Aerospace Industry in Latin America

the road crosses a field that binds on the horizon, with the gray sky. After noon, the wind blows hard and shakes the great white hangar that stands behind a wire fence.


Only this great facility, with the seal of the National Commission on Space Activities (CONAE), a box surveillance and two tall rectangular towers, plus several buildings and containers disposed on the land bordering the brown waters of the Rio de la Plata, suggest we are nothing less than the Thunderer testing center project, the space launcher that will orbit satellites up to 250 kg, a capability that only has a handful of countries; the first place entirely a Latin American country.

If all goes as planned, by the end of February from right here you will launch the VEx 5A, one of experimental vehicles referred to in the schedule that will culminate in 2019, when the Thunderer II ejection into space.

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The two towers are unnerving the first test for cryogenic engines, ie operating with liquid oxygen and kerosene. And testings began, starting with 10 tons of thrust to propel the vehicle to pounce. Then come others who reach 35 tons, such as those required Tronador II.

The VEx 5A is the first of the prototypes designed by the CONAE will have two "stages" (in the final model, the first propels the flight for just over two minutes until the pitcher overcomes the force of gravity, breaks off and falls the ocean, the second injected the satellite into orbit). It is also the first to take kerosene and liquid oxygen in the first stage and hydrazine in the second.


"Kerosene is a local development, in collaboration with Y-TEC, the technological center of YPF and Conicet He excited the engineer Pablo Servidia, principal investigator of Area Access to Space Conae-. Kerosene simply have to enter in contact with oxygen to start the engine. When the pitcher is already in space and one needs more reliability in the ignition, because there are no second chances, there indeed a much smaller of monomethyl hydrazine amount is used and nitrogen tetroxide . "

Unlike rockets with solid propellants, which require extreme security conditions at all times, because the propellant is placed inside the tube, which carry liquid fuels are loaded to end two hours before giving the order to take off, and allow to minimize the risks to work.

Before our eyes, the VEx 5A is a large cylinder of a meter in diameter (about a meter less than measured Tronador II) and 17 meters high.

"This is an 'atmospheric' vehicle, ie never leave the atmosphere. As not exceed 15 km, for a certain part of the flight will stabilize by -detalla fins Servidia-. When it's your turn to Tronador not you need, because the nozzles of the first stage will exceed 100 km, which is where the influence of the atmosphere is more important. "

At present, the huge device lying on a thick blue metal structure waiting for the wind subsides and can out of the hangar and erguirlo upright.

"This is the same launch tower Servidia explains, while the solid claps his hands scaffold steel. These arms serve to anchor the vehicle until the appropriate conditions exist to launch. Then they release it and the vehicle takes off its own push. If a problem occurs, operations are disrupted. "

But on launch day, most of those involved will not be in this area that the river lame endlessly, but 14 km away in Pipinas, a village of 954 inhabitants dozing alongside the provincial route 36 and now some call "the Argentine Houston".

The control center is in an immaculate building built on the grounds of the former cement Corcemar. "From here, when there was hardly a container, the first release was followed [engineers considered a success, because he only missed a handhold], in February 2014," says Felix Menicocci, Secretary General of CONAE.

In addition to the challenges of complexity, develop an autonomous space vehicle, something that has never before been tried in the country, has the difficulty that there is no "manual" to teach to. The small club of countries that have the know how, just a dozen, I reserve, among others, for economic reasons.

"The development of electronics begins with the design elements for vehicle guidance and control, which are the heart of a pitcher," said the engineer Daniel Rocca. Among them is a GPS local technology with the precision required for a ship that has dimensions in height and speed that make a normal receptor does not work.

Are they optimistic? "This will be the first test of a two-stage vehicle, so it would be great that everything going smoothly explains Servidia-. It is expected a second prototype (VEX 5B), a little more optimized weight, which we estimate to launch infirst half of the next year. and another (VEx 5C) incorporating a turbopump (a turbine which drives two pumps, one that drives the fuel and another drives the oxidant) and which allows substantially raise the pressure of the engine, morepush and lighten the tanks. This latest version is to test all the technology we developed. "

Then yes it'll be all set for the big day he will depart for heaven, like tearing the space, Tronador II. The program is ambitious and, if all goes as planned, the country will mark directions in space activity.

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Sedena build test aircraft
2018 intend to have two-seater aircraft and two experimental airplanes for instruction overflight

In order to improve the security work in Mexico, the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) has begun to design and build vehicles, weapons and art devices for military elements, primarily those moving in urban areas.

Currently, the military industry, which already complies with a century of existence, is producing several armored land vehicles, rifles FX-05, tactical armored vehicles DN-11 to be used in security work in troubled urban areas of the north and center of the country.

Among its projects they are being developed various systems to operate via remote control some firearms at a considerable distance, which seeks to reduce the losses of the military elements operating location or arrest of criminals.

These devices will be installed in both firearms and armored tactical vehicles, especially those who are at the head of the operating or which are installed at checkpoints of red dots entities considered by organized crime.

To complement the fight against various criminal organizations, the various workshops of the military industry build two prototypes of all-terrain vehicles for intelligence, transportation of troops, first contact in areas of difficult access.

The goal of the Military Industry for 2018 includes the manufacture of two 5.56 mm caliber cannon prototype, two-seater aircraft, two experimental basic training aircraft overflight; making a rocket 50 mm gauge practice air-ground and its launcher artillar seven mouths for military aircraft.

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EMBRAER Executive Jets achieved a new milestone today when Cleveland-based Flexjet took delivery of Embraer’s 1,000th business jet. This significant landmark occurs a little more than a decade after the Company fully committed to the business aviation market, establishing a new standard by designing products that brought game-changing features and amenities from larger business jets to the entry-level segment.

“I’m thrilled to celebrate this milestone with our global team. In a remarkably short period we have populated the business aviation market with the most advanced and reliable aircraft in the industry. Delivering 1,000 business jets to more than 60 countries in just over a decade reflects our strong ability to listen to our customers and respond to them with innovative solutions for different needs,” said Marco Tulio Pellegrini, President & CEO, EMBRAER Executive Jets. “We are especially pleased to celebrate this important achievement with our distinguished customer, Flexjet, which has honored us with their trust since we first entered business aviation.”

EMBRAER Executive Jets’ 1,000th aircraft, a midsize Legacy 500, is the fourth of its kind to join the Flexjet fleet and is part of a firm order for both Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 jets. Flexjet offers travelers access to the world’s most luxurious fleet of private jets. Its fractional program fields an exclusive array of business aircraft — some of the youngest in the fractional jet industry — including Embraer Executive Jets’ bestselling Phenom 300.

“EMBRAER’s Legacy midsized aircraft are a natural progression for us since they meet a growing demand for jets with larger cabins, longer range capabilities and industry-leading operating economics,” said Michael Silvestro, Flexjet’s Chief Executive Officer. “As part of the Red Label by Flexjet fleet, the Legacy 500 and 450 will effectively deliver the speed, luxury and performance our Owners expect.”

Since entering the business jet market, EMBRAER Executive Jets has built a premium support network of more than 75 owned and authorized service centers worldwide that has earned top ratings in multiple industry customer satisfaction surveys.

The Journey of EMBRAER Executive Jets

EMBRAER’s first business jet program, the Legacy, was officially launched in July 2000 during the Farnborough Air Show (UK) and the first aircraft was delivered two years later. The aircraft was built on the robust and successful ERJ-135 regional airliner platform and featured an executive interior, in-flight access to the largest baggage compartment of any business jet at the time and the robust standards of commercial and military aviation that Embraer brought to the business market.

The company in 2005 reaffirmed its commitment to the market with the creation of a new business unit specifically for business aviation. This also marked the implementation of Embraer’s highly successful diversification strategy.

EMBRAER Executive Jets was established to provide integrated solutions to support both the Legacy program—later renamed the Legacy 600—and the development of a broad portfolio of innovative and revolutionary jets. The goal set forth was to become one of the leading manufacturer’s in business aviation by 2015, through innovative and differentiating products and services, adding value to customers and shareholders.

EMBRAER Executive Jets’ first clean-sheet-design aircraft, the Phenom jets family, set new standards for the entry-level and light jet segments with their premium comfort, outstanding performance and low operating costs. Through a strategic partnership with BMW DesignWorksUSA and extensive customer interaction, the Phenom jets delivered on their key design drivers with the ample space of the Oval Lite cross-section, large windows, highly ergonomic seats, a rear private lavatory and plenty of baggage space, in addition to fast, efficient and economical engines.

Since the launch of the Phenom jets in 2005, their global acceptance has reflected EMBRAER’s commitment to meeting the market’s and customers’ needs. Deliveries of the Phenom 100 and the Phenom 300 started at the end of 2008 and 2009, respectively, and both aircraft quickly became the industry’s most-delivered business jets and leaders in each of their categories.

Validating the suitability of the Phenom jets to fulfilling all of business aviation’s requirements—be it fractional ownership, charter, owner-pilot, corporate use, pilot training or employee shuttle—, more than 320 Phenom 100s are currently in operation in 37 countries and more than 330 Phenom 300s are operating in 25 countries.

Since 2010, the Phenom 300 has also accumulated the most deliveries in its class and for the past three years has been the most delivered business jet in the world.

EMBRAER Executive Jets’ flagship aircraft, the Lineage 1000E, was unveiled in 2006 and the first delivery followed three years later. The ultra-large business jet, which is based on the Embraer 190 commercial jet platform, features five distinct zones with 752 sq. ft. for up to 19 passengers to enjoy a variety of ambiences for lounging, dining, conferencing or relaxing.

In addition to the many available configurations, the Lineage 1000E also boasts the largest in-flight-accessible cargo compartment in the market, a particularly useful resource that ensures the aircraft is the optimum office in the sky or home away from home. A global fleet of over 20 Lineage 1000Es connects the world’s key business centers as the largest executive jet to meet the wingspan restrictions and 100,000-lb. weight limit imposed by the more exclusive business aviation airports, such as Teterboro, NJ, or those like London City that require steep-approach capabilities.

In 2009, EMBRAER Executive Jets launched the large Legacy 650, which was based on the successful platform of the super-midsize Legacy 600. Featuring three cabin zones and a complete galley, the Legacy 650 also offered the added benefit of longer range and seating for up to 14 passengers. Cabin comfort was enhanced with a state-of-the-art sound insulation package and the high-speed Internet datalink was upgraded to Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband System. The Legacy 650 was also equipped with Honeywell’s new Primus Elite avionics suite, a feature that later was introduced to the Legacy 600. Continued improvements to both aircraft continue to sustain their superior value proposition.

EMBRAER Executive Jets solidified its position as a leading business jet manufacturer with the launch of the Legacy 450/500 program, which consists of two highly advanced aircraft for the midsize market. Both aircraft feature a best-in-class six-foot-tall flat-floor cabin and in-flight entertainment system with a high-definition video system, surround sound, multiple audio and video input options, a cabin management system and three options for voice communications and connectivity.

The Legacy 500 and Legacy 450, which entered service in 2014 and 2015, respectively, are the first midsize business jets with digital flight controls, based on full fly-by-wire technology, featuring side-stick controls. The state-of-the-art Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics suite on four 15.1-inch high-resolution LCD displays allows graphical flight planning and offers operators the advantages of paperless operations and autobrakes. The optional E2VS (EMBRAER Enhanced Vision System), which includes a Head-Up Display, provides a technological advantage typically only seen in much larger aircraft.

Together, Embraer Executive Jets’ four Legacy models account for more than 300 aircraft in over 20 countries.

About EMBRAER

EMBRAER is a global company headquartered in Brazil with businesses in commercial and executive aviation, defense & security. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets aircraft and systems, providing customer support and services.

Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. About every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 145 million passengers a year.

EMBRAER is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 130 seats. The company maintains industrial units, offices, service and parts distribution centers, among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia

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Safran Enlists Mexico To Support Massive Leap Engine Output
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- February 23, 2016, 2:45 PM
Safran's already strong presence in Mexico is to be expanded with the opening of a new factory to make fan blades for CFM's new Leap engines. [Photo: Safran]
Safran’s recently announced $75 million investment in a new factory in Mexico is part of the French engine maker’s concerted response to meeting the exceptionally high levels of demand for the Leap engines it produces through its CFM International joint venture with GEAviation. By the end of 2017, the new plant at Queretaro, 125 miles north of Mexico City, will start producing 3-D woven composite fan blades for the Leap turbofans. By 2021, the facility, which is being built in partnership with U.S. company Albany International, is expected to reach an annual output rate of more than 20,000 blades.

Working alongside its sister factories in Rochester, NY (GE Aviation) and Commercy, France (Safran), the Queretaro facility will produce around one third of all Leap fan blades. SafranCEO Philippe Petitcolin told AIN that the Mexican site was selected over an alternate location in China after CFM committed to support a collective production rate of 60 aircraft per month for the Boeing 737 Max and the Airbus A320neo narrowbodies. The total order book for the Leap engines, which also will power China’s Comac C919 airliner, stands at around 10,000 units.

Mexico offers hourly labor rates of around $5 that are comparable to those found in China. The supply of skilled labor is well backed up by the availability of specialist schools near Queretaro. Safran and Albany believe they will be able to produce the blades for a cost of between 20 to 30 percent less than at the U.S. and French factories (not including the cost of materials). All three factories will have the same production machinery.

Safran will have spent approximately €1.25 billion ($1.38 billion) on developing the Leap engine, and Petitcolin declared himself to be fairly calm about keeping within budget. “I’ve got a few orange alerts on this, but nothing that’s a red alert,” he told AIN. Production is now transitioning from the CFM56 engines that powered the previous generation 737s and A320s, with total output of the Leap expected to reach 100 motors this year, rising to 500 in 2017, 1,200 in 2018, 1,800 in 2019 and 2,000 in 2020.

Today, 20 years after its first involvement in Mexico, Safran employs a total of 6,000 people in Mexico across 10 factories (not counting the new facility). These include plants operated for the following five subsidiaries: Snecma, Turbomeca, Morpho, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty and Labinal Power Systems.

Over the past 10 years, Safran has invested more than $1 billion in Mexico. Most recently, it spent $40 million to open a new Queretaro facility for its maintenance, repair and overhaul facility Snecma American Engine Services, which is doubling in size. The Messier-Bugatti-Dowty landing gear plant in the same city is being expanded through 2018.

The company’s existing Snecma Mexico subsidiary already produces parts for the CFM56engines. By 2020, Leap production will account for 80 percent of the group’s overall activities in Mexico.

The existing Queretaro facility is being expanded by around 30 percent and the workforce there is increasing from 400 to 600 by 2020. Meanwhile, its sister factory at Suzhou in China, which also makes parts for the Leap engine, is also being expanded.

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Mexican helmet designed for astronauts and pilots

By Tania Robles

Mexico City. June 15, 2016 (Informative Agency Conacyt) .- The physical to a human being is subjected to exposure to microgravity conditions when traveling to space conditions have a major impact on the behavior of the organism; for example, stability and spatial orientation, very relevant aspects considered in the space area and aeronautics, which is the subject of study by a research group in Puebla posed a solution for these effects.

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This is a helmet with electronic devices designed by students and researchers at the Institute of Physiology of the Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), led by Dr. Enrique Soto Eguibar, which aims to restore a sense of gravitational attraction in astronauts for microsensors based system located on the front of the helmet and a microcontroller that operates the mathematical model of vestibular function.

medical and space project

This research is based on knowledge of the physiology of the vestibular system. This system is responsible for producing eye reflexes to stabilize gaze and posture, balance, generating orthostatic reflexes and an egocentric frame of reference and shift the subject in its environment. Works based on hair cells recorded linear and angular accelerations, the first given by gravity or displacement.

This system is polisensorial as input information coming from the lobby is complemented by visual and tactile information to generate reflections it integrates the motor system, spinal cord and is also transmitted to the cerebral cortex to produce cognitive processes. "When this system fails, begin to feel dizziness, impaired visual fixation and movement or apparent rotation of the external environment and, finally, loss of balance resulting in falls, one of the leading causes of death in the elderly," said the specialist.

It is an essential process in the generation of cognitive processes and in the scheme and body image. This system is severely impaired in astronauts, as in microgravity is impossible to define the above and below due to lack of gravitational pull. He also explained, in the absence of this condition, the arms of a person in space longer though, so the information obtained by touch environment for this system is completely different from what happens on Earth.

Science to solve problems

protesis1516Desde 2002, together with colleagues from the University of California and State University of Moscow, the Mexican investigator initiated a project to determine the feasibility of creating a vestibular prosthesis using vibrational microgiróscopos and microacelerómetros. Based on the results obtained it was concluded that artificial organs function perfectly imitating natural actions of the body so that the project scientists launched this premise. "He took a neuromimético approach, ie, reproduce exactly what the natural systems in an artificial system," he added.

For this sensory coding processes in the lobby they were characterized and design and a natural comparative tests of vestibular system and an artificial system was performed. neuromiméticos algorithms and processes were developed to create a system for processing a theoretical prosthetic system. Finally a test system that has the ability to test the artificial end system without using human or animal based on bioengineering, "we give two or three degrees of freedom the system and had to control a series of motors and processes created to stabilize a metal doll. This test system gave us a Russian patent in 2010, "added the researcher.

Once the artificial vestibular device, the research found two areas: the medical application to people with vestibular damage and potential side in the aircraft. The development of medical side would result in a very high investment due to the different stages of clinical trials that are subject products sector; however, being airside exist an open collaboration project researchers have with Russian colleagues at Moscow State University, the Institute of Medical Biological Problems and the Cosmonaut Training Center channel.

Medicine, science and space

For the development of space application and complete aircraft hearing an amphibian and mammal under in vitro conditions for proper operation was obtained; subsequently they placed on rotating platforms where the electrical activity of the mainstays -detectores semicircular canals of accelerations and the otolith organs Detectors of Linear acceleration was recorded. "These in the case of airline pilots joined by the gravitational pull of the Earth and the momentum of the inertial mass, so they must be integrated detectors both accelerations to know how steep a person is on a ship" he said.

Rotate on a platform these bodies is similar to the rotation of the head and produce a response from afferent neurons lobby. The device is designed implemented the ability to detect movements and vibrations. "These tests will let us know that a gyroscope and an amphibious semicircular canal, which is highly similar to ours, if they are able to measure directional and vibrational displacement," he said.

astronauta1516Finalmente was decided that the implantable device is not galvanic vestibular stimulation but with, ie by a helmet to return the feeling and stabilization. This has fields in different regions around the ear located in the direction of the semicircular canals to galvanic stimulation surface with small electric currents. For this system stabilometry allowed in a first step the status of equilibrium of people studying the effect of vestibular stimulation galvanic subjects with eyes open, given that the target audience would be astronauts and pilots developed. The latter granted a second patent research in Mexico.

The importance of implementing a device to return to the star or cosmonauts feel directionality that provides the gravitational attraction will allow in microgravity subjects using the device not suffer some illusions that occur in microgravity, for example, "if Earth a disk is rotated, the view will continue as normal; if done in space, the person will feel that he is spinning and not the record, "he explained the researcher.

In addition, stabilization of gaze in space is much slower than on Earth, because when an astronaut moves eyes to look at something, the look is not stabilized immediately because there are alterations in the mechanisms of reflex control, "it takes 1.5 seconds in stabilize. It means that when an astronaut turns his gaze for more than a second can not see anything. "

Currently astronauts suffer from these effects but countered with the reasoning of the conditions in which they find and hard training they undergo before traveling. It is known that even the return to Earth astronauts have problems in stabilizing the look, because its system to be altered, induces plastic change that modifies a delay stabilization.

It is for this that the device sensory substitution that has been developed, which has been protected by a patent in the United States granted in 2014 and supplemented by a Russian patent issued in 2015, can have an important applicability in astronautics. This is based on a hull that is operational and is currently being built by the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos.

They were launched in 2015 hull sensors aboard a small educational satellite international collaboration for the correct operation of gyroscopes and accelerometers of the device in the IMIS Experiment. There is an agreement approved for testing aboard the International Space Station in 2017 or 2018. Then between 2018 and 2019, a cosmonaut helmet use in space with galvanic vestibular stimulation to finally meet their effectiveness to return astronauts feel verticality and improve gaze stabilization in space.

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b787 said:

First flight of Pampa III, on September 18th 2015

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Miragedriver said:

Very soon this will be the only jet aircraft the FAA has flying. Only 12 of the 27 A-4AR are serviceable

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Aerotec fabricarle projects in Rivadavia training aircraft to the Argentina Air Force
June 23, 2016

There are intense negotiations to close the deal. They are assembled between 12 and 18 units in the plant Rivadavia.
Felipe Pigna



Aerotec company, located in the department of Rivadavia, plans to produce training aircraft for the Air Force Argentina. Italian Costruzioni Aeronautiche TECNAM, which Aerotec is your representative in Argentina, already presented on June 7 at the Air Force his single-engine P2002 in its version JF with a static and flight demonstration on the city of Cordoba, as revealed

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Italian aircraft design would look to take the place of basic trainer B-45 Mentor, deprogrammed several years ago in the training function. ? This modern single-engine unit, two-seater side by side with fixed landing gear tricycle, is available in various configurations according to customer specifications ?, explains the specialized site.

According to reports, the offer from an Italian funding that would be very flexible, seek to sell between 12 and 18 devices to be assembled in the plant that has Aerotec in East Mendoza. The firm chaired Diego Cardama and assembles several of the TECNAM aircraft in its different versions.

Point to Point could converse with Cardama and businessman acknowledged the talks it was holding with the Argentina Air Force. ? We are in talks ?, he said verbatim.

The P2002 plane, which materialize the operation was sold to the state, costs about US $ 230,000 plus VAT, so we talk about a possible business between US $ 3.3 million and US $ 5 million.

Aerotec Rivadavia will donate its runway, clearance surfaces and surrounding areas to build a municipal airport terminal. This will allow the operation of all types of aircraft, especially helicopters and aircraft health antigranizo fight.

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Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace announced a US$ 15 million investment on wind tunnel technology for its Mexicali plant.The company started operations in the border city in 1979. Currently, Honeywell Aerospace Mexicali has 2,000 employees within its campus, with an expected growth of 2,200 in 2018

Baja California is home to over 70 aerospace and defense firms and 28,000 jobs in the sector. The local cluster represents a $2.1 Billion opportunity to supply local industry demand on high precision machining, heat treatment, casting and forges, and special processes.

Its counterpart, San Diego, is a North American aerospace hub. Here are based some of the world's largest aerospace, aircraft and R&D companies, which are part of an aerospace, navigation, and maritime technologies cluster that directly employs more than 33,000 people in San Diego county alone.

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