 million to support R&D and unmanned flight testing, told investors last month that it is in negotiations to deliver aircraft to the military in 2024 - by disclosing that it postponed its target date to launch urban air taxi services by one year by 2025, blaming the pace of drafting federal Its electric tiltrotor for four passengers is designed to take off and land like a helicopter and spin its wings like an airplane for up to 150 miles.

President Paul Sciarra said that it is possible for the military to start receiving aircraft as early as next year, giving the company, which is starting to manufacture the titrotor in reduced numbers, "a really important exhaust valve to ensure that we have a productive and local revenue-generating environment for aircraft to go."

Major Victoria Snow of the 413st Flight Test Squadron remotely controls an HEXA elevator while Sergeant Master Tim Nissen monitors the aircraft's telemetry on November 16 at Eglin Air Base, Florida. It was the first flight of the HEXA controlled by the military. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

Beta, based in Vermont, which aims to market Alia first as a cargo carrier, expects the Air Force to buy the aircraft in 2024, after test operations at the base in 2023. In March, Alia became the first electric aircraft controlled by U.S. Air Force pilots, with manned flight, but with landing and takeoff on a conventional runway. Beta received contracts worth up to US$ 44 million through Agility Prime.

An initial test mission that the U.S. Air Force is considering for electric aircraft is to move equipment and personnel around its test and training areas in the U.S., many of which are in remote areas with uneven roads. If eVTOLs perform well in this task, they will be tested to transport "illustrious visitors" on trips ranging from 30 to 90 one-way

Colonel Nathan Diller, who left the position of head of AFWERX earlier this month, said last year that the test and training areas are a perfect "low-risk" initial environment, with eVTOL aircraft expected to allow faster configuration and removal of communications and test equipment by fewer service members, which is usually done now with ground vehicles.

Another basic use: transporting small parts for repairs that would be a waste to carry in helicopters such as the Black Hawk or the V-22 Osprey, which cost thousands of dollars an hour to fly.

Heaviside's Kitty Hawk.

Another first-generation mission that Roper says is "acephalo" is to use eVTOLs for security in military bases, which can extend for hundreds of kilometers and are still patrolled from the World War II era by troops in land vehicles.

In the future, the U.S. Air Force is interested in using autonomous or remotely piloted eVTOLs for the risky mission of rescuing pilots killed behind enemy lines. The quieter electric propulsion and the smaller size of some of the aircraft compared to rescue helicopters can give them a better chance to get in and out without being seen. “You can send them to areas of higher risk without putting life or limbs at risk,” Diller said.

Agility Prime boasts of having helped the companies in the program raise $7.5 billion in funding, but as developers move from the prototype phase to the most expensive stage of civil security certification testing and expansion for manufacturing, not everyone will be able to find the money to continue. The pioneering eVTOL developer, Kitty Hawk, was the first company to conduct an operating year through Agility Prime in 2021. Billionaire investor Larry Page abruptly closed the company in October amid doubts about whether he would be able to bring his autonomous aircraft to market soon.

Roper believes that there will be a healthy civil market for the winners. With Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall supposedly skeptical of eVTOLs, Roper argues that the military needs to recognize that U.S. competition for primacy with China is taking place mainly in commercial technology, so focusing on how much the Pentagon benefits directly from electric aircraft is not the only decisive factor.

“The biggest impact of Agility Prime is that this is an emerging market that will probably be worth a lot in terms of value, in terms of jobs created, in terms of global impact,” Roper said. "It will be a market with a US zip code."

Source: Forbes

Tags: AFWERXAgility PrimeMilitary AviationeVTOLUSAF - United States Air Force / US Air Force

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Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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El avión eléctrico ya es presente

El fabricante Eviation acaba de completar con éxito allí el primer vuelo de Alice, un avión eléctrico y de ala fija. La demostración fue breve, pero ha permitido a la firma lograr dos objetivos importantes: demostrar los avances en su proyecto y recabar datos para perfeccionar el modelo. Alice —precisa la compañía en un comunicado— despegó del Aeropuerto Internacional del Condado de Grant, en el estado de Washington, a las 7.10 h de la mañana y voló durante ocho minutos a una altitud de algo más de un kilómetro. La experiencia fue breve, pero se ajustó al guion y anima a la compañía a hablar del “éxito” de la maniobra e incluso de un “vuelo histórico”. “Hemos electrificado con éxito los cielos con el inolvidable primer vuelo de Alice —celebra el presidente de la compañía, Gregory Davis—. La gente ya conoce el aspecto y sonido de una aviación asequible, limpia y sostenible por primera vez con un avión de ala fija totalmente eléctrico”. Más allá del entusiasmo de la empresa, lo interesante de Alice son sus características. La aeronave incorpora dos unidades de propulsión eléctrica magni650 de magniX y tiene una capacidad de carga máxima de unos 1.100 kilos en la versión adaptada para transportar viajeros, lo que, calcula la compañía, le permitiría transporta hasta nueve pasajeros, además de dos tripulantes. También puedes leer: La vida pudo llegar del espacio y la curiosa alineación de las pirámides En la versión para mercancías el peso sería algo mayor y rondaría los 2.600 kilos. La empresa asegura que sus modelos permiten transportar pasaje o carga con “cero emisiones”. En cuanto a distancias, aspira precisamente a recorridos cortos, de menos de 500 kilómetros. “Eviation Alice está dirigido a los mercados de pasajeros y de carga y normalmente operará vuelos que van desde 150 a 250 millas”, señala la empresa, marcando una horquilla que situaría el grueso de las operaciones en un radio de aproximadamente entre 240 y 400 kilómetros. “Los aviones totalmente eléctricos harán que los viajes regionales sean más sostenibles desde el punto de vista económico y ambiental para las empresas y los consumidores”. A mayores, abunda la firma, Alice permite volar sin emisiones de carbono, con un coste de operación que se reduce a “una fracción” de lo que cuestan los vuelos en jet privado o turbohélices de alta gama y —lo que resulta igual de importante— reduciendo además “de forma significativo” el ruido de las operaciones. “Esta nueva generación de aeronaves tiene el poder de transformar comunidades al brindar acceso a aeropuertos que actualmente no son utilizados por vuelos comerciales debido a problemas de ruidos u horarios de operación restringidos”, recalca Eviation Aicraft entre las ventajas de Alice. https://twitter.com/EviationAero/status/1574855036349386763?ref_src=twsrctfwtwcamptweetembedtwterm1574855036349386763twgr25f8da757564e75567e95978fd7f7de4f63220cftwcons1_&ref_url=httpswww.xataka.commovilidadasi-alice-avion-totalmente-electrico-que-aspira-a-revolucionar-le-aviacion-regional-ha-logrado-su-primer-vuelo La compañía no es la única que aspira a dar un impulso decisivo a la aviación eléctrica. A parte de naves como Kitty Hawk o AutoFlight y los eVTOL pensados para operar como taxis o el transporte de carga, hay otras firmas que están apostando también por los viajes de mayor radio. En 2021 Wright Electric presentó el concepto de un modelo de cien asientos que aspira a eliminar emisiones contaminantes en trayectos de hasta 1.300 km y hace solo unos meses Beta Technologies daba otro paso clave al completar un viaje de 2.300 kilómetros, entre Nueva York y Arkansas, con su aeronave eléctrica Alia. El viaje, eso sí, se realizó a lo largo de ocho jornadas —el tiempo total de vuelo fue de aproximadamente doce horas— y el respaldo de una red de estaciones de carga. A Eviation le queda aún camino por delante, pero por lo pronto sus expectativas comerciales no son malas. La compañía asegura que Cape Air y Global Crossing Airlines, aerolíneas regionales con sede en EEUU, le han encargado ya 75 y 50 unidades de Alice, respectivamente. DHL Express estaría también interesada en su modelo para mercancías y habría pedido una docena de eCargo.   Read the full article

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ВВС США признали годность в военной службе электрического самолёта Alia 250 eVTOL

#ВВС #США признали годность в военной службе электрического самолёта #Alia250 #eVTOL

Частная авиастроительная компания Beta Technologies, базирующаяся в Вермонте, получила допуск от ВВС США своего электрического самолёта Alia 250 eVTOL к проведению лётных испытаний в интересах военного ведомства. Взаимодействие Beta Technologies и ВВС США идёт в рамках государственной программы Agility Prime. Целью программы является оценка пригодности передовых технологий электрической…