ADS-B: THE FUTURE OF THE TRANSPONDER AND THE REPLACEMENT FOR RADAR Collision avoidance is a significant part of the Federal aviation administration’s Next-Gen plan for transforming the National Airspace System (NAS). Increasing the number of aircraft using the same quantity of airspace and ground facilities requires the implementation of new technologies to maintain a high …
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is the U.S. Army’s primary medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. It can fill roles in several missions such as a ground attack, air assault, military logistics, Casualty evacuation, medical evacuation, and troop transport. The UH-60 is a twin-engined helicopter. It is equipped with a single 4-bladed rotor …
The power supply is certainly one of the most complex parts of an aircraft. To be power supplied while on the runway, planes have a large number of systems that complement each other and operate redundantly. Everything is designed so that other alimentation systems can take over in the event of the failure of one …
The CRJ900 regional jet’s first production began in 2001 by the Canadian manufacturer of aircraft Bombardier. This version is a stretched derivative of the CRJ700 to become the world’s most regional jet program. The Bombardier CRJ900 is powered by two turbofans engines type CF34-8C5 developed by General Electric Aircraft Engines, it provides reliability, durability, and …
When a modern aircraft’s engines are not operating, there are two available sources of power to operate its other systems. They are the aircraft’s battery and the auxiliary power unit. Because of the limited capacity of the batteries, the amount of power they supply is insufficient to provide all but the very basic needs. Operation …
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING Aeronautical engineers are responsible for designing, constructing, and operating airplanes, aerospace vehicles, and propulsion systems. To use their abilities in a range of essential sectors of the global aerospace business, an aeronautical engineer must have a solid grasp of mathematics, physics, computer science, materials science, and design philosophy. They also set the standard …