these. five thirty am in moscow these iraqi headlines poles apart barack obama insists the u.s. will locate part of its missile shield in poland or german russia to get on board despite moscow's objections to the plan the move is highly controversial with moscow saying the shield would compromise its own national security. lawyers for a former bosnian serb general ride home allotted safety except still be extradited to the hague for war crimes he's awaiting the outcome of an appeal against an earlier ruling that he was fit to stand trial and georgia's opposition says the

government's now targeting families of dissidents dozens of whom remain missing after a violent act out on a protest two days ago earlier the state department joined russia in and demanding a probe into the actions of the police which left several people dead. and a light at the end of the tunnel for people in gaza as egypt opens a border crossing ending a four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say the decision will ease the humanitarian crisis for the million plus palestinians faced with shortages of food and medical supplies. more news coming away in half an hour first though the cream of russia's aviation crop as the technology update coming up showcases high tech helicopter innovation.

hello and welcome to technology up day this month marks the fourth annual assembly of the international helicopter industry here in moscow it's a chance for companies to show off innovative concept 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 yet raising the high standards set in years past the capital cities group whose expo center over one hundred sixty companies that manufacture design fly sell and supply helicopters in their parts from sixteen countries not to be outdone by some of the most popular european and 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 and contracts everyone came looking for russia is a playground where the machines we mostly sure overhead comes down to earth from

teetering with twenty models to trying out flight simulators to investigating new avionics outputs guy flying technology was all within reach i do go on a ride in the bar six one see china a 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 small business class air taxi are just a bit out of my price range no amount of wheeling and dealing would get my editors to shell out the rubles to fly home in a new technology on a chopper. helo 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 gets in time to long for a scenic flight during our visit where test pilots showed off not just that picturesque a size of russian monasteries but the agility has made the m.i.a.'s and its in my seventeen export version the workhorse of helicopter fleets known world over. it's a profile scale modernization program is underway for the seventeen v five with the latest generation of best sounding helicopters. it will see the addition of a number of functions upgraded flight deck equipment improved technical specs and performance we've played an important role in this program. but you don't know we just. knew in my seventeen modifications and defeatist 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 helped launch the

first ever serial production of soviet helicopters the first flight of flying machines was dubbed the mit one after designer mikhail meal winning the approval of joseph stalin with a great fanfare at the nine hundred fifty one to sion air show 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 efficiency a swashplate frame is a crucial part of the mechanics of helicopter maneuverability and the old line support i just made three months of labor we new equipment that's now in place press 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 brings down in the even bigger endeavors. when you're more new we reached a point where we realized the need to expand our product. line of helicopters the choice of the new helicopters size was no accident. market analysis showed the demand was most intense in the medium class helicopter segment those with a maximum takeoff weight in the three to three and a half hours 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 ninety seven because then helicopter factory joined the club of russian designers just like any new

project there were a string of obstacles to overcome turning the design into reality nonetheless those difficulties were resolved one after the other and in late two thousand and four and un senate 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 breakup of the soviet union in a period where numerous quality concepts in the field were shelled in the late the unset plowed through prototype and test production in an impressive pace the basic layout of the new bird is exactly its genius because on design bureau had the history of russian helicopters they 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 each end hit the jackpot. becomes the name on sad comes from a turtle word that describes the design concept it means. convenient these days in

. the sense of options for our customers and we wanted to make this indicator as close as possible to the ideal for dnssec can be converted into a multitude of modifications intended for the most common usage between controlled trainer models for those just learning to fly medics are offered a life support systems of a flying into the basic transport model can hold nine passengers or up to a thousand queue loads and a v.i.p. addition makes puddle jumping comfortable for the select few. twenty first century integrated flight control technology makes the incentive 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. fresh off the 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 mit thirty you made this first flight last december because on factory is joined on the project by the legendary nine. hundred thirty eight is a multi-purpose medium transport helicopter designed to update its mit and my seventeen ancestors it can hold up to five thousand kilograms of cargo in a spacious interior cabin and increase in fully a ton over early in my seventeen models capable of carrying exteriors. go up to

seven thousand kilos they might thirty eight can cover an extended range 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 to helo pad crocus center had ready for hello russia participants and also gas with their own traffic beating transportation understandably to meet thirty eight at 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 eight the way to the future 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 another geishas systems and it also has some advanced features such as automatic dependence

or valence broadcast and satellite guidance for both precision and precision final landing approaches. 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 the eurocopter. feedback from the crew 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 cleamons t.v. seven one seventeen. one new capacities does the second version of the cream of engine have. the technical features of the two engines very similar but even with bush i see a great advantage in that the new engine has been developing russia. it also could

sound more palliating cold while generally consuming less fuel. has a nasty system which allows an exhilarating power units being stoled on board the helicopter which precipitates all field landing and takeoff but the biggest bonus of having two engine times is the increased 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 adequate lift power on early helicopters materials like laminated wood and even fabric for use later giving way to steel and aluminum structures as in many other components modern voter blades offer and cooper formants after a shift to composite materials like fiberglass the blade core is still formed by a lightweight aluminum honeycomb structure that expanded course at fixed 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 further the panels are ranged along the backbone of the future helicopter blade what's called the saw or laws are on every step in 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 blue. 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 the main load bearing elements that strengthens the blade and underpins its aerodynamics what we call a longer and is produced automatically by means of winding white. board with 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 composition material is not vulnerable to rotting or corroding that means our blades can work

for many years saving the customs nonny it be also in producing these blades we've implemented the latest achievements of aviation science in the field of merit dynamics. prior to posting these new blades on the m i thirty eight we tested them on r.m.i. eight the meaningful breakthrough we discovered with these blades used on a regular m.i.a. helicopter was a full extra ton of lift. so if you are typical and my age can bear 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 qualitative practical impact on performance you know what. that is that beyond a hell of russia like those innovations were on display this month with a mule factory posted the first open press quite to show off the new test model full scale production may take until twenty fifty's for them my thirty eight has

come a long way and the first attempts at launching a brutally wing aircraft started in earnest in the first half of the last century the dayton footage me look a bit goofy in hindsight but there was a decades long debate among designers before the ideal layout was settled on among the very first to get it right was alex it should be your new kid with his sonny want to be a helicopter. but this stands out as. the first russian helicopter that was able to take gold successfully. plus 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. 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 and fuselage design and 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 but 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. for those used to modern gadgets it may be hard to imagine a world without scopes they found their way into everything from space ships to smartphones and they're also behind the balance in control systems of these toy

helicopters pushing the company into lots is at the forefront of the industry that's making this both possible and economical what. we we took the most interesting technology which is a vibration gyroscope in made it extremely inexpensive. were made it's through. changing the type of material that we used in the shape and for. all of this material and roll 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 from poets needed for mechanical gyroscopes of equivalent precision. in the labs uses inexpensive metals in place of pricey cords and has

perfected a cylindrical rather than hemisphere issue. these devices were stance extremely high level of truck. which stands 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 electronics to protect one's quality gyroscopes it in produced a range of potential uses is ever expanding in a lab c.v. g.'s can be used to orient all kinds of the aircraft in space and remotely operated or autonomously operating vehicles like drones or robots never a case in systems on a range of moving objects and even rotating intel as drilling platforms. in all the systems gyroscope so the king sensors allow for the calculation of a moving objects angular velocity and then we enter great these signals and determine the rotation angle. i can demonstrated with as

a change and heading reference system. as i rotate this device it determines. integrates it well and determines the attitude angle about the real home market analysis has shown that maximally accurate compact and energy efficient systems are in the highest amount and so that's the market segment and our labs has ended up with if you didn't. you were particularly. they strive for new products in the labs understands how important the slightest changes can be opening up 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 says looking for a breakthrough particularly for the field of aviation coriolis vibrating or tribe rating structure gyroscopes generally been limited to lower end navigation devices

so in order to break into the demanding sector of inertial navigation systems for aircraft to attain unprecedented precision. can be used. three systems stabilisation the direction of the direction the nature of the heading next generation system which should be coming out in about a year from will allow to have gyroscope in your high percentage one hundred sixty degree and can be used in an indication system release. when you don't have any other means of reference. if it's being lost he's extremely important. especially when you see the ground. is in moscow and. they already have clients on four continents and if the train

continues it should get bigger as the gyroscopic systems get smaller. our shared air space is increasingly crowded with flying machines all shapes and sizes and while i can fly this mini chopper at the exhibition without any problems the bigger need of new and improved systems to keep the skies safe. this is a top priority task. this state. institute for aviation systems thankfully communication and data transmission technology is developed as the demands on air space have intensified and the team 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 dependence surveillance broadcast. this is quite a promising developing field supported by the international civil aviation organization. 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 as the system will simply not be granted like a mission. so what's the technology that will allow us to move away from the familiar radar radio combo satellite navigation and tracking systems like g.p.s. are now offered comprehensive coverage they can provide far more accurate information about aircraft location and motion and trajectory the biggest players

in civil aircraft production boeing and airbus are already building their technology into new models but like many airlines resisting the call to upgrade planes they may be undercutting the future system's effectiveness by watching their bottom line since the american protocol requires only eighty. one way data transmission equipment this is not a full fledged system it's effectively just a replacement for radars it is a much needed useful. efficient step in the right direction expensive will be replaced with relatively uncomplicated base stations. for system paints a totally different picture has the ability not just to receive information on the ground and it will also simultaneously send aircraft the information on poor it directly without input from air traffic control systems this technology has already been developed the hardware exists and they are team alone has completed dozens hundreds of flights using this equipment and it's proven very effective you have

missed this month so perhaps the most ambitious public presentation of the as designed e.s.p. solution to date five year craft involved included not just traditional man vessels but also unmanned drones an important new contender for space in the crowded class . and the future and air traffic controller will monitor both. aircraft in a fully standardized. controller won't see any difference between the two. the pilots of monday aircraft will see each other's planes you lend any drones on their screens. the same goes for operators of on monday aircraft. they'll be carrying out their work just like regular pilots and able to help on that the only difference being they're on the ground. and to choose an airfield outside of st petersburg pilots meant to carefully study the flight plan for a vehicle to mit choppers a lightweight motor glider and from saucers midsized or to hate 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 a different has needed altitude. in the cell phone so 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 for the a.d.f. speech system should help the drone operators alter their course while also avoiding a catastrophic collision with the main. aircraft occupying higher altitude layers with their missions laid out in plain russian the 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. dakota. with their stroke it was a little difficult to walk and.

the other shows up at. 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 to test pilots quickly flew out of visual contact but their movement and relative positioning was all constantly communicated to the airfields e.s.p. base station the ground based drone operators fortunately had more than enough information to effectively avoid any collision. as everything went exactly according to plan c. if 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 show they're going to the field this confirms that the technology is absolutely functional up totally legitimate by the international civil aviation standards now the task is to not be for its full scale implementation. that he draws near us in moscow the process of perfecting a 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 choppers had 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 skies. the high tech helicopter industry is just starting to take off we're already out of time just like throwing us for more on the next technology update until that interest in iraq.

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