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membership earlier the former general was a ruled fit to be handed over to the hague despite his ongoing health problems. and the u.s. the state department calls on the georgian authorities to investigate beyond a crackdown on protests that led to several deaths and says crowds take to the police streets again to rally against the government's excessive use of force. and egypt opens a border crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say it's a breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis for one and a half a million palestinians who face the constant food shortages and the lack of medical treatment. ok well now could be a case of boys with toys it's time to check in on russia's aviation innovation next with technology.

hello and welcome to technology update this month marks the fourth annual assembly of the international helicopter industry here in moscow it's a chance for companies to show up innovative concept big business men to buy their own birds and for us to find out what's changing in the world of russian shop. this year's show was the biggest bash raising the high standards set in years past the capital cities group has exposed to over one hundred sixty companies that manufacture and design fly sell and supply helicopters in there parts from sixteen countries not to be outdone by some of the most popular european american models flown out to the show virtually every russian company involved in chopper construction was on hand for industry insiders it's a place to exchange ideas business cards and maybe even bank account numbers to nail down the kinds of sales in contracts everyone came looking for russia is

a playground where the machines we mostly sure overhead come down to earth from teetering with twenty models to trying out flight simulators to investigating new avionics outputs the high flying technology was all within reach i do go on a ride in the car seat one seat chyron counter from but only as opting instead for an x. box connect tour of the latest russian b.i.g. can. play pilot for a few new friends only to find out that actual keys to the sleeps with a small business class air taxi are just a bit out of my price range. the wheeling and dealing would get my editors to shell out the rubles to fly home in a new technology of the chopper. hello rush is full of new models new joint ventures and new comers for both domestic and international markets they could even be said for the massive conglomerate russian helicopters on the scene for less than half a decade but among its many daughter companies because on a helicopter factory is one place where innovative ideas have long been taking

flight. this new image design. complex has long been the main production site of the most prolific helicopter in history the m.i. eight we get sometimes along for a scenic flight during our visit where test pilots showed off not just at picturesque a sodger russian monasteries with the agility is made the m.i.a.'s and it's in my seventeen export version the workhorse of helicopter fleets known world over. the way it's supposed full scale modernization program is underway for the seventeen v five the latest generation of best selling helicopters. it will see the addition of a number of functions upgraded flight deck equipment improved technical specs and the performance we've played an important role in this program. which i. knew in my seventeen modifications and significant is flexibility of their predecessors over eleven thousand of which have been produced over close to half

a century and even before this family took flight because on plan launched the first ever serial production of soviet helicopters the first flock of flying machines was dubbed m i born after designer mikhail meal winning the approval of joseph stalin with a great fanfare at the one nine hundred fifty one touche an airshow the much heralded helicopters were assigned because on the production like the helicopters themselves the assembly lines are undergoing a modern make over increase quality and efficiency a swashplate frame is a crucial part of the mechanics of helicopter maneuverability and the old lines apart like a straight three months of labor showing new equipment that's now in place fresh frames take roughly a week the entire swashplate assembly totals over a dozen parts screws disks ball bearings and linkages the quality of which cannot be compromised without damaging overall aerodynamics that same rule applies to each of the hundreds of moving parts that make up the modern helicopter so overhauling

equipment is more than cosmetic not every component is for a new aircraft they're pumping out the inevitable. replacements as well as new and improved parts to service the hundreds of customers still operating their earlier models in some eighty countries well that's certainly good business the factory has recently branched out in the even bigger endeavor. when you're more new we reached a point where we realized the need to expand our product range of near pad to our line of helicopters the choice of the new helicopters size was no accident. that analysis showed the demand was most intense in the medium class helicopter segment those with a maximum takeoff weight in the free to three and a half ounce and kilo range. there was an element of risk involved since the cousin helicopter plant had practically no prior experience of designing its own helicopters at that time. but in one thousand nine hundred seven europe because

then helicopter factory joined the club of russian designers of them just like any new project there were a string of obstacles to overcome to turning the design into reality nonetheless those difficulties were resolved one after the other and in late two thousand and four a new and sat received its transport helicopter certificate. not only was the ansett the first ground of design experience for the design helicopter plant it was also the first start to finish russian aviation project after the break up of the soviet union in a period where numerous quality concepts in the field were shelled in the late the end steps out through prototype and test production in an impressive pace the basic layout of the new bird is exactly it's genius because on design bureau had the history of russian helicopters it can be adapted for a broad spectrum of potential uses at their back they simply pushed a new young charted waters and a highly desirable lighter load meet in hit a jackpot. the comfort of the name on sap comes from the top word that describes

the design concept it means. convenient these days it's common to talk about the products price quality ratio and if we mean the set of options for our customers we wanted to make this indicator is closest to the ideal dnssec can be converted into a multitude of modifications intended for the most common shopper usage in tween controlled trainer models for those just learning to fly while medics are offered the life support systems of a flying. the basic transport model can hold nine passengers or up to eight thousand job loads and if v.i.p. addition makes jumping comfortable for the select few. twenty first century integrated flight control technology makes the insan marketable on the international stage it's the first civilian helicopter with the digital channels to control pitch roll heading in attitude backed up by quadruple redundant sensors and

actuators to ensure ideal maneuverability under virtually all conditions. with their first from scratch series and the factories spread out over a broader than ever model range and as part of the new russian helicopters group since two thousand and seven they've been included in the forging of a flagship. helicopter factory is a collaborative project with the top players in russian and international avionics it's a new and improved family of choppers that's just starting to take flight the m i thirty eight despite years of uncertainty and controversy involving project partners the improved second test model of the m i thirty eight made this first flight last december because on factory is joined on the project by the legendary design. thirty eight is a multi-purpose medium transport helicopter designed to updated mit and my seventeen ancestors it can hold up to five thousand kilograms of cargo in the

spacious interior cabin an increase of fully a ton over early in my seventeen models capable of carrying exterior cars. go up to seven thousand philos they might thirty eight can cover an extended range of up to thirteen hundred kilometers if it's weak with extra fuel tanks for mules headquarters just outside the russian capital it was a short flight over the helo pad crocus center had ready for helo russia participants and also gas with their own traffic beating transportation understandably to meet thirty eight and place of honor and all the media attention that entails with the manufacturers of the helicopters components all gathered here at the exhibition it's a great chance to climb inside and find out what makes me thirty that way but if you watch glass cockpit is the somewhat deceptive term used to describe the modern make over increasingly applied to the pilot's control panel in new aircraft in place of the old analog dalziel gauges abortive digital displays present all the vital aviation instrumentation. we've integrated multiple positioning

a number geishas systems and it also has some advanced features such as automatic dependence or valence broadcast and satellite guidance for both precision and no imprecision final landing approach is ok it's akin to the enhanced ground proximity warning system which is already been tested on a range of early m.r.i. models and bureau. the feedback from the cruise has been very positive and they say it really helps prevent controlled flight into terrain accidents one standout aspect of this is them is that it runs a database of all flight hazards in russia that's a unique feature for this class of equipment. the emory thirty eight will also stand apart for being available with two different engines the first two prototypes have pratt and whitney canada p.w. one hundred motors while others will feature clean most t.v. seven one seventeen the new capacities does the second version of the cream of engine have. the technical features of the two engines very similar but even with

which i see a great advantage in that the new engine has been developed in russia. and also good sat for more palate takeoff while generally consuming less fuel. system which allows an exhilarating power units being still don't board the helicopter which precipitates all field landing and takeoff but the biggest bonus of having two engine times creased ability to meet the needs of the customer. which no aircraft is going anywhere without lift and a helicopter that's all about the rotor blades then my thirty eight can tip the scales with takeoff weight over fifteen thousand kilograms so it's equipped with six rotor blades to give it adequately power on early helicopters materials like laminated good and even fabric for use later giving way to steel and aluminum structures as in many other components modern voter blades offer and who performance after a shift to composite materials light fiberglass the blade core is still formed by

a lightweight aluminum honeycomb structure that expanded course affixed to a frame with a special he said to create panels these panels are being covered with an outer layer of the composite materials in the sandwich construction the further the panels are ranged along the backbone of the future helicopter blade what's called the spar or laws are on their every step of the process new materials are being tested to increase the blades performance providing more lift for equivalent power or extending the working life of the blade and the special glue. it's been in my thirty eight uses are the best the industry has to offer. what's unique in our blade production is the degree of automation that the main load bearing element that strengthens the blade and on the pens it aerodynamics what we call a longer and is produced automatically by means of winding like. we're the only ones with this technology nobody else in the world produces composite constructions

by means of this technology and it's well known that come visit material is not vulnerable to rotting or corroding but that means our blades can work for many years saving the customers money let it be also in producing these blades that we've implemented the latest achievements of aviation science in the field of aerodynamics. prior to putting these new blades on the m.i. fifty eight we tested them on our m. i ate the meaningful breakthrough we discovered with these blades used on a regular m i eight helicopter was a full extra ton of lift. so if your typical m.i.a. to compare a load of three thousand kilos then you install these plates and without any change in engine power you can add on an additional one thousand kilos and still take off it's a great example of how innovations are having a quality of practical impact on performance you know what. that is a beyond the hell of russia like those innovations were on display this month when the mule factory hosted the first open press quite to show off the new test model

full scale production may take until twenty fifteen for them my thirty eight has come a long way. the first in terms of launching a rotary wing aircraft started in earnest in the first half of the last century the dated footage me look at big goofy in hindsight but there was a decades long debate among designers before the ideal layout we settled on among the very first to get it right was alex it should be your new kit with his sunny one a helicopter. well that stands out as. the first russian helicopter that was able to take successfully. it's basically become the prototype for ninety five percent of the helicopters that have been designed in the world ever since. a single rotor model with a tail rotor. and also has shattered the world altitude record in one hundred thirty two reaching six hundred five meters. or more than thirty times higher than

the previous mark or with that. if the italian machine before it could barely reach the roof of a five story building. helicopter flew as high as today's tallest skyscrapers but with the secrecy that surrounded his work at the central aero hydrodynamic institute sunday the soviet record went long unrecognized despite increasing agreement on the rotor in fuselage design not all the test flights were soaring success the meteoric rise of airplanes and the interruption of world war two delayed the wider application of pioneering ideas with the foundation of an industry and didn't really. today's modern aircraft are under careful control a far cry from the primitive machines that made the first big aviation breakthrough we traded in the limited manual systems for gyroscope orientation technology. is used to modern gadgets and maybe hard to imagine a world with scopes they found their way into everything from space ships to

smartphones and they're also behind the balance and control systems of these toy helicopters russian company in a lot is at the forefront of the industry it's making this both possible kinda economical what. we say if we took the most interesting technology which is a vibrating chair a store in made it extremely inexpensive. were made it's through. changing the type of material that we used in the shape and for. of this maturity and role in levs is far from the only company that seized on the opportunity to produce cheaply what was once almost pretty expensive technology they're making breakthroughs in simplifying the structure of their coriolis vibrating gyros. c.g.s. require just a fraction of the components needed for mechanical gyroscopes of equivalent

precision. in the labs uses inexpensive metals in place of pricey cords and is perfect in a cylindrical rather than hemisphere shape. these devices were stance extreme with high level of truck. stance very high level of vibrations and gamma doesn't afraid of radiation doesn't afraid you know it doesn't care about a lot of different electromagnetic waves as long as the detroit it's protected ones quality gyroscopes and in produced the range of potential uses is an ever expanding in a lab c.v. g.'s can be used to orient all kinds of the aircraft in space remotely operated or autonomously operating vehicles like drones or robots in every case in systems on a range of moving objects and even rotating in tennis oil drilling platforms. in all the systems gyroscope so the king sensors allow for the calculation of

a moving objects angular velocity and then we integrate these signals and determine the rotation angle. i can demonstrated with our assets you can heading reference system. as i rotate this device it determines. integrates well and determines the attitude angle. market analysis has shown that maximally accurate compact and energy efficient systems are in the highest a month and so that's the market segment and our labs has them to. you we're pretty surely is. they strive for new products in the labs understands how important the slightest changes hindi toben enough potentially new applications and with him new markets that's why so much energy and resources are expended on careful analysis of each new test system the constituent parts microelectronics ceramics sensors and resonators are all tiny and sensitive in a lab just looking for a break from particularly for the field of aviation coriolis vibrating or bribe

rating structure gyroscopes have generally been limited to lower end navigation devices. break into the demanding sector of inertial navigation systems for aircraft to attain unprecedented. jericho currently can be used. three systems stabilisation in. the direction. we're heading next generation system which should be coming out. to have gyroscope. one hundred sixty degree point it can be used. when you don't have any other means of reference. if it's being lost. especially when you do not see the ground. operation. they

already have clients on four continents and if the train continues should. take systems get smaller. our shared airspace is increasingly crowded with flying machines of all shapes and sizes. the exhibition without any problems the bigger need of new and improved tracking systems to keep the skies safe. that's a top priority task for. this state. institute for aviation systems thankfully communication and data transmission technology is developed as the demands on air space have intensified and the ghost nasty has an advanced set up for testing out ways to apply these expanding capabilities to the growing problem today's standard practices of air traffic control rely on technology long available in virtually every corner of the globe mostly grounding air radio contact and radar

tracking systems and what we have in place is affected far more often than not the occasional accident or a close call in the skies or on the runways points out the ever present potential for human error new systems hope to further reduce the danger. we're talking about is called automatic dependent surveillance broadcast. this is quite a promising developing field supported by the international civil aviation organization. that the u.s. is planning to make such as is the mandatory twenty twenty. projects implementation in the same. the same time frame has also been proposed for russia this means in the future aircraft with the system will simply not be granted like our mission. so what's the technology that will allow us to move away from the familiar radar radio combo satellite navigation in tracking systems like g.p.s.

are now offered comprehensive coverage they can provide far more accurate information about aircraft location motion and trajectory the biggest players in civil aircraft production boeing and airbus are already building that technology into new models but like many airlines resisting the call to upgrade planes they may be undercutting the future systems effectiveness by watching the bottom line since the protocol requires only. one way data transmission equipment this is not a full fledged system it's effectively just a replacement for radar as it is a much needed useful. efficient step in the right direction and expensive will be replaced with relatively unknown complicated base stations. for system paints a totally different picture this has the ability not just to receive information on the ground also simultaneously send aircraft the information on board to regulate without input from air traffic control systems this technology has already been developed the hardware exists the r.c.

malone has completed dozens hundreds of flights using this equipment and it's proven very effective you've missed. this month perhaps the most ambitious public presentation of the s design eighty s p solution to date five aircraft involved included not just traditional vessels but also drones and important new contender for space in the crowd. in the future an air traffic controller will monitor both. aircraft and a fully standardized. controller won't see any difference between the two. the pilots of monday aircraft will see each other's planes will lead any drones on their screens. the same goes for operators of craft. carrying out their work just like regular pilots and the only difference being there on the ground. at the choosing airfield outside of st petersburg the pilots meant to carefully study the flight plan for a vehicle to m.i.a.

choppers a lightweight motor glider and firearms officers midsized. to head east with a smaller drone developed by russian companies going south and shortly thereafter as in normal civil aviation the three man craft each flight it get from the designated altitude. however on the same plane the plane calls for a point of intersection on the southern side of a rectangular space with a drone flying eastwards head on it the other. system should help the drone operators alter their course also avoiding a catastrophic collision with a main. aircraft occupying higher altitude layers with their missions laid out in plain russian and pilots were left to suit up and strategize additional intrigue was added to the mix by an uninvited guest a stiff wind blowing north to south. of the bridge and it was an official listen if the difficulty of looking.

the other shows up. once the last of the germans had overcome the minor meteorological obstacle we had five birds not just in the sky but on everybody's flight monitors the test pilots quickly flew out of visual contact but their movement and relative positioning was all constantly communicated to the airfields a.t.'s be based ation the ground based drone operators fortunately had more than enough information to effectively avoid any collision. and everything went exactly according to plan c. of all of the aircraft were able to track each other it is the dispatcher was able to monitor all the aircraft perfectly as they did just as well as the whole soyuz but it'll disconfirmed up the technology is absolutely functional the totally legitimate plenty international civil aviation standards now the task is to lobby for a full scale implementation is that he draws us in moscow in the process of perfecting

the system for all possible flying objects pushes on the capital is perhaps the clearest example of how heavy the load on current air traffic control systems can be most of the chopper said hello russia had been flown it so we'd seen how hard it is to get the green light for a chopper mission over europe's biggest city the good news we're already embracing ideas to conquer the traffic jam in the sky as. the high tech helicopter industry is just starting to take off we're already at a time just like throwing us for more on the next technology update until then enjoy the raw. data.

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