Aerospace Industry in Latin America

Helibras opened the doors of its plant on Tuesday, 25, to the flight presentation of the first armed H225M of the Navy of Brazil, the most complex helicopter being produced and developed by the company's Engineering Center within the program H- XBR.

The BRA-05 prototype has the Tactical System of Naval Mission, developed by Helibras especially for Navy missions, APS-143 patrol radar, Chaff & Flare system of countermeasures and intelligence system with two Exocet AM39 B2M2 missile last generation.

The first flight of the aircraft met the President of Helibras Richard Marelli, the Commander of the Navy, Admiral Squadron Bacellar Eduardo Leal Ferreira, and the Navy invited, Air Force, Army and partner companies, which were able to follow the progress of the project. "It is an honor and a great pleasure to present this new version, because I was ahead of all H225M project in Brazil, before assuming the presidency of Helibras. I am confident and proud of the work our team is doing here, in close collaboration with the Armed Forces and our partners who have helped us build this naval version, unique in the world, "said Marelli.

The development and manufacturing of this new naval version were conducted under the leadership of Helibras in collaboration with ATECH and ADS, responsible for tactical naval mission system that is the heart of missile integration with the aircraft and sensors; and Avibras and Mectron that perform motorization missile Exocet AM39 B2M2, manufactured by MBDA.

The Mission Tactical System Naval installed on H225M allows the commander of the mission to establish and evaluate the cockpit a complex tactical-operational situation, in coordination with an operator at the tactical console in the helicopter cabin, and authorize the launch of AM39 missile in the best conditions.

BRA-05 aircraft will be the first H225M operational version to be delivered to the Navy in 2018. Before that, next year, the new systems of this version will go through the evaluation and certification of military authority, the Department of Science and Technology aerospace (DCTA-IFI).

The helicopter is part of the 50 units Contract H-XBR program ordered by the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces that are being produced in Brazil to transfer technology and knowledge in the country, Cooperation & Offset project, which has been fulfilled by Helibras.

The company has delivered 26 aircraft of this package already totaled more than 14,000 hours of flight. Seven of them are in operation in the Navy of Brazil, ten in the FAB, including two units of the GTE-nine in the Brazilian army.

Helibras is the only Brazilian producer of helicopters and completed in 2016, 38 years of activities. Since its founding in 1978, the company has delivered more than 750 helicopters in Brazil, 70% of the Squirrel model, manufactured in Itajubá (MG). In 2012, it began producing H225M (military) model, having built a new assembly line and extended all their facilities for this new program.

Helibras is the subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters, which belongs to the Airbus Group, a global pioneer in aerospace and defense-related services. With a 50% stake in the Brazilian fleet of turbine helicopters, Helibras is the market leader and maintains facilities in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia.

Its factory, which employs about 600 professionals and has 36 aircraft production capacity per year, produces and customizes various models that meet the civil, governmental and military segments. In 2015, the company reported total revenues of $ 620 million.

Airbus Helicopters is a division of Airbus Group. The company provides the most efficient solutions in civil and military helicopters to its customers to serve, protect, save lives and realize the safe transport of passengers in highly demanding environments.

Flying over 3 million hours a year, the service company's fleet includes around 12,000 helicopters operated by more than 3,000 customers in 154 countries. Airbus Helicopters employs over 22,000 people worldwide and in 2015 generated revenue of 6.8 billion euros. The company aspires to move from larger to the best manufacturer of helicopters, becoming a reference in this segment of the industry

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Looking for business opportunities and approach to companies from the aerospace sector, ProMexico participated in Japan Aerospace Show 2016, the most important aerospace show for the industry in Asia, in coordination with Mexico's Embassy in Japan, the Mexican Federation of the Aerospace Industry (FEMIA) and the participation of the State of Queretaro, looking for business opportunities and the means to reach out to companies in this industry. The increase of Japanese companies in Mexico, raises the number of opportunities to diversify the Japanese companies that supply to the automotive industry, which could as well supply to the aerospace industry. On the other hand, Mexican aircraft component exports to Japan have been experiencing exponential growth over the last ten years, shifting from US$0.05 million in 2006 to US$2.98 million in 2015.

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The companies Horizontec and Pirwi presented at Design Week México the first wooden plane completely made in Mexico. After three years of work, the aircraft designed by Giovanni Angelucci will be sold to the public. The plane is made from fir trees and birches, that were specifically planted for aeronautic purposes and were certified by the FAA. Though the plane is made from wood its finishing is of the highest quality and was built following Pirwi’s sustainability principles. The airplane, a Light Sport Sircraft (LSA) is designed for two passengers, pilot included. With low-wings and a fixed landing gear, it can be used for recreational purposes or for training activities and land monitoring. The aircraft has a flying autonomy of 6 hours and a reach of 1,500km. Weighting 330kg, the plane can flight up to speeds of 300 km/h. The plane, fostered by the Queretaro Aeronautic University (UNAQ), became the first aircraft to be completely manufactured in Mexico since the 1950s. UNAQ expects this project will encourage the prospect of building a complete and commercial aircraft in the country. The aircraft will have a cost of US$180,000 and will be manufactured upon request and it will allow the inclusion of personalized details depending on every client.

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Russia's deputy minister of industry and trade said time had come to launch a joint project with Mexico on the development of a light chopper.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — Russia and Mexico could start joint work on the development of a light helicopter, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Andrei Boginsky said Wednesday. "The time has come to launch a joint project with Mexico, if possible, in the field of a light helicopter. They are ready. We already have joint projects with India and China. Why not? There are opportunities, we should try to use them," Boginsky told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of a business forum in Mexico. © SPUTNIK/ ALEXANDR KRYAZHEV Russia, Mexico Scrap Joint Venture Plans for SSJ Parts Production According to Boginsky, 85 percent of aerospace companies in Mexico are connected to the US capital, about 5-7 percent with European, while the rest of the enterprises are purely Mexican. He added that Russia had something to propose to Mexico, for instance, multi-purpose light helicopter Ansat, which has US engines. The Mexico Business Summit, attended by Boginsky, was held on November 13-15 in Pueb

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The orders list is getting too long for the new generation of engines. So Safran is planning a third plant in collaboration with Albany. The LEAP engine has been requested (or intended orders expressed) for 11,500 units, and Mexico will play a central role in its production. Daniel Parfait, Director General of Safran México, explained "Mexico will be manufacturing key components of an engine that will dominate aviation in the near future." Both GE and Safran Aircraft Engines added manufacturing capabilities at sites throughout the U.S. and France. But an investment of US$74 million between the two companies will see Mexican workers creating fan blades with an innovative technology: 3-D woven RTM (Resin Transfer Molding) carbon fiber composite. Production is set for 2017 and will create 500 new jobs on site. These Safran recruits will make an average of 20,000 LEAP engine fan blades per year once production is up to speed, estimated for 2021

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The company "Compania de Aviacion Faucett S. A." It was established in Peru, 15 September 1928 (with headquarters in Lima). The oldest Peruvian airline still exists. In the early 1930s the company "Faucett" founded a workshop for the repair and restoration of their own aircraft and aircraft of other companies working in Peru. A few years later the company decided to develop its aircraft designs for their own needs.

In 1934, his own version, designated the F-10 Faucett (or Stinson-Faucett F-10) was designed based on US aircraft Stinson SM-6B company. During the operation of F-10 it identified a number of deficiencies, as a result the company has developed a modernized version, under the designation Faucett F-19 (or Stinson-Faucett F-19).

The new aircraft was to improve the longitudinal stability of a longer fuselage, as well as new tail section. F-19 crew consisted of two people, and it could carry up to seven passengers people. The aircraft was manufactured in two versions - onshore (with 600-horsepower engine Pratt & Whitney Wasp S1H1-G) and the float (with the engine Pratt & Whitney Hornet S1E3-C output of 875 hp and floats Edo).

Serial production of aircraft was launched in 1939. This year was the vypushena 6 copies of F-19 (three in the Parliament and the Council on Land and Pop

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AVIBRAS - IAE - Contract Guarantees Production of Eight S50 Engines

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The director of the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE), Brig. Eng. Augusto Luiz de Castro Otero and the president of AVIBRAS, Eng. João Brasil Carvalho Leite, at the signing of the S-50 engines contract, 22DEZ2016. Picture - IAE / FAB
The director of the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE), Brig. Eng. Augusto Luiz de Castro Otero and the president of AVIBRAS, Eng. João Brasil Carvalho Leite, at the signing of the S-50 engines contract, 22DEZ2016. Picture - IAE / FAB



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December 22, 2016 will be remembered in Brazil as a historical date for the Brazilian Space Program. On this day in São José dos Campos, at the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE), the contract was signed for the production of eight S50 engines, which will be used on flights carried out by the Suborbital Vehicle VS-50 and in the flight of the first version of the Vehicle Microsatellite Launcher VLM-1, funded by the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB / MCTIC).

The contract guarantees the supply of eight S50 engines with all its accessories. Engines 1 and 2 will be used for engineering tests (structural and rupture tests). The 3 and 4 will be used for firing on a test bench for soil validation. The 5 and 6 will be used for validation, during the flights of two vehicles VS-50. Finally, the 7 and 8 will be the flight engines of the first version of VLM-1.

The VLM project will be developed with resources from the AEB through an agreement with the Science, Applications and Space Technology Foundation (FUNCATE), which will provide management, financial and administrative assistance to IAE.

"The efforts of the IAE teams that participated in the formalization, construction and analysis of the proposal were immense and should be valued by all who trust in the success of the Brazilian Space Program. The discussions began in September 2015 and, 15 months later, the contract was signed.

The consolidation of the contract is also due to the commitment of the Aerospace Industry (AVIBRAS) involved in the project, which won the trust of IAE through a serious proposal that includes management, risk and quality plans compatible with the size of the company and With the wishes of the contracting institute, "said the Director of Space Transportation and Licensing (DTEL).

This contract concludes an extensive work begun in September 2015 with the elaboration of Term of Reference nº 024/2015, in which the IAE requested to the FUNCATE the elaboration of the Request of Offer for the supply of eight motors S-50, necessary for all the Phases of the VS-50 and VLM-1 projects, until the first flight of the prototypes of each project.

After more than a year of analysis of the managerial, technical and commercial volumes, where the professionals of the IAE and the Monitoring and Control Group at EMBRAER (GAC-EMBRAER) deepened the discussions in the three areas, the Final Offering Revision C was reached, November 2016, from AVIBRAS Air and Sea Division SA

Thus, in the next 26 months, the company will industrialize the S50 engine design and produce six engines and their accessories, which will be accompanied by technicians from IAE and the Institute of Development and Industrial Coordination (IFI) for the good performance of the point contract Of technical and quality. The agreement signed will produce the first six engines and the remaining two will be subject to an Addendum to the contract, after review, submission and approval of Addendum to Agreement 001/2015, between IAE and FUNCATE, for the development of VLM- 1.

AEB President-in-Office, Carlos Alberto Gurgel, believes in the success of the project and relies on the work to be carried out by the Brazilian Air Force's (FAB), FUNCATE and AVIBRAS staff and desires success in continuing this important project Of the Brazilian Space Program.

At the signing ceremony were present the director general of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DCTA), Ten. Brig. Antônio Carlos Egito do Amaral, the director of the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE), Brig. Eng. Augusto Luiz de Castro Otero and the project manager of VLM, Ten. Cel. Eng. Fábio Andrade de Almeida. AVIBRAS was attended by the president, Eng. João Brasil Carvalho Leite, Vice-President José Sá Carvalho Júnior, Development Engineering Manager, Luiz Eduardo Nunes Almeida and the Sales Executive, Marco Aurélio Rodrigues de Almeida and the director of Projects of the Foundation of Science, Applications and Space Technology (FUNCATE), Dr. Donizeti Andrade.

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