An aerial infrared imaging flight was performed at the Cary Institute of Ecological Studies property by Davis Aviation to estimate the minimum number of deer present on the property. This data is useful for management of the Cary deer herd. Flights were conducted on the nights of 30 and 31 January 2020.
Imaging was accomplished with a single-engine Cessna 182 airplane and using a high-resolution Mitsubishi M-600 thermal imager oriented ‘looking’ straight down through a camera hole in the belly of the airplane. The thermal imager NTSC video output was routed through a video encoder-decoder (VED) that labeled the imagery with a continuous stream of GPS-derived position, time, date, speed and altitude information.
After the flight, imagery was analyzed using a TV monitor and a computer monitor. As the imagery played, the VED decoded the bar-coded GPS signal that was received from the GPS during the flight. The VED recreated the original GPS signal and sent it to the computer so the mobile mapping software ‘thinks’ it is receiving a live signal. The mapping software shows the moving position of the airplane superimposed over aerial imagery of the count area on the computer screen while the recorded infrared imagery of the area below the airplane is visible on the TV monitor. The GPS updates the airplane position once per second throughout the flight and at the same rate during the post-flight analysis.
The entire recorded imagery has been reviewed and individual deer identified and marked on the map.
Contact the author for data files. Fargionem@caryinstitute.org
Description of files:
Cary deer count report 30-31 Jan 2020.pdf
Report describing methods and results of January 30,31 2020 aerial infrared flight of Cary property
PDF of ArcGIS map of Cary property features overlaid with deer and turkey locations
PDF of ArcGIS map of Cary property features including airphotos overlaid with deer and turkey locations
Cary deer points 30_31 Jan20.kml
File containing deer and turkey locations from aerial infrared flight in Google Earth-readable format that was used to create ArcGIS shapefiles
Keyhole Marking Language (KML)
GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONSurvey covered the entire Cary property in the Town of Washington and Town of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, NY as of January, 2020. This included the Cary main contiguous parcel and the parcel south of Route 44. The Tompkins Farm parcel in the Town of Clinton was not included.
TIME PERIODBegin date: 1-30-2020
End date: 1-31-2020
Data collection is completed.
METHODOLOGYMethods are described in report (Cary deer count report 30 31 Jan 2020.pdf).
Taxonomic species or groupsOdocoileus virginianus (White-tailed deer)
Meleagris gallopavo (Wild turkey)
Collaborator 1Lawrence R. Davis
Pilot and data analyst
516 Beryl Drive,
Kent, OH, 44240


It’s no secret that I love my DJI Spark drone! It gives you a whole different perspective of your surroundings. As a camera, I find that the pictures come out so well that they require minimal editing…most of these photos have had no editing at all! It’s small enough that I’ve still been able to carry on travelling with just cabin baggage, despite having all the extra gear.
As a fairly new drone pilot I’m still learning the ins and outs of travelling with a drone, but I thought I would share with you some of my experiences so far! I bought a DJI Spark because it’s one of the smallest drones out there, yet still produces good images and videos! One of my biggest priorities when I bought it, was that it had to be small enough to be able to travel with easily! But it’s not as simple as getting on a plane and then sending it up when you arrive in the destination, there’s a lot to consider.
I don’t remember the last time I was so excited about buying something that wasn’t a plane ticket! I’ve wanted a drone for a while and after deciding against buying one of the cheap pocket drones, I opted for the DJI Spark…which is still tiny…but amazing. I was worried that as a newbie pilot I would be awful at flying it but it was fairly easy to pick up!


TNPSC Current Affairs June 2017
1.ISRO had launched heaviest rocket from Sriharikota.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had launched heaviest ever rocket Geo Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III ). It carried 3,136-kg GSAT-19 communications satellite, the heaviest ever lifted by an Indian rocket till date.
The rocket can use take "Indians into space from Indian soil". The rocket is said to be as heavy as 200 full-grown Asian
- GSLV Mark III launch vehicle is capable of launching more than 4 ton satellites in geostationary orbit and 8 tonnes in a low Earth Orbit .
- ISRO is planned to send India’s Crew to space with the help GSLV Mk III rocket.
- GSLV MK III` consists of 2 solid strap on motors, one earth storable liquid core stage and the upper cryogenic stage- C25.
About Cryogenic Engine:
- Cryogenic is the study of substances at very low temperature in which gases like nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen become liquid at minus 150 degree or less.
- This is the reason we called this as cryogenics engine, which use liquid hydrogen and oxygen as fuel that are stored at minus 253 degrees and then ignited to burn at plus hundreds of degrees centigrade
- 'Cryogenic Engine was first used by US in 1963. India took almost 20 years to develop Cryogenic Engine.
About GSAT- 19
It is a multi-beam satellite with a mass of 3200 kg that will carry Ka and Ku band payload along with a Geostationary Radiation Spectrometer (GRASP) payload to monitor and study the nature of the charged particles and influence of space radiation on spacecraft and electronic components.It has life span of 10 years.
2.Census conducted in Orang tiger reserve, Assam.
Scientist has found 28 tigers in latest census conducted in Rajiv Gandhi Orang Tiger Reserve, Assam. It is the 49th Tiger Reserve which was declared last year.
About the Orang Tiger Reserve:
- It is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra, spread over Darrang and Sonitpur Districts of Assam.
- It is the fourth tiger Reserve forest in Assam, which has the smallest core of 78.28 sq.km.
- Orang Tiger Reserve is often called as the Mini Kaziranga due to its similar landscape.
- Orang tiger reserve has the highest density nationally of 35.44 sq.km, if we calculate density of tigers for 100 Sq.km,
- All India tiger estimation programme of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has revealed this count.
3.June 5 World Environment day
World Environment day has celebrated on June 5 all over the world with the 2017 theme of “connecting People to nature”.
It was chosen by this year hosting country Canada, with the aim to urges people to get outdoors and into nature to appreciate its beauty and its importance and call to protect the earth we share.
World Environment day was first celebrated in 1972, in order to raise the awareness to the people to safeguard the environment with the theme of “ Only one Earth”


Monthly club meetings are normally held on the 1st Wednesday of the month (Sept-May) at the mid-town Denny’s on Denali Street, starting at 6:30 pm.
Our next club meeting is October 4th, 2017
2017 LAUNCH SCHEDULE:
1. HPR Launches were conducted Jan-Mar, 2017… mostly on Big Lake.;
2. The Lake Louise HPR Launch was conducted on April 15th and 16th, 2017. Some folks will settled-in at the Lodge on Friday, April 14th with the bulk of the launches occurring on Saturday, April 15th. It was an amazing event;
3. The summer 2017 launch venue/schedule has yet to be nailed down. We hope to begin model rocket flight operations by mid-June. Check Facebook and/or our home page for “GO/NO-GO” messages.


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Ash is a senior software engineer and tech lead for an Earth Data Platform team at Planet, a public benefit company that operates over 200 Earth observation satellites with a mission to image the whole world every day, making change visible, accessible and actionable! Ash thinks Planet’s incredible Earth time-machine dataset is relevant to all Earth inhabitants and will enable humanity to better understand and care for our home planet.
Ash enjoys helping people from all walks of life and varied technical backgrounds learn to work with satellite data! In their time at Planet, Ash has contributed to APIs and integrations, machine learning models, developer tools, and applications geared toward transforming petabytes of satellite data into actionable insights. Prior to focusing on analytics and platform elements, Ash collaborated with space systems operators and space mission planners to build Mission Control APIs to support multiple concurrent satellite types and missions, a critical architectural foundation as Planet continues to develop new satellites and pursue additional innovative space missions.
Before joining Planet, Ash developed automated deep learning pipelines at Vidado, an AI platform startup extracting and digitizing data from paper sources for enterprises and nonprofits. The motivation was to help unlock “dark data” from paper archives by leveraging machine learning techniques to automate transformations of scanned pages into structured, querable datasets.
Longer ago, Ash studied energy transfer in photosythetic systems using lasers in an ultrafast spectroscopy lab. They like to say that they zoomed out and slowed down, by going from studying molecular scale dynamics on picosecond timescales to looking at the planet’s changes on a daily cadence.


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Despite the great number of ways in which a radar system can in principle be designed, one of these ways has been used to such an over- whelming degree. Radar Systems. Page 1. Radar Systems. Radar stands for RAdio Detection And Ranging. It is a type of radio system where radio signals are used to determine. Introduction to Radar Systems PDF (MIT). Lecture Notes. Introduction · Radar Equation · Propagation Effects · Target Radar Cross Section · Detection of Signals.
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Dec 12, 2022 By Victoria Grdina
University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Computing Associate Professor Justin Bradley was recently elected to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)’s Class of 2023 Associate Fellows.
The grade of Associate Fellow recognizes individuals who have accomplished or been in charge of important engineering or scientific work, who have done original work of outstanding merit, or who have otherwise made outstanding contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.
To be selected as an AIAA Associate Fellow, an individual must be an AIAA Senior Member in good standing, with at least 12 years of professional experience, and be recommended by three current Associate Fellows.
“It's an honor to be considered amongst those who have contributed significantly to the aerospace research and industry,” Bradley said. “I've been passionate about aviation since I was young, and I'm thrilled to be in a position where I can research and deploy the aircraft I love working with.”
Currently Bradley serves as co-director of the Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems (NIMBUS) Lab, which conducts research in software and systems engineering, robotics, sensor networks, and dependable UAVs. Bradley’s research specifically focuses on the intersection of control and computing with applications in aerospace and robotic vehicles. His recent projects include developing drone swarm enhancements for the U.S. Army and enhancing drones’ and robots’ abilities to sense and adapt to changing environments.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense.
For more information on the AIAA Honors Program or AIAA Associate Fellows, visit www.aiaa.org.


In 2015, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines took delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner. The airline’s initial order for the type included nine 787-9 variants. The aircraft were delivered in KLM’s new color scheme, and are named after flowers. This decal provides the required markings including all ship names and corresponding registrations for any of the nine aircraft in the KLM fleet. Our latest Next Generation DIGITAL Silk decal is available in both 1:144 scale for the Zvezda kit as well as in 1:200 scale for the Hasegawa kit. Click on either image to be linked into our secure store site.


SDO 50 V2
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From take off to landing, Curtiss-Wright technologies operate, monitor and control flight systems, weapons deployment, and data analysis for nearly every fighter aircraft program in the sky, as well as the latest unmanned aerial vehicles, while aiding critical intelligence and surveillance needs of our military forces.
Curtiss-Wright technologies operate on-board many of today’s critical military fixed-wing, rotorcraft and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms. Our broad array of components for aerospace defense applications span actuators, position sensors, pilot controls, flight test instrumentation, data concentrators and recorders to name a few. We also use our surface technologies applications to enhance the performance of critical aircraft structural and jet engine components.
A key program that we support is the F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter Program, where Curtiss-Wright provides actuation equipment for the Ordnance Hoist System and Ordnance Quick Latch System as well as embedded computing and sensor electronics. Another is the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft, designed to provide long-range surveillance and reconnaissance. Our single board computer, data communication, sensors, and graphics and video products enable this aircraft to carry out its mission. In addition, our weapons bay door drive system opens and closes large doors installed on the bottom of the aircraft, allowing the deployment of surveillance devices or weapons during flight.
The ability to collect data effectively through intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance contributes to advancing military situational awareness, which leads to enhanced capability, efficiency and safety. UAVs provide this essential information without risking lives. The U.S. Air Force’s Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance UAV whose flight control, sensors, mission operations and navigation are managed by Curtiss-Wright’s Integrated mission and Sensor Management Systems, which essentially act as the brain of the aircraft. The U.S. Navy’s version of the Global Hawk, called the Triton, provides persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to protect the fleet. It also has the capability to detect, track, classify and identify maritime and littoral targets. Curtiss-Wright supports this significant defense platform by supplying the Advanced Mission Management System and the Integrated Mission Management Computer.
On military helicopters, we provide state-of-the-art electronics, including sensors and embedded computing products. In addition, our video management system maximizes the effectiveness of airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions by enabling multiple operators to view, control and record live video and mapping information in helicopters, such as the U.S. Army’s new Lakota light utility helicopter fleet. We maintain a solid presence on several of today’s key helicopter platforms, including the Black Hawk, Apache, Seahawk and Chinook.
In the future, the U.S. Marine Corps will deploy the Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter from amphibious platforms to transport personnel and equipment and carry heavy external cargo loads. We expect to have a solid technological presence on this aircraft including transducers that control the main and tail rotors, data concentrator units for monitoring, processing data and controlling various subsystem components, and blade fold technology used to execute the folding or spreading of the main rotor blades, key to the CH-53K’s compatibility for effective shipboard deployment.


Air hostess Jobs are one of the most sought after career in the aviation job market. As the airline industry continues to expand to meet growing consumer demand, more and more young people are taking up Air hostess Jobs. In an air hostess job the employees are expected to excel in customer service and always remain friendly, approachable and enthusiastic with a good sense of self presentation. A flight attendant job can be physically demanding and you must be prepared to be flexible to work any day of the year. The primary role of the cabin crew is to ensure the safety of passengers. In addition to this, they make sure that the passengers have a comfortable and pleasant flight.
The aviation sector is growing at a rapid pace and according to the industry experts, the growth is expected to continue in the years to come. Due to this steady growth, this aviation sector is creating ample job opportunities and the air hostess jobs are considered to be very prestigious and challenging. The following are the positive aspects of the job of an air hostess:
• A great chance to visit exotic locations and see the world in the work hours
• Living a lavish life with five star accommodations
• Good salaries, excellent perks and many facilities such as pick and drop
• Chance to meet celebrities
Aviation industry is an important industry of United States . The growth in this industry has heavily affected the country’s economy. It has resulted into growth in other sectors. Cabin Crew Jobs in USA are important job positions in aviation industry of United States. United States has many airlines that offer cabin crew jobs such as Continental Airlines, which is one of the major US operators and operates fleet ranging from short haul carrier to long haul carrier. In terms of passengers, American Airlines is the world’s largest air carrier.
How to Become an Air Hostess?
All air hostess aspirants should know about the air hostess requirements and air hostess restrictions, so that they can chalk out a plan to fulfill their dream. High school diploma is the minimum educational qualification to become an air hostess. However, in many cases, candidates who have completed their college degree are given first preference by reputed international airlines. A degree in mass communication, psychology would be an added advantage for becoming an air hostess. Air hostess requirements include FAA certification which is mandatory for all the flight attendants along with qualities such as good workplace communication skills, knowledge to speak fluent English, knowing some foreign languages, decent and polite behavior, etc. Read more on importance of communication skills. You can get a FAA certification, only if you complete the training contents such as dealing with terrorism, providing first aid, training in dealing with fire and water survival and knowing how to successfully operate the emergency materials or equipments.
The requirements to become an air hostess also include being of the age group of seventeen to twenty five years and having a good personality, presence of mind and interpersonal skills. If you complete a diploma in aviation, you will learn all the functions of an air hostess along with the ground duty rules and regulations. The duration of the training courses for air hostess training can be between six months to one and a half year. Its also important to have a good vision and meet the height and weight standards set by various airlines. All air hostess need to be mentally and physically fit to deal with the long working hours and emergencies. Thus, hard work and patience are the very important air hostess requirements. Readiness to work at odd hours of the day and also on weekends and holidays is a must for aspiring air hostesses.
What an Air Hostess shall do?
Air hostesses teach the safety rules and regulations for safe flying. They help passengers wearing the seat belts during take-off and landing of the plane and ensure their comfort and make sure they feel comfortable. Providing the passengers with snacks, beverages, pillows and blankets are also the job responsibilities of an air hostess. Air hostesses are trained for using the first aid, which helps to deal with injuries. Checking tickets, helping the passengers find their seats and keeping their belongings in a safe way are also the tasks performed by flight attendants. Thus, the air hostesses ensure that all people have a fine traveling experience.
According to a survey, the median salary for air hostesses is around US $40,000. However, with experience, you can earn upto US $60,000 annually. The salary for fresh air hostess can be anything between US $16,000 to US $22,000. Air hostesses also receive benefits, perks, and health and life insurance facilities. Thus the career as an air hostess which is an airline job is truly a rewarding one. However, only those with a keen interest to become an air hostess will succeed in this glamorous career.


March 6, 2011
In the wake of EADS’s announcement on March 4 that it would not protest the U.S. Air Force’s award of the KC-46A program to Boeing there has been a lot of talk that the big tanker war is now over.
But that may be a far too narrow view of the massive program.
With the competitive phase now over, the Pentagon has lost one of its best tools to hold industry’s feet to the fire. When there was no competition, Boeing was ready to charge the U.S. government $42 billion for the KC-135 replacement program. Thanks to the intervention by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who nixed the sole source contract arrangement on the table a decade ago, the U.S. taxpayer will now end up paying $10 billion less for an aircraft that should be more capable.
However, the risk now is that with competition out of the way, the tanker price will start creeping up. Yes, the deal is being structured as a fixed price contract, but history has seen ample examples of such arrangements being changed — either because the government changes requirements or because a company pleads its future is at risk if it does not get contractual relief.
The USAF was very diligent during this last round of the KC-X program to structure a competition that was protest proof. It now needs to put as much effort into making sure Boeing has no excuse to require a price revision.
The tanker war between EADS and Boeing may be over, but that doesn’t mean there will not be a tanker war between Boeing and the U.S. taxpayer.
January 17, 2011
There has been a persistent drum beat in Europe about a split buy in the U.S. Air Force’s KC-X tanker program.
Now, with the Pentagon about to solicit “best and final” offers from Boeing and EADS, there are again rumblings in Europe of a split buy. EADS officials note they will talk to the Pentagon about any deal that involves buying their A330-based tankers, whether it is a dual-buy or an outright win.
It is not quite clear what is driving Europe’s insistence a split buy is looming.
One possibility is that the Pentagon’s decision, last month, to split the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship, is seen as a sign of what is to come. There are big differences, though, between the LCS and KC-X situation; whereas the two LCS designs differ significantly, which could explain why the Pentagon may have decided to take a closer look at the operational benefits of each, that is not the case on the tanker program. Buying a 767-based and A330-based tanker hardly comapares with the operational differences offered by buying both a monohull and catamaran. Replicating the LCS situation on tanker would require one bidder to offer, perhaps, a blended wing body.
So why does the split buy idea keep being resurrected, especially given that, time and time again the Pentagon has said an acquisition of both is not a road it wants to pursue? Among European program watchers, the customer’s preference does not seem to mean much. One likely reason is that in Europe, customer interests are usually subservient to industrial interests and political expedience, so a split would be a natural choice.
Perhaps the best chance for a split buy is competition and program fatigue. The original tanker acquisition plan — at the time conceived as a lease — is now almost a decade old. Will the Pentagon and Congress tire of another competition, GAO protest, and lack of progress to actually fielding hardware to replace the aging KC-135s? If so, perhaps the Europeans may end up being right, even if at the cost of extra taxpayer money being spent on tankers throughout the program’s life.
November 16, 2010
The Airshow China typically has its collection of interesting models. Here’s a few of the concepts that are perhaps a bit further from representing a real military threat to anyone, but are fun to look at nonetheless.
The first is from Avicopter. It has no name and details are scant, but it’s a fun concept to look at:
Second is the wing folding unmanned aircraft, the ASN-213 from the Xi’an ASN Technology Group:
And the ASN-211 flapping wing air vehicle, of a mere 220 grams, with a span of 600 mm.
November 9, 2010
The U.S. Air Force recently unveiled the ASQ-236, a previously classified radar pod for the F-15E:
What is not quite clear is what special capabilities the system offers beyond the all-weather capability. One theory is it may have counter-IED uses, although that would not have been a primary mission given development began before that threat was front-and-center on the minds of military planners. So perhaps the real value is simply the high-resolution synthetic aperture radar capabilities.
Here’s the USAF write up for the system:
|U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet
|AN/ASQ-236 RADAR POD
The AN/ASQ-236 Radar Pod contains synthetic aperture radar that provides detailed maps for surveillance, coordinate generation and bomb impact assessment purposes. This technology provides Combat Air Forces with the ability to precisely geo-locate points of interest and conduct surveillance activities day or night, in adverse weather conditions.
Operational on the F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft, the AN/ASQ-236 pod system is externally mounted and fully integrated with the aircraft. The radar pod is a self-contained system consisting of an antenna, inertial navigation system, and environmental cooling system. The antenna is attached to a positioner plate that allows it to move about the roll axis.
The pod design also incorporates a fully automated built-in-test, or BIT, that indicates the health of the system to the operator and maintenance crews. The BIT allows fault isolation to the line-replaceable module level enabling high system availability.
Recognizing the need for an all-weather precision geo-location and reconnaissance system with the reliability and performance inherent in Active Electronically Scanned Array radars, the U.S. Air Force with Northrop Grumman embarked on a program in the late 1990s to design, fabricate, test and field a unique radar system known as the AN/ASQ-236.
Information concerning the design, development, and production of the ASQ-236 is classified to protect critical technologies and improved operational capabilities. By leveraging the technology development associated with the F-22 Raptor, the release of this new sensor will enhance all-weather precision geo-location and provide greater surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities supporting current and future operations.
Primary function: Precision geo-location and non-traditional intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance
Prime Contractor: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Length: 130 inches (3.302 meters)
Diameter: 20 inches (0.508 meters)
Weight: 1, 000 pounds (454 kilograms)
Date Deployed: June 2009
Point of Contact
96th Air Base Wing, Public Affairs Office, 101 West D Avenue, Suite 109; Eglin AFB, FL 32542; 850-882-3931.
November 9, 2010
Check out this specially modified Beech 1900C, with two pylons and bomb rack:
The C-12J belongs to the USAF’s 586th Flight Test Sq. and is used for weapons testing.
The system was first used to support development of the Laser Maverick.
January 30, 2010
Here some early glimpses of what will be flying at this year’s Singapore Airshow:
RAAF F-111 At Singapore Airshow 2010
Singapore shows the RSAF's Conformal AEW aircraft
An RSAF F-16 and Apache fly in formation at the Singapore Airshow
November 8, 2009
The Brazilian fighter competition is proving how hard it is for the U.S. to make the case it will support technology transfer demands posed by potential buyers of U.S. equipment.
Brazil has been asking for extensive technology transfer as it considers buying the Dassault Rafale, Saab Gripen or Boeing F/A-18E/F. Early in the competition, the knock on the U.S. campaign was that Washington wouldn’t let enough technology transfer take place to satisfy the Brazilian government. However, U.S. officials say that eventually changed, and that the U.S. put together an extensive tech transfer package.
But in Brazil there are apparently still questions about the U.S. technology release approach, as this article highlights. If Brazilian defense minister Nelson Jobim really doesn’t have confidence in the U.S. committment, then that’s bad news for Boeing, regardless of what promises may have been made when the aircraft maker, along with its rivals, submitted final bids last month.
Washington should get an answer soon, with Brazil promising to announce by year-end the winner of its muddled fighter competition — with President Lula having first announced Rafale had won, only for the military to say the competition was still open.
If Boeing can’t win, the Pentagon may want to undertake the kind of after action France undertook after Rafale failed repeatedly to secure export orders.


The 5th IFAR Summit 2014 was held in Zhuhai from 8 to 12 November, 2014, during the occasion of the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China). The Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (CAE) hosted senior level representatives from IFAR participating organizations. During the Summit, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of South Africa, and the Centre for Excellence and Innovation in the Automotive Industry (CEIIA) of Portugal were accepted as new members bringing the total number of participating nations to 26.
The purpose of IFAR is to connect research organizations worldwide to enable the information exchange in the field of aviation research with the objective to identify areas of mutually beneficial collaboration. In addition to its scientific and technical expertise, IFAR also promotes exchanges on education and of young aviation scientists and engineers. During the Summit, IFAR members discussed their technical collaboration in several areas of importance to the global civil aviation community, including the impact of aviation on the environment, alternative fuels for aviation, global approach to air traffic management research, supersonic aircraft, and wind tunnel testing. The Summit highlighted the results achieved by the alternative aviation fuels working group and prospects for future mutually beneficial collaborative work in the areas of noise and the reducing the adverse impact of weather. The members also participated in the IFAR Café session, which provided an opportunity to discuss global challenges and opportunities facing aviation, and reaffirmed the importance of global cooperation to achieve common objectives.
A web-based communication and database platform, IFARLink (www.ifarlink.aero), which has been established for exclusive use by IFAR members was endorsed as a mechanism to support the exchange of information and further improvement of IFAR technology databases. This unique tool is facilitating the initiative on exchange of education and promotion of young IFAR scientists and engineers where concrete activities are being defined and dialogues are taking place through the use of virtual conferencing. IFAR members also supported the work of young researchers that met during the Summit, in which twelve participants from China, Germany, Japan, Russia, and South Korea exchanged views on the future of Aviation to contribute to IFAR´s future vision.
IFAR members participated in and supported actively the 7th China International Aviation & Aerospace Forum, which was presented by State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, PRC (under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), and co-organized by the Zhuhai Municipal People’s Government; China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation; China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation; Aviation Industry Corporation of China; Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd.; Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics; and Chinese Society of Astronautics. The forum themes focused on the “Participation, Cooperation & Contribution: Future of Aviation and Aerospace Industry,” and “Aviation Change the Life.” The forum was attended by more than 400 guests including representatives from the Chinese government, industry, and academia leaders. Li Yuanchao, Vice President of the People´s Republic of China invited the IFAR leaders to update him on IFAR activities, and discuss the importance of global collaboration to meet the future aviation challenges of the future. This theme was also discussed at a meeting of IFAR members with Lin Zuoming, President of Aviation Industry Cooperation of China (AVIC).
The outcomes of this Summit were summarized in a declaration.
Jaiwon Shin, NASA, IFAR-Chair (second from left), Kazuhiro Nakahashi, JAXA, IFAR-Vice Chair, Joachim Szodruch, IFAR Past Chair, Summit host, Prof. Xinguo Zhang, CAE, at November 2014 press conference at the Zhuhai Airshow, China


The Air and Space Domain - Collaboration with partners and faster acquisition
Key recommendations and themes (Air and Space)
In the Air Domain, the DSR recommends that:
- Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles are integrated onto the F-35A and F/A-18F platforms, as well as equipping the F-35A with Joint Strike Missiles.
- Australia collaborates and shares technology with the United States relating to the MQ-28A Ghost Bat.
In the Space Domain, the DSR recommends that:
- Space Command is integrated into Joint Capabilities Group.
- A centralised function is established for the development and management of Space Domain capabilities.
- A system is developed to maintain a skilled workforce.
- The Australian Defence Force (ADF) stays on the cutting edge by adopting approaches which emphasise the speed of capability acquisition.
What does this mean for Defence procurement?
- The Commonwealth may consider engaging with the US Government through Foreign Military Sales (FMS) arrangements to upgrade the long-range strike missile capability of its fourth and fifth generation jets, which would require additional layers of compliance with US export controls. When proposing to collaborate with US Government on uncrewed aircraft and space capabilities, Defence could consider the impacts of incorporating US export-controlled technology into these platforms, within the context of their intended future use of the capabilities.
- In our analysis further below, we have described a number of options which could be utilised to facilitate expedited capability acquisition, particularly in the Government approval, requirement setting, procurement process, and contracting stages.
- Defence will need to ensure compliance with all applicable legislative and procurement policies and processes, including preparing robust and bespoke documentation and seeking specialist advice, to address the commercial, legal and probity risks in implementing an expedited procurement process.
The Air domain (in detail)
Compared to other domains, the DSR takes a light touch approach to the reprioritisation of capability acquisitions within the Air Domain. This could reflect the fact that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is already well positioned to deliver on the DSR’s strategy of military denial, for example through the acquisition of long-range strike missiles and air and missile defence capabilities.
The DSR highlights the following key priorities for the Air Domain:
Shoring up northern approaches
The DSR states that operations from Australia’s northern base network is a high priority for force structure design. In particular, it is recommended that the RAAF maintains northern air bases with appropriate hardening and dispersal. The Government has shown its commitment to this recommendation with the recent announcement of a $3.8 billion investment in bases across QLD, NT, the Cocos Islands and WA, with more than half being spent on RAAF bases alone (approximately $2 billion).
Emphasis on maritime and land strike capabilities
The DSR recommends that the long-range strike capabilities of the RAAF’s forth and fifth generation jets are improved, specifically:
- The F/A-18F Super Hornet is equipped with the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
- The F-35A Joint Strike Fighter is equipped with the LRASM and the Joint Strike Missile (JSM).
In order to operate the JSM, the F-35A will need to be upgraded to Block 4 configuration. This upgrade is already being rolled out across the US Joint Strike Fighter fleet and includes enhanced sensors and electronic warfare systems.
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and autonomous systems
The DSR recommends that Australia collaborates with the United States on the development of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat, an unmanned aircraft designed to be a cost-effective and easily replaceable alternative to crewed aircraft, and which can be integrated with other military systems and enhance Australia’s situational awareness and intelligence-gathering capabilities.
The MQ-28A Ghost Bat (a ‘Loyal Wingman’ capability) is a truly sovereign platform. It is the first military combat aircraft in more than 50 years to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia, and it is named after a species of bat native to Northern Australia.
In 2022, it was reported that the US Government was considering purchasing MQ-28A Ghost Bat aircraft for its own air fleet. In this context, the DSR moves Australia toward this opportunity to partner with the US, and encourages Australia to go even further by exploring follow-on co-development of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat capability.
The Space domain (in detail)
Similar to the Air Domain, the DSR does not recommend significant capability reprioritisation for the Space Domain. Instead, the DSR provides guiding principles in improving the ADF's space capabilities, namely:
- optimising capability assurance and communication provision. A recent announcement in this area is the selection of a preferred tender for JP9102 to deliver a sovereign military satellite communications system;
- balancing the cost of developing sovereign capabilities against the opportunities to collaborate with the US and other international partners; and
- adopting approaches which emphasise the speed of capability acquisition in order to match the speed of technology developments in the space domain. This includes procuring Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Military-Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) capabilities and investing in smaller, rapid acquisition projects.
Another key focus is on the organisational structure of the Space Command, including:
- adopting a whole-of-government and whole-of-nation approach to guide the development of the Space Domain;
- moving Space Command into the Joint Capabilities Group, instead of establishing a separate Space Force. This is consistent with the DSR's strategic recommendation for a focused integrated force;
- more appropriately phasing the funding for large projects allocated in the Integrated Investment Program;
- creating a centralised space domain capability development and management function; and
- establishing a program for building and sustaining a trained Defence space workforce.
Legal and contractual implications for Defence
The DSR’s recommendations across the Air and Space Domains raise key legal and commercial considerations in relation to capability acquisition:
Collaboration with the US and FMS
As the JSF and Super Hornet programs are delivered through FMS arrangements with the US Government, the Commonwealth may consider obtaining the recommended platform upgrades by expanding the scope of existing FMS cases.
This could mitigate funding and schedule risks. However, it will require the Commonwealth to ensure compliance with additional US export controls requirements and regulations, including bespoke requirements set out under the terms and conditions of Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOAs), as well as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITARs).
Further, the Commonwealth may need to increase the scope of its existing support contracts with Australian subsidiaries of relevant prime contractors to include services related to the upgrades. This will require negotiating contract variations to the extent that the upgrades are not already contemplated in extant support contracts.
Collaboration with the US on the development of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat and capabilities in the Space Domain may also give rise to export control considerations. Where US export-controlled technology (eg, hardware, software, source code or technical data) is incorporated into an Australian platform, the platform itself becomes subject to US export control restrictions (commonly referred to 'ITAR-tainting' or the 'see-through-rule'). The effect is that Australia may need to obtain US Government approval in order to sell, transfer or export the MQ-28A Ghost Bat and relevant space capabilities if any US export-controlled technology is incorporated into the platform. This is in addition to the usual legal risks arising from collaborative development of advanced technology, including intellectual property ownership and licensing, and commercialisation rights.
For further information on the requirements and considerations relating to ITAR and US export controls in Defence procurement, please see our recent article on this topic.
Staying on the cutting edge through timely delivery
There are a number of ways that Defence projects could be designed to facilitate more efficient capability acquisition. Some of those options include:
- Government approvals: as recommended in the DSR, the capability acquisition system (such as the capability life-cycle) could be reformed, which could include streamlining the approval gates through which certain projects must pass before delivery commences. This will require amendments to Defence’s procurement policies and procedures.
- Requirements setting: projects currently balance scope, quality, cost, and time when determining their requirements and deciding on an acquisition strategy. Setting requirements at the operational- or concept-level, with appropriately informed market testing and scoping studies, may allow Defence to engage with its suppliers within a shorter timeframe, although this would need to be balanced against longer-term quality and cost risks through contract delivery. The success of this approach would rely on developing a truly collaborative and outcomes-focused relationship between Defence and its relevant prime contractors.
Focusing on the operational requirements of a capability or platform (and not on detailed specifications and lengthy requirements setting) is consistent with the DSR’s recommendation to deliver affordable minimum viable capability in the shortest timeframe. Where this approach is adopted as part of the acquisition strategy for a capability, it would need to be implemented up-front through the project’s procurement planning (and contractual) documentation.
- Procurement process: the procurement process could assist projects to identify a successful tenderer and commence delivery sooner by:
- approach to market considerations. Where a particular capability has a limited number of suppliers or realistic competition (determined through scoping studies or other market-testing activities), projects could conduct limited or sole source procurements to streamline an otherwise open-market approach. This would need to be considered against the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, Defence’s Accountable Authority Instructions (AAIs), and other procurement policies. This should also be weighed against the overarching requirement to achieve (and verify) value for money in any procurement activity.
- favouring mature solutions. The procurement requirements (eg, essential requirements and evaluation criteria) may be drafted to favour mature systems (including COTS and MOTS) which will deliver minimum viable capability with minimal design changes or modifications.
- Projects should be aware that the procurement of mature systems may also lead to trading off commercial and legal protections, not just scope and quality.
- Suppliers of off-the-shelf solutions often take a ‘one size fits all’ approach to contracting (given the nature of the services) and may be unwilling to accept Defence’s standard terms without significant negotiation, or with increased risk margins reflected in pricing. This may counteract the intended benefit of procuring a mature system.
- conducting early risk mitigation and engagement. Projects may engage with industry early in the procurement process to ensure that the Commonwealth’s requirements appropriately align with industry’s capacity, approach, and expectations of risk before entering into a contract. Projects may even bring-forward preliminary services such that they are delivered by the preferred tenderer during the market stage rather than after contract execution – often called ‘advanced work’ or ‘pre-contract work’.
- The ultimate goal is to de-risk capability delivery by undertaking activities which typically occur during early stages of a contract. However, this creates commercial, legal and probity risks which will need to planned for and managed closely. Please see our recent article on collaborative contracting for further information on this topic.
- Contract structure and delivery: the contracting vehicle could require, and incentivise, the contractor to deliver meaningful capability early. This can be achieved by adopting pricing models and incentive frameworks which reward the contractor for early delivery and disincentivise delay (eg, liquidated damages). Further, the contract could adopt delivery methodologies such as ‘Agile’ approaches where supplies are delivered incrementally and more often (eg in ‘sprints’), instead of all at once years later.
These options will need to implemented in the contract drafting (for example, the ASDEFCON suite of templates adopts a traditional waterfall approach, rather than agile, for contract delivery) and carefully managed through contract administration.
If you have any questions or would like further information on the commercial and legal impacts of DSR in the Air and Space Domains, please feel free to contact us.
Rory Alexander, Principal
Derek Smith, Senior Associate
Annie Banerjee, Associate


Today, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully introduced a Boeing-built satellite into orbit within the U.S. Atmosphere Force’s Global-Positioning System (GPS).
This $130 thousand satellite was the final addition to the US-Airforce’s latest 12 – satellite collection for GPS. The Airforce operates GPS satellites and supplies international navigation, positioning and timing solutions equally for the private and armed forces customers. Global Positioning System can be all accessed by us from our telephone numbers due to this constellation that is really.
Back in 1978, the initial GPS satellite was launched into orbit. Since that time, their satellite layout has enhanced and introduced new versions of satellites. Beginning with Prevent I, the Airforce has relocated through Block IIA, Block IIR-M, Block IIR, and they have finished the launching of the Block IIF collection now.
50 happen to be released as a whole while just 30 satellites are working. The latest team of Block IIF satellites were launched between May of today and 2010.
Col. David Whitney, the manager of the Global-Positioning System Directorate, stated that the final leg of launchings had “one of the many competitive launching programs of the past 20 years.” There were 7 Block IIF satellites released in just over 2 1 weeks.
The Block IIF satellites were introduced to increase the precision of Global Positioning System. Col. David Whitney, the manager of the Global-Positioning System Directorate, stated that prior to the Block IIF set, the precision of Global Positioning System can be off by 1 meter. To 42 centimeters that mistake is all the way down together with the brand new Block IIF satellites set up.
The change will not suggest much to the typical private, but it can mean the difference between death and life for the armed forces who utilizes GPS to direct munition to specified goals.
So that you can make space for the satellite of today, the Air Force may transfer among the Block IIA satellites that are older that premiered in 1990 from its own orbit. Amazingly, the satellite continues to be working and certainly will continue to function the constellation as a backup satellite.
Since Prevent IIF is running and up, its emphasis will be shifted by the Airforce to another string of Block-III satellites for the GPS3 constellation. Block-III satellites may carry on to increase dependability and the accuracy of gps device and can have updated zero- protection and playing capacities for signs that are military.
Keeping an up to date fully working GPS is relevant to national-security. For all these reasons, choosing an organization to establish these resources is a crucial choice. There is been some controversy lately over which firm (ULA or SpaceX) should establish the Atmosphere Force’s next block of satellites. The selection hasn’t however been created.
The primary GPS satellites are planned to be released in 2018.


Some fans go further than others to root for the Atlanta Braves.
On Friday morning, Sirius/XM’s MLB Network Radio had the occasion to speak with a bona fide fan of the Atlanta Braves. He also happens to be a NASA astronaut. He’s Colonel Shane Kimbrough, US Army (retired).
Kimbrough is 53 years old and the veteran of two space missions — once aboard the Space Shuttle (November 2008/STS-126) and the other via a Russian Soyuz vehicle that ferried him to the International Space Station for 6 months over 2016-17.
While he was born in Killeen, Texas, Kimbrough grew up just outside the Atlanta perimeter road in nearby Smyra, so being a Braves fan is natural.
After high school, he joined the Army via an appointment to West Point. A natural athlete, Kimbrough not only played for the Army’s baseball team, but he was also the team’s captain during his senior year.
After getting his 4-year degree, the Army put Kimbrough through a Master’s degree back home at Georgia Tech (Operations Research major)… and that doesn’t do his professional resume any justice whatsoever: for more on that, see both here and here.
His interview on the mid-day Power Alley show was preceded by a phone call from one of his friends: former Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez.
Gonzalez discussed meeting astronaut Kimbrough one day when the Braves had him to the stadium to mingle with the team during batting practice. The pair have kept in touch ever since.
As the radio hosts were geeking out at the chance to converse with a “real astronaut”, Kimbrough then talked about being able to keep up with games while in space. It seems that NASA’s communications tools are pretty good.
Kimbrough was able to watch — in part — the 2016 World Series from space (the Cubs drought-breaker) and has the ability to see other MLB games from “up there”.
Guessing even MLB blackout rules don’t reach 200 miles above the surface of the earth where the Space Station is cruising along at 17,000 miles per hour.
Here’s a snippet of that interview:
Kimbrough is currently scheduled to go back into space next March as part of a crew aboard a SpaceX Dragon launch, which would be his third distinctly different craft taken into orbit. A veteran of many spacewalks, another is planned for that mission.
Also on his list of expected tasks: a few Braves games.
He also noted that he’ll still be above the Earth when the 2021 All-Star game rolls around next July (we hope!), scheduled for Atlanta.
In mentioning that event, Kimbrough seemed to be either hinting or hoping that the Braves might reach out to him to participate in that game in some manner. I expect you can probably bet on that happening.
In any case, it was great to hear about a distinguished Braves fan who’s making a point to follow the team faithfully — no matter what obstacles might be in the way. Well done, Colonel!


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My main research interests concern data-driven modelling for control and predictive maintenance of nonlinear dynamical systems, with a recent focus for robotics and aerospace applications.
Data-driven system identification is a machine learning-based approach for modeling dynamical system behavior by building mathematical models on the basis of experimental input/output data.
In the past few years, I have been employed more and more regularly deep learning techniques in conjunction with classical system identification and control engineering tools.
Current or recent applications include:
- Data-driven modelling for predictive maintenance of business jet aircraft (collaboration with Dassault Aviation - France)
- M. Hervé de Beaulieu, M. Jha, H. Garnier, F. Cerbah. Unsupervised Remaining Useful Life Prediction through Long Range Health Index Estimation based on Encoders-Decoders, 11th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision, and Safety of Technical Processes (SAFEPROCESS'2022), Pafos (Cyprus), June 2022.
- Inertia matrix parameter estimation for satellite attitude control (collaboration with CNES - the French Space Agency)
- C. Nainer, H. Garnier, M. Gilson, H. Evain, C. Pittet, Parameter Estimation of a Gyroless Micro-Satellite from Telemetry Data, Control Engineering Practice, 123, 105-134, June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105134
- Modelling and control of wireless power transfer systems (collaboration with Wuhan University - China)
- F. Chen, H. Garnier, Q. Deng, M.K. Kazimierczuk, X. Zhuan, Control-oriented modeling of wireless power transfer systems with phase-shift control, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 35 (2), 2119-2134, February 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2019.2920863
- Design of benchmarks for system identification (collaboration with ONERA, France and University of Linköping, Sweden)
- V. Pascu, H. Garnier, L. Ljung, A. Janot, Benchmark problems for continuous-time model identification: design aspects, results and perspectives, Automatica, 107, 511-517, Sept. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2019.06.011
- System identification in Robotics (collaboration with University of Veracruz - Mexico)
- A. Sanchez-Garcia, H. Rios-Figueroa, H. Garnier, G. Quintana-Carapia, E. Rechy-Ramirez, A. Marin-Hernandez, Time-to-contact forecasting based on probabilistic segmentation and system identification, Advanced Robotics, 32(8), 426-442, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2018.1455604
- Aerodynamic coefficient identification of a space vehicle (collaboration with Institut Franco-Allemand de Saint-Louis, France)
- M. Albisser, S. Dobre, C. Berner, M. Thomassin, H. Garnier, Aerodynamic coefficient identification of a space vehicle from multiple free flight tests, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 54 (2), 426-435, March 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.A33587
- Parameter estimation in battery management systems (collaboration with UC San Diego - USA)
- B. Xia, X. Zhao, R. de Callafon, H. Garnier, T. Nguyen, C. Mi, Accurate Lithium-ion battery parameter estimation with continuous-time system identification methods. Applied Energy, 179, 426-436, July 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.07.005
- Parameter estimation for biomedical systems (collaboration with University of Liege - Belgium)
- J.-B. Tylcz, T. Bastogne, H. Benachour, D. Bechet, E. Bullinger, H. Garnier, M. Barberi-Heyob, A Model-based Method of Characterizing the Pharmacokinetics of Engineered Nanoparticles in Pilot Studies. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 14(4), 368-377, June 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNB.2015.2418792


SpaceX is set to launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft on February 27, 2023, carrying four NASA astronauts and two international crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission, known as Crew-6, will be the sixth operational flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the 25th crewed mission to the ISS.
The Crew-6 astronauts will spend approximately six months on board the ISS, conducting research and performing maintenance tasks. They will also participate in a series of spacewalks to install new solar arrays and upgrade the station’s power systems. This mission marks the first time that a Crew Dragon spacecraft will dock at the ISS’s newly installed international docking adapter on the Harmony module.
The four NASA astronauts on board the spacecraft are Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and Matthias Maurer. The two international crew members are Samantha Cristoforetti from the European Space Agency and Soichi Noguchi from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch marks the third crewed mission to be launched from the United States since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011.
SpaceX has been working closely with NASA since 2014 as part of the Commercial Crew Program to develop a new generation of spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts to and from the ISS. The successful completion of the Crew-6 mission will further demonstrate the reliability and capabilities of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, paving the way for future crewed missions to the ISS and beyond.


Next year's Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay is bound for space.
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today announced the appointment of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Akihiko Hoshide as Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay Space Ambassadors for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The two astronauts will be broadcasting messages to cheer on the Olympic and Paralympic torchbearers straight from the International Space Station (ISS).
During their orbits of the earth the astronauts will also undertake various initiatives aimed at bringing an extra-terrestrial dimension to the torch relay and boosting global awareness of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as the build-up to them continues.
Messages of hope and peace
Having Space Ambassadors to enliven the torch relay brings a new dimension to Tokyo 2020, signifying that the Games truly has no borders and is for everyone.
“I am delighted to have been appointed Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay Space Ambassador. The flame is a symbol of peace and hope and I am looking forward to sending messages of peace from the ISS and cheering on those participating in the torch relay,” Noguchi said.
Noguchi was a lead spacewalker in the space shuttle Discovery in 2005 and joined ISS onboard in Soyuz spacecraft in 2009. Later this year, he will return to the ISS for a long-term assignment as flight engineer.
On the other hand, Akihiko Hoshide was one of the three Japanese astronaut candidates selected for the ISS in 1999. He will return to the ISS in 2020 as a commander.
“I am glad to have been appointed Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay Space Ambassador. When I heard about this opportunity, I felt very honoured, and I realised how much closer the Tokyo 2020 Games are getting,” Hoshide said.
“The Olympic and Paralympic Games are great events involving top athletes from all over the world striving to win, to achieve a world record or achieve a personal best with the support of their team,” he added.
Flame of Recovery
Beginning in Fukushima prefecture, the Torch Relay will light its way to all 47 prefectures in Japan and will also serve as a “Flame of Recovery” for regions still recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
“I believe that the light of the flame will encapsulate the “power of recovery” emanating from Japan's recent natural disasters, as well as the “tolerance” that allows us to accept diversity and the “dynamism” uniting local communities in a global festival, and that it will herald the sunrise of a new generation. To everyone in Japan, I say please join with us astronauts and help create a road of hope illuminated by flame,” Noguchi said.
“Astronaut Soichi and I look forward to engaging with the torch relay as it delivers the flame to the opening ceremony and helps to connect everyone's hopes for the future,” Hoshide added.


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Director of Business Development
Location: Huntsville, AL
Salary: Senior Executive + bonus structure
Industry: Dept. of Defense
Employment Type: Corporate/Strategic
We are searching for an established Director of Business Development with a successful track record in identifying and capturing NASA and Space Command / Commercial Space opportunities. The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of space hardware Design, Development, Test, and Evaluation (DDT&E), mission operations, and R&D Engineering. Primary focus will be on the identification, development, and capture of strategic opportunities, valued at over $10M each, while building and maintaining a qualified pipeline of >$100M in annual opportunities. Candidate will be based in Huntsville, AL and can expect to spend up to 25% of time on business travel within the continental United States.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and minimum 10+ years of performing Business Development (sales, marketing, capture, proposals) activities, especially in development, integration, and operation of space qualified systems.
- Have a strong network of NASA, commercial space, and DoD space customer contacts and must be familiar with the customer's major programs and upcoming initiatives.
- Have a proven record of winning new, large ($>10M) contracts.
- The candidate should have a working knowledge of the Federal procurement process, and a demonstrated proficiency with NASA and DoD strategy and acquisition plans.
- Demonstrated ability to execute the business development function with minimum supervision.
- Effective leader/participant in formal presentations to clients and potential teaming partners; proven track record of building winning teams as well as successfully negotiating with potential team members as to roles and participation.
- Insight into NASA/MSFC/JSC, DoD Space, and Commercial Space current and future programs is strongly desired.
- Strong knowledge of space flight hardware development, integration, and operation.
- Formal training in the Shipley capture process is strongly desired.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Must be US Citizen with ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
- Build NASA/Space Command/Commercial Space Market Business Pipeline. Primary focus is to build/maintain a robust pipeline of opportunities that align with NASA, Space Command, and Commercial Space strategic vision for growth within Government and commercial marketplace.
- Perform space market research and create, manage, and implement BD plans. Generate and articulate strategic vision, action plans, competitive intelligence research, needed company investments, and business cases that will grow revenue within hardware development and mission operations markets in the targeted agencies.
- Develop and present briefings to senior management in support of investing in and pursuing strategic opportunities in these markets.
- Engage customers in identifying and shaping opportunities. This includes active communication of actionable intelligence back to Business Unit Senior BD Director and VP.
- Actively market the Company s brand, establish customer expectations, and shape opportunities by creating white papers, sponsoring in-house demonstrations/tours, and leading responses to RFIs and similar activities.
- Develop initial concepts, organize the correct company participants, recruit needed industry and small business partners, and lead the capture of integrated systems.
- Support Captures and Proposals. Participate in and/or lead color team proposal reviews and contribute to all volumes including management, technical, and cost.
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About two weeks ago, I had the great opportunity to finally fly in the Airbus A380 super jumbo jet. I was on Singapore Airlines on a flight from Singapore to Tokyo. It was my first time flying on the A380, and I was quite excited…
The plane itself is remarkable. I’ve seen many documentaries on the Discovery channel on how it was made, and all the engineering challenges it faced due to the sheer size of this thing. To see it in real life really puts things in perspective. The plane is a double decker jet, and the wing span (end to end from the tip of each wing) is about 80 meters (which is about the length of 16 Toyota Camrys!). It is a monster powered by 4 rolls royce turbine engines, and I heard that even if one of the engines goes out, it can still fly on 3 engines! The plane is so huge that the airports who had A380’s land at their airports needed to modify their runway space and passenger recieving areas to accomodate this massive plane.
Close up view of the cockpit section of the A380
Notice how the catering trucks need to load the supplies on the bottom and top decks!
A rough idea on how long the wing is, just reference it to the luggage carts below the wing.
The inside of the plane is quite nice. I sat in the upper deck while flying to Tokyo, and sat in the lower deck on my return trip back to Singapore. If you are flying economy (like me), be sure to request to sit in the upper deck if possible. There’s way more leg room in the upper deck. As for carry on luggage space compartments, I must say they did a good job in designing the interior to allow plenty of space for your carry on luggage! In addition, the sound proofing was amazing, it was by far the quietest flight I’ve been on. Just amazing considering the size of this plane!
The only draw back I experienced was that during the turbulence periods, or during landing or take off, you can really feel the plane shake. I’m guessing its because of the huge size of the plane as it is fighting the air currents outside. But then again, this maybe just me being paranoid… So this is it, my experience of the A380 I wanted to share with you all. Cheers!
Have you flown on the A380 before? Are you planning to fly on the A380? Please share your experiences in the comment section of this post!


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Join us for Air Direct Airway’s Annual Poker Run to Benefit "Homes for our Troops"!
Start in Nashua or any other destination, and fly to some of New Hampshire’s finest airports to collect a card at each airport to benefit Homes for our Troops.
Buy in will be $25; pilots and passengers can buy as many hands as they wish. All proceeds go to the charity!
The event is open to everyone. No airplane? No Problem! We are sure somebody would be more than happy to take you along and introduce you to the joys of aviation.
Head out to collect your cards at 0900, and remember this is not a race, take your time, buy lunch and fuel - enjoy yourself.
After you collect your hand, come by the office on the Nashua Airport at 1500 for good food, provided generously by Midfield Café, socialization, and …prizes! Pilots and passengers with the best hands will receive generously-donated prizes: gift certificates, aviation fuel discounts, airplane and helicopter rides, flight instruction, and more!
Infinity Aviation will perform an FAR 91.411 IFR Certification on your aircraft for free, a $385 Value! AND you will receive a David Clark 13.4 headset from Keith Webb at the Nashua Pilot Shop!
Win 1 free hour of instruction with an Air Direct Airways Certificated Flight Instructor. Use toward a BFR or any other training! AND Nashua Jet is going to kick in and pour 20 FREE gallons of 100LL into your fuel tanks!
A free Discovery Flight for you or someone dear to you from Air Direct Airways, AND a free 15-minute flight from C & R Helicopter!
Win two 2-hour sim flight sessions with instructor at Nashua Flight Simulator. A $420 value!
Sandy over at Midfield Café, in addition to providing the food for our event, has agreed to throw a $50 Gift Certificate into the mix for all of you regulars out there! That will buy a lot of Rob Holland Burgers!
Thank you for your interest in our poker run. We hope we can have a lot of fun with it, all while helping out our disadvantaged troops settle into a normal lifestyle. Our thanks go to all companies who are donating their resources and to all pilots and passengers who will make our second annual poker run a memorable one!
-Ron Emond, Owner, Air Direct Airways
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Rohit Jain - First Solo
Yes, there IS flying in New Hampshire in February. And good flying, too. Rohit Jain flew his first solo flight this week.
Congratulations, Rohit! Kudos to CFII Mike Webber, too.
Fly in February! Intro Special
February only, very special pricing for our Intro Flight: only $50! (You read that correctly.) February only. Call us now to schedule your flight.
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The James Webb Space Telescope is finally prepared to begin its mission to explore the depths of our cosmos after 14 years of development and six months of calibration. The first colored image from the space telescope, showing a glimpse at the early universe, was released by NASA and President Joe Biden on Monday.
NASA claims that “Webb’s First Deep Field” is the most detailed and “deep” image of the far reaches of the universe to date. What you see is a snapshot of the SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster as it was 4.6 billion years ago. The massive collection of galaxies in the image acts as a gravitational lens, enlarging the much farther away celestial objects visible in the background.
Astronomers will soon study some of the galaxies to learn more about the evolution of our universe because they contain previously unseen features. NASA points out that Webb’s First Deep Field does not represent our first glimpse of the cosmos. The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), a microwave telescope, captured images closer to the Big Bang, but it did not provide a view of stars and galaxies like the one captured by Webb.
During the briefing on Monday, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said to President Biden, “Mr. President, if you held a grain of sand on the tip of your finger at arm’s length, that is the part of the universe that you’re seeing.” “Just a tiny fraction of the universe,”
For NASA, the journey to this momentous occasion has been a long one. The JWST was initially intended to be launched by the organization in 2007. NASA finally finished the project in and predicted that the spacecraft would be ready for launch by 2018 following a redesign in 2005. The telescope was assembled by NASA in 2019, but testing and shipping were further delayed when the pandemic broke out. In total, those delays resulted in a $10 billion cost for the JWST project.
The naming of NASA’s most advanced space telescope after James Webb, a former agency administrator, has also generated debate. Prior to leading NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and early Apollo programs, Webb worked for the US State Department when the department was firing hundreds of gay and lesbian employees. NASA declared in September that the JWST’s name would not be altered.
The photo Biden shared today is just one of several JWST images NASA plans to release this week. When NASA holds a press conference with Webb leadership tomorrow morning at 9:45PM ET, the remainder of the initial slate will be released. 10:30AM ET marks the beginning of live coverage of the event on,, and.


1201 alarm is from the Apollo 11 moon landing and describes a computer error that occurred as the space ship began it’s landing procedure.
I used a combination of tape loops, a video game and a fan synthesiser based on light. The prepared tape loops were taken from recordings from old records and from the studio environment.
“The electronic digital computer” is Wernher von Braun describing the importance of the computer in making the moon landing possible. “I just couldn’t make it” was taken from a performance of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller.


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European Space Agency
is organizing an international workshop
Options for future European satellite OCR vicarious adjustment infrastructure for the Sentinel-3 OLCI and Sentinel-2 MSI series
on 21 – 23 February 2017 in ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Copernicus is a European system for monitoring the Earth. It includes Earth observation satellites, ground-based measurements and services to processes data to provide users with reliable and up-to-date information through a set of Copernicus Services related to environmental and security issues. Copernicus has developed the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 family of satellites that carry complementary instruments to measure ocean colour in support of Copernicus services. The societal benefits of Ocean Colour Radiometry (OCR) are well articulated and include management of the marine ecosystem, role of the ocean ecosystem in climate change, aquaculture, fisheries, coastal zone water quality, mapping and monitoring harmful algal blooms amongst others. The Sentinel-2 Multi-Spectral Instrument (MSI) and the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Imager (OLCI) represent state of the art for satellite OCR.
Satellite OCR are designed to retrieve the spectral distribution of upwelling radiance just above the sea surface (the water-leaving radiance) that is then used to estimate a number of geophysical parameters through the application of specific bio-optical algorithms. Atmospheric correction for ocean colour data is challenging and instrument design must therefore incorporate extremely sensitive and stable radiometry, dedicated on-board calibration and a large number of spectral channels. Once on-orbit, the uncertainty characteristics of: (a) the satellite instruments established during pre-launch laboratory calibration and characterisation activities and (b) the end-to-end geophysical measurement retrieval process can only be assessed via independent calibration and validation activities.
Satellite OCR relies on vicarious adjustment and therefore on the long-term availability of precise and accurate in situ measurements to ensure the expected Earth observation products accuracy. The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a project caller Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Ocean Colour (FRM4SOC, see http://www.frm4soc.org). Led by Tartu Observatory Estonia, FRM4SOC aims to establish and maintain SI traceability of Fiducial Reference Measurements (FRM) for satellite OCR. As part of this project, a 3-day workshop is being convened at ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy on February 21st to 23rd 2017 to evaluate options for long-term future European satellite OCR vicarious adjustment infrastructure for the Sentinel-3 OLCI and Sentinel-2 MSI A/B/C and D instruments.
Further details including a preliminary program, registration and abstract submission tools (for oral and poster presentations) is available here.
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