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legal flash mob demonstrators say there is exactly what the u.s. father of freedom would have wanted them to do. g. eight leaders show a united front by the clear and colonel gadhafi is rule illegitimate and demanding he goes russia's sending its envoy to libya to mediate a cease fire in the country's civil war. and georgia's independence day this week brutal crackdown on thousands of anti-government protesters first those rallies mark the climax of street demonstrations calling for president saakashvili step down. i'm kevin and for news bulletin from us in half an hour's time next though russian aviation's latest soaring success is profound in the latest edition of 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 off innovative concepts bigshot business minute by their own bird and for us to find out what's changing in the world of russia and china. this year's show was the biggest bash yet raising the high standards set in years past the capital cities group has exposed to over one hundred sixty companies that manufacture or design fly sell and supply helicopters in there 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 in contracts everyone came looking for the 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 took a check on a ride in the farcical one seat chyron counter from but only as opting instead for an extra oxygen network of the latest russian b.i.g. characters. i even got to play pilot for a few new friends only to find out the actual keys to the sleek swiss 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. 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 movement is on. complex has long been the main production site of the most prolific helicopter in history the mit eight we get sometimes along for a scenic flight during our visit where test pilots showed up not just that picturesque a sergeant rushing monasteries with the agility has made the m.i.a.'s and its in my seventeen export version the workhorse of helicopter fleets the world over. the way it's a full scale modernization program is underway for the seventeen v five with 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 performance we've played an important role in this program. but you don't know it's just. a new in my seventeen modifications and defeat 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 planes launched the

first ever serial production of soviet helicopters the first flock of flying machines was dubbed am i going after designer me frail meal winning the approval of joseph stalin with a great fanfare at the one nine hundred fifty one touche an air show the much heralded helicopters were assigned to consign for 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 like this great three months of labor pool in 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 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 range to our line of helicopters the choice of the new helicopters sideways was no accident there's 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 killer range. there was an element of risk involved since the khazan 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 opticals to overcome 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 cars on helicopter plane 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 unsettled 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 in hit the jackpot. become for the name on sad comes from

a top dog word that describes the design concept means. convenient these days and. we wanted to make this indicator as close as possible to the ideal dnssec can be converted into a multitude of modifications intended for the most common usage in tween controlled trainer models for those just learning to fly medics are offered a life support systems of a flying ambulance the basic transport model can hold nine passengers are up to a thousand kilos loads and a v.i.p. addition makes jumping comfortable for the select few. twenty first century integrated flight control technology makes the inset marketable on the international stage it's the first civilian helicopter with the digital channels to control pitch and roll heading in attitude backed up by quadruple redundant sensors and actuators to ensure ideal maneuverability under virtually all conditions.

series 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 thirty eight despite years of uncertainty and controversy involving the project partners the improved second test model of the mit thirty eight made this first flight last december because on the factory is joined on the project by the legendary. thirty eight is a multi-purpose medium transport helicopter designed to update its age and my seventeen ancestors. five thousand kilograms of cargo and a spacious interior cabin and increase in fully a ton over early in my seventeen. capable of carrying exterior. go up to seven

thousand he wos they might thirty eight can cover an extended range of up to thirteen hundred kilometers if it's a week with extra fuel tanks for mules headquarters just outside the russian capital it was a short flight over to help pad crocus center had ready for hello russia participants and also guess 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 the way that a 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 in a lot of dallas and 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 persuasion 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 cruise has been very positive they say it really helps prevent controlled flight into train accidents but it won't stand out aspect of this is them is not a drones 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 f.t.w. one hundred motors while others will feature clear most t.v. seventy one seventy. one new capacities does the second version of a claim of engine have. the technical features of the two engines very similar but even with those i see a great advantage in that the new engine has been developed in russia. and also

puts out more power to a cold while generally consuming less fuel. as a national system which allows an exhilarating prow units being still don't pull the helicopter which riseth saves all field landing in tank. 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 take off 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 coo performance after a shift to composite materials like 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 they covered with an outer layer of the composite materials in a sandwich construction further the panels are arranged along the backbone of the future helicopter blade what's called a spar or laws are on their 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 the special blue. it's the mit 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 element that strengthens the blade and underpins its aerodynamics what we call a longer and is produced automatically by means of winding. 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 customer's money it be also in producing these blades we've implemented the latest achievements of aviation science in the field of marriage dynamics with garrett you know prior to putting these new blades on the m i thirty eight we tested them on our am 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. it 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. that is really beyond the hell of russia like those innovations were on display this month with a new factory opposed to the first open press quite to show off the new test model

for scale production may take until twenty fifty's but then my thirty eight has come a long way and the first attempts at launching a rotary wing aircraft started in earnest in the first half of the last century the dayton footage we look at 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. 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 she'll move his 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 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 and control systems of these toy

helicopters bush and company in a lot is at the forefront of the industry that's making this both possible and economical what. we say we took the most interesting technology which is a vibrating gyroscope in made it extremely inexpensive. were made it's through. changing the type of material that we used in the shape in a fog. 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 hip beautifully expensive technology they're making breakthroughs in simplifying to structure of their coriolis vibrating gyros. c.g.s. require just a fraction of a from poets needed for mechanical gyroscopes of equivalent precision. in the labs uses inexpensive metals in place of pricey cords and is perfect it is cylindrical

rather than hemisphere shaped. these devices were stance extremely 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 a neutron exporter once quality gyroscopes and been produced a range of potential uses is ever expanding in the lab c.v. g.'s can be used to orient all kinds of the aircraft in space remove we operated or autonomous lee operating vehicles like drones or robots never engage 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 enter great these signals and

determine the rotation angle. and i can demonstrate that we're not as a change in heading reference system. as i rotate this device it determines. integrates it and determines the attitude angle. market analysis has shown that maximally accurate compact and energy efficient systems are in the highest among and so that's the market segment and our labs has ended. up on u. of us law particularly as. they strive for new products in the labs understands how important the slightest changes can be potentially new applications and with them 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 alliances looking for a breakthrough particularly for the field of aviation. vibrating or vibrating

structure gyroscopes have generally been limited to lower end navigation devices. to be demanding sector of inertial navigation systems for aircraft to attain unprecedented rescission. can be used to three systems stabilization it's the direction of the direction and the nature of the heading next generation system which should be coming out. from. here high for solution one hundred sixty degree and it can be used in an efficient system release. when you don't have any. reference. if it's being lost he's extremely important. especially when you do not see the ground. in moscow and. they already have clients on four continents and if the train

continues. the gyroscopic systems get smaller. our shared air space is increasingly crowded with flying machines of all shapes and sizes and. the exhibition without any problems. to keep the skies safe. this is a top priority task for to specialists. this state. situ 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 explaining 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 ground to 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 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 you developing field supported by the international civil aviation organization where. the u.s. is planning to make such a sister 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. 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. now offer 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 systems effectiveness by watching their bottom lines since the american 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 expensive will be replaced with relatively uncomplicated base stations. for system paints a totally different picture this has the ability not just to receive information on the ground. tain easily send aircraft the information on board or regularly without input from air traffic control systems this technology has already been developed the hardware exists in that our team alone has completed dozens hundreds of flights using this equipment and it's proven very effective you've missed. this month so

perhaps the most ambitious public presentation of a design a.t.'s be solution to date five aircraft involved included not just traditional vessels but also unmanned drones an important new contender for space in the crowded cloud. in the future an air traffic controller will monitor both manned and unmanned aircraft in a fully standardized. controller won't see any difference between the two. the pilots of mt aircraft will see each other's planes you lend any drones on their screens. the same goes for operators of only craft. they'll be carrying out their work just like regular pilots and the only difference being there on the ground. and to choose an airfield outside of st petersburg pilots meant to carefully study the flight plan for a vehicle choppers a lightweight motor glider and tons of his mid-sized are to hate east with

a small engine developed by russian companies going south around shortly thereafter as normal civil aviation the three man craft each flight a different has needed altitude. however on the same plane the plane calls for a point of intersection on the southern side of 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 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. with a. new fish hook it was a bit difficult to walk and.

the other shows up. once the last of the drones 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. based ation the ground based drone operators fortunately had more than enough information to effectively avoid any collision. as everything went exactly according to plan all of the aircraft were able to track each other it is the dispatcher was able to monitor all the aircraft perfectly so they did just as well as the old sawyer they're going to told 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 is that he goes to the house in moscow 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 choppers had hello russia had been flown it so we'd see 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 might join us for more on the next technology update until that interest in iraq.