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Allison introduces new technologies for theV-22 Osprey
TheV-22. Its military name is the Osprey. It’s probably die most exciting innovation in military aviation in twenty years. And in competitive bidding, the United States Navy selected Allison’s T406 engine to power this new aircraft.
The Osprey has all the characteristics of a turboprop airplane,but can vector its powerful Allison turbines 90 degrees upward and suddenly,the aircraft becomes a helicopter.
The 6000 shaft horsepower class engines will move troops from a ship to land and back in a hurry, (250 knots+) without need of a runway or prepared landing site.
Based on the Allison T-56 Series IV this engine was designed to provide the military with a lowcost, low risk development program. And provide the level of tech' nology consistent with the V-22 requirements.This engine also has significant growth potential to handle even more demanding con1- bat requirements in the future.
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The advanced technologies applied today in sophisticated shipboard systems require even greater sophistication in manufacture. Without question, FMC’s Naval Systems Division operates one of the largest, most advanced facilities in the world for design, development and production of naval armament. Our Mk 41 and missile canister production alone requires nearly 300,000 sq. ft. of dedicated high-tech facilities.
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Hughes Aircraft Company has designed and built a common set of core modules to reduce cost and increase reliability in U.S. military aircraft radar systems. Instead of using unique modules for each aircraft, a Standard Avionic Module (SAM) format is used, permitting the core modules to be interchanged in Programmable Signal Processors (PSPs) for the U.S. Air Force F-15’s APG-70 radar and the Navy F-14D’s APG-71. A SAM consists of two printed circuit boards mounted on both sides of a flow-through heat exchanger, with VHSIC-level integrated circuits in rows on either side of the SAM. Significantly fewer module types need be created and debugged, resulting in a more mature design and production base.
A system for night reconnaissance, border surveillance, and specialized military applications has recently completed 150 successful cross-country demonstration flights. The approach utilizes a Hughes Night Vision System (HNVS) aboard Schweizer Aircraft Corporation’s new SA 2-37A Special Purpose Aircraft. The HNVS is a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) system that lets crew members see night and in poor visibility conditions. Unlike radar, the FLIR emits no energy of its own that can be detected during operations. It can locate and track vehicles and, at its maximum magnification setting; can even delineate individual tree limbs and branches. HNVS is in use by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Customs Service, and was selected for use on the proposed V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii was the first to use a new infrared focal plane array, which has caused a technological revolution in infrared astronomy. The Hughes-built microchip “sandwich” provides sharp, fast infrared images of our solar system and the galaxies. Astronomers can now obtain a better look inside mysterious clouds of dust and gas, known as nebulae, to learn more about the life cycle of stars. The array also produces, for the first time, fine-grain infrared images of objects within nebulae that were previously hidden.
A newly developed system significantly speeds up the measurement of digital data generated by modern radars. The Automated Radar Monitor (ARM) system uses a computer and special interface hardware. It replaces expensive, time-consuming manual special test equipment (STE) hardware panels currently used. ARM can collect high-speed digital radar data, analyze it, and display it on several computer terminals simultaneously. The cost of the ARM system, developed by Hughes, is approximately one-third that of the STE it replaces.
A high-performance instrumentation radar establishes state-of-the-art fast and sensitive microwave and millimeter-wave measurements. Developed by Hughes, the fully programmable, broadband, frequency- and polarization-agile radar provides the flexibility to make radar cross section and antenna j pattern measurements, EW simulation testing, and more. Utilizing Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging, modular design, and automatic diagnostics, the radar achieves reliable, accurate measurements from 100 MHz to more than 100 GHz. The system can be tailored for indoor or outdoor ranges or in natural environments for measurements of ships at sea or aircraft in flight.
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The Far Distant Ships An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in World War II
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With a handful of small combatants and only 3,843 men in her Navy, Canada entered World War II on 10 September 1939. By May of 1943, the Royal Canadian Navy contained 400 warships and was responsible for the close-escort of trans-Atlantic convoys, as well as having major roles in the Arctic, Gulf of St. Lawrence, English Channel, the North Sea, the Med, and the Pacific.
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The Sinking of the Merrimac
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U. S. Navy Lieutenant Richmond Hobson and his men had no expectations of surviving the daring mission they volunteered for in 1898. To help prevent Spanish ships from slipping past the American blockade of Santiago, they were ordered to sink the U. S. collier Merrimac in the entrance to the harbor. The Spanish blew the ship up before it reached its destination and imprisoned the survivors, but Hobson became a national hero and eventually won a Medal of Honor. At war's end he published his account of the daring exploit.
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The Seventy-Four Gun Ship
Volume III: Masts, Sails, and Rigging
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English translation by David H. Roberts
The third of a celebrated four-volume French study on the ship the backbone of all the world's great navies in the eighteenth cen Jf magnificently illustrated, large format book presents detailed on the masting, sailmaking, and rigging of the seventy-four-gun war. . (if
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