The simulator features a GNS 430, a cylindrical visual with three channels and a vibration system. The simulator replicates a Bell 206 helicopter, and will be used for initial training and practice for Bell 206 normal and emergency procedures. This device will be seventh H01/Bell 206 FNPT II simulator manufactured by Entrol.
A data lake fed by Airbus, its suppliers and airline customers are to be the backbone for all the improvement efforts in design, development, manufacturing and servicing that the European aerospace firm will carry out in future. Called Digital Design Manufacturing and Services (DDMS) it includes existing software such as enterprise resource planning, product data managem...
An update on August 24, 2019, to the TSA’s procedures for its Known Crewmember program would have required flight crew to be in uniform in order to use its expedited security screening. Now, the update is on hold after intervention from pilot and flight attendant unions. The change would have gone into effect on August 28. It was planned for implementation on the heel...
Phillips Federal dedicates its services to partnering with the US Government to solve their toughest manufacturing challenges. Adding TruePath to their milling machine options will provide new capabilities for customers in hardware and software. “We are excited about our partnership with CAMplete, and we feel that it is an excellent solution to add to our database for...
Dedicated exclusively to Nakamura-Tome’s line of turning centres, TurnMill V9 includes enhancements to 3D rendering, simulation improvements, and additional post processing support. TurnMill is sold and supported in the US through Methods Machine Tools and Multiaxis, in Canada through Elliott Matsuura, and in the UK and Ireland through the Engineering Technology Group...
Open Mind Technologies develops optimised CAM solutions that include a high number of innovative features not available elsewhere to deliver significantly higher performance in both programming and machining. Strategies such as 2.5D, 3D as well as 5-axis milling/mill turning, and machining operations like HSC and HPC are efficiently built into the hyperMILL CAM system. h...
Once the courses are completed, pilots can then obtain FAA authorization to use EFVS-to-touchdown operations that will allow them to begin instrument approaches when visibilities are lower than the published approach minimums. “These courses will also help pilots identify failures affecting the aircraft’s EFVS capability and then to apply the appropriate contingency proc...
The Vilnius, Lithuania-based company, part of the Avia Solutions Group, has already developed walk-around inspection and fueling VR training modules, with highly realistic graphics and sound effects, and plans to add de-icing and anti-icing modules by the end of the year. BGS, which operates in eight central and eastern European countries, is currently moving its own tra...
L3 Commercial Aviation said it plans to open a U.S.-based airline training center near Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) as the company seeks to address the growing pilot shortage in the United States. The training center in Arlington, Texas, will offer pilot training courses and dry leasing options for airline customers using L3's RealitySeven full-flight...
CGTech’s VERICUT is widely used in aerospace and defence to improve the efficiency of all types of CNC machine tools. VERICUT is CNC machine simulation, verification and optimisation software that enables users to eliminate the process of manually proving-out NC programs. VERICUT simulates all types of CNC machining, including multi-axis milling, drilling and trimming of...
There’s no doubt that we live in a data-driven age, particularly in the manufacturing industry. So many elements of these businesses are reliant on computing and software, whether it be for designing and manufacturing components to admin tasks, such as invoicing or the payroll. When it comes to manufacturing parts and production control, the roots of modern-day Materi...
Hydraulics Online, which specialises in systems design and the supply of equipment for hydraulic projects globally, has been involved in the restoration of Concorde aircraft at Manchester Airport, the Imperial War Museum, Duxford and the Brooklands Museum in Surrey. The business supplied tailored hydraulic system designs to restore the aircraft’s famous ‘droop’ nose a...
The new office will offer direct support to existing DP Technology resellers, technology partners and customers in the UK and Ireland. The local team comprises Chris Edwards and Fraser Lovatt, both seasoned professionals in the CAD/CAM industry with previous work experience at Delcam, Schlumberger Applicon and Autodesk. They have been recently joined by Paul Richards ...
Led by UCL, the centre will expand on the original PETRAS (Privacy, Ethics, Trust, Reliability, Acceptability and Security) hub, which saw a consortium of 11 universities and dozens of industry partners come together in 2016 for IoT research. PETRAS 2 will now specifically focus on the opportunities and challenges from computing becoming more decentralised. Artificial in...
The increasing customer demand for greater Connected Aircraft technologies and services goes well beyond providing a seamless cabin experience for passengers – it spans maintenance and fleet management personnel, as well as flight and ground crews. Q) What is driving the types of connectivity trends and demands placed on your company by today’s customers? Our custo...
HeliDax, AMS (Aircraft Maintenance Systems) and Safran Electronics & Defense have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on a complete digital chain based on the Cassiopée range of flight data analysis services. This new solution, which was announced at Heli-Expo 2019, is billed as a world first for helicopters. The partnership between Safran, HeliDax and AMS focuse...
As “Official Innovation Partner” for the competition, Altair will support the Startup Booster Competition, part of the JEC Startup Booster program. Altair’s senior director of composites technology, Jeff Wollschlager, is a member of the high-level jury. The three winners of the competition will each receive six-month licenses for Altair HyperWorks. Altair will host a ...
Each product includes the most flexible and intuitive user interface in the industry. While the BuildIT 2019 solution suite is tightly integrated with Faro hardware products to enable a best-in-class Faro solution experience, it also enables consistent, high-quality outcomes for non-Faro hardware products. BuildIT Metrology 2019 elevates the standard for workflow o...
The FlightSafety UAS Learning Center near Las Vegas will have operations in the suburb of Henderson, as well as at Searchlight Airport (1L3), about 50 miles south of Henderson. FlightSafety has not named a specific location for the training center in Wichita, though it will be established “before the end of this year,” FlightSafety director of unmanned systems training f...
The facility was established to support the growth of India’s civil aviation sector and meet the demand for new pilots. According to an Airbus estimate, India needs more than 25,000 new pilots over the next 20 years. The centre features an A320 flight simulator to enable full-flight simulation and will also offer programmes on aircraft procedure training, computer-...
The mind boggles when it comes to overseeing the entire lifecycle of an aircraft programme. Design, review, manufacture, review and iterate ad infinitum – one can end up feeling like a mouse in a maze! How can we better look at things collaboratively, holistically across design and manufacturing simultaneously as opposed to a design down-streaming into manufacturing and ...
Known as EDRS-D, the proposed communication node is to be positioned over the Asia-Pacific before 2025 in order to expand the communication capacity and coverage of the Airbus-operated SpaceDataHighway system. According to the agreement, Airbus and JSAT will co-finance design and development studies for the satellite payload, as well as the system as a whole. The a...
The LSAS will cover payloads up to 150kg and is expected to support ESA’s In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) initiative. The initiative will focus on landing landers on the Moon to test technologies to produce oxygen, water and other raw materials from lunar soil. It will also involve the collection and evaluation of samples of the Moon’s earth. “At OHB, we have c...
On the last Saturday in January – this Saturday in fact – the Chicago chapter of the 99s holds its VFR/IFR aviation safety expo typically drawing 300 people from Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana, mostly pilots in search of a day of brush-up training. Noted aviator Amelia Earhart was the first president of this international organization for wom...
The agency detailed the ongoing project during a recent meeting of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s Simplified Vehicle Operations Subcommittee at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, the association said. There, the FAA gave a presentation, “A Revolutionary Cockpit Concept Research Sponsored by the FAA Office of Policy and In...
An amendment to 14 CFR 61.57, the area of the Federal Aviation Regulations that handles recent flight experience requirements for pilots in command, came into effect this week allowing instrument rated pilots to maintain currency in the comfort of their own homes. And adding to the ease of which pilots can keep legal, those pilots no longer need to pay an instructor to h...
RPI’s iMAP, which reduces inspection times by 90% and improve gauge repeatability and reproducibility by up to 10 times, will be used by Rolls-Royce to measure and assemble engine turbine rotors at its sites in Derby and Germany. Atlanta-based Delta Airlines, who carry out maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the Rolls-Royce Trent engine have also purchased a RPI...
Pilots transitioning to turboprop-powered airplanes or those who want to learn more can get a better understanding of the Pratt & Whitney PT6 engine they operate through FlightSafety International’s PT6 engine familiarization course. “The course includes basic theory, engine to airframe interface, and best practices while operating the engine,” said FlightSafety’s sen...
Faced with more global competition, today’s aerospace manufacturing environment sees companies striving to be leaner, more efficient and more flexible than ever before. Through the application of the latest robotic automation technology, there are opportunities for manufacturing companies to gain a firm foothold by producing the correct specification goods more cost-e...
Aerospace programme cycles determine the lifecycles and operation of line-replaceable unit (LRU) test systems. Many aerospace LRU testers are still in service because programmes didn’t include the budget or time to update and extend the capability of deployed systems. Proposing changes to the status quo solution can be difficult, since programmes must balance the time an...
Back in 1899, Wilbur and Orville Wright, the inventors of the aeroplane, put their first model to flight. They faced several problems, including insufficient lift and deviation from the intended direction. Following a trial flight in 1901, Wilbur said to Orville that man would not fly in a thousand years. Since this occasion, good design has dispelled Wilbur’s theory. ...
ESI Group, leading innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and services for manufacturing industries, announces its presence at the International Paris Air Show from June 19 to 25, 2017 in Le Bourget, France. Powering the fully virtual development of future products, ESI’s technology is at the heart of the Industry 4.0 megatrend. ESI offers disruptive Virtual Prototypi...
The Global Flight Simulator Market is poised to grow at a CAGR of around 4.8% over the next decade to reach approximately $9.5 billion by 2025. Some of the prominent trends that the market is witnessing include UAV (unmanned aired vehicle) flight simulator is gaining popularity, lack of standards in flight stimulators, recent technological developments of flight simulato...
The new Frasca Level 5 FTD will be used by Aero Asahi for H125 pilot training as well as to provide operational training for offshore, emergency medical service (EMS), search-and-rescue (SAR) and electric power line patrol missions. “The number one priority for AAC’s aviation business is to ensure the highest levels of safety possible in all of its operations,” said To...
With the addition of the Thales EC135 full-flight simulator, the Haite training center in Tianjin will be instrumental in meeting the increasing demand for helicopter pilot training in China, offering unrivalled training packages to emergency medical services and commercial operators for both training new pilots and gearing up existing pilots in complex and demanding mis...
Aircraft Design Software (ADS) allows users make a complete conceptual design of a single or multi engine aircraft of different sizes, from the small UAV to the light commuter aircraft. Didier Breyne, founder and managing director of OAD, developed the software 20 years ago, but it was first put on the market in 2009. Having undergone many updates since its initial relea...
