Christian Albrecht

Marines Tout CH-53K Helo As Success Story After ‘Technical Deficiencies’ Forced Program Reset:  https://news.usni.org/2020/03/13/marines-tout-ch-53k-helo-as-success-story-after-technical-deficiencies-forced-program-reset --------------- https://armedservices.house.gov/2020/3/subcommittee-on-tactical-air-and-land-forces-hearing-department-of-defense-tactical-and-rotary-aircraft-acquisition-and-modernization-programs-in-the-fy21-president-s-budget-request Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Hearing: “Department of Defense Tactical and Rotary Aircraft Acquisition and Modernization Programs in the FY21 President’s Budget Request” Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (2:00 PM – Rayburn 2118 – Open)   Witnesses:   The Honorable Bruce D. Jette Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) Department of the Army   Brigadier General Walter T. Rugen, USA Director, Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team Army Futures Command   The Honorable James F. Geurts  Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition  Department of the Navy   Lieutenant General Steven R. Rudder, USMC Deputy Commandant for Aviation Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps   Rear Admiral Gregory N. Harris, USN Director, Air Warfare (OPNAV N98) Office of the Chief of Naval Operations   The Honorable William Roper Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (SAF/AQ) Department of the Air Force   General James M. Holmes, USAF Commander, Air Combat Command Headquarters, U.S. Air Force   Lieutenant General David S. Nahom, USAF Director of Programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Requirements Headquarters, U.S. Air Force

Senate Appropriations Committee / Defense Subcommittee https://youtu.be/TIFQWuyRlCw https://www.aviation.marines.mil/   https://www.lockheedmartin.com/ch53k 

https://youtu.be/C8cYkbnY8RI https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k https://www.aviation.marines.mil/ 

https://youtu.be/mAuyotpfTOU https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/10/army-secretary-defends-decision-cut-ch-47-chinook-program.html 

SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE SEAPOWER SUBCOMMITTEE   April 10, 2019   Marine Corps Ground Modernization and Naval Aviation Programs   https://youtu.be/D_1ZBIIqm6A https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k  https://www.aviation.marines.mil/ CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement Program:  The FY 2020 President's Budget requests $516.7 million in RDT&E to continue the CH-53K Engineering Manufacturing Development phase and $1.0 billion in APN for procurement of six Lot 4 LRIP aircraft, including Advance Procurement and initial spares. The need for a heavy lift replacement aircraft remains vital to supporting the Marine Corps in present and future warfighting concepts. In spite of the recent setbacks associated with the program’s development – rate of closure in technical deficiencies – all of the technical deficiencies are solvable issues. To date, the CH-53K has flown more than 1,370 flight hours towards the completion of the program. It has also demonstrated the lifting of 36,000 lbs and operational gear like the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. During FY 2020, the program will continue to execute developmental test flights including propulsion qualification, initial shipboard qualification, aerial refueling, hot/high altitude testing, structural loads demonstration, window/ramp guns testing and fire extinguishing system development. 

HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE TACTICAL AIR AND LAND FORCES SUBCOMMITTEE  https://youtu.be/K2Sr1LTyh-k https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k  https://www.aviation.marines.mil/ CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement Program:  The FY 2020 President's Budget requests $516.7 million in RDT&E to continue the CH53K Engineering Manufacturing Development phase and $1.0 billion in APN for procurement of six Lot 4 LRIP aircraft, including Advance Procurement and initial spares. The need for a heavy lift replacement aircraft remains vital to supporting the Marine Corps in present and future warfighting concepts. In spite of the recent setbacks associated with the program’s development – rate of closure in technical deficiencies – all of the technical deficiencies are solvable issues. To date, the CH-53K has flown more than 1,370 flight hours towards the completion of the program. It has also demonstrated the lifting of 36,000 lbs and operational gear like the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. During FY 2020, the program will continue to execute developmental test flights including propulsion qualification, initial shipboard qualification, aerial refueling, hot/high altitude testing, structural loads demonstration, window/ramp guns testing and fire extinguishing system development.  

 @ Naval Helicopter Association Symposium 2018   https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k 

Keynote address NATO Industry Forum by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Industry Forum in Berlin, Germany. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_160297.htm

In a speech hosted by the German Atlantic Society in Berlin on Monday (12 November 2018), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underscored the importance of the transatlantic bond at a time of unprecedented security challenges. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_160246.htm

Jeff Bezos, Chairman and CEO of Amazon, was the featured speaker at the April 20, 2018 Closing Conversation of the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Forum on Leadership, in partnership with SMU.

General Robert B. Neller is the 37th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Commander, Marine Forces Command from July 2014 to September 2015 and Commander, Marine Forces Central Command from September 2012 to June 2014. About the Council: Working Together to Secure the Future. Renewing the Atlantic Community for Global Challenges. The Atlantic Council promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the Atlantic Community's central role in meeting global challenges. The Council provides an essential forum for navigating the dramatic economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century by informing and galvanizing its uniquely influential network of global leaders. Through the papers we write, the ideas we generate, and the communities we build, the Council shapes policy choices and strategies to create a more secure and prosperous world.

https://youtu.be/UtYL0PO8Sp0 https://lockheedmartin.com/ch53k https://www.lockheedmartin.com/matrix   2018 AIAA SciTech Forum The design process for aircraft is one of the main digital disruptions in the aerospace sector. The CH-53K King Stallion helicopter that Sikorsky is developing for the U.S. Marine Corps is the Lockheed Martin subsidiary’s first production aircraft built with a completely digital, paperless design, said Andreas Bernhard, the helicopter’s chief engineer at Sikorsky. Looking ahead to the 2020s, Bernhard predicted, “our most profitable product is no longer going to be the Black Hawk, but the CH-53K.” New technologies on the CH-53K also include composite rotor blades that he said “generate enough lift to carry an empty Black Hawk,” a transmission with improved power density than previous generation Sikorsky helicopters, and digital engine controls in the cockpit.

HELI EXPO 2018 panel led by Woodrow Bellamy, Editor in Chief, Rotor & Wing International Panelists: CHC Helicopter: Dave Balevic, SVP Engineering & Operations Bell Helicopter: Scott Drennan, Director of Engineering & Innovation Honeywell: Philip Herman, Director Marketing, Services & Connectivity Sentient Science: Jason Rios, Vice President of Aerospace Uber Elevate: Mark Moore, Engineering Director of Vehicle Systems

Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin is employing an incremental approach from suborbital to orbital flight, with each developmental step building on its prior work. The company motto is "Gradatim Ferociter", Latin for "Step by Step, Ferociously". Blue Origin is developing a variety of technologies, with a focus on rocket-powered Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicles for access to suborbital and orbital space.[3] The company's name refers to the blue planet, Earth, as the point of origin. https://www.blueorigin.com

Ist das Flugzeug tatsächlich das sicherste Verkehrsmittel? Ja – und damit das auch mit den immer komplexer werdenden Flugzeugen so bleibt, entwickelt das Fraunhofer IKTS neuartige Prüfanlagen, die Schäden frühzeitig erkennen können und ein Bauteilversagen in kritischen Situationen verhindern helfen. Noch immer gibt es Vorfälle in der Luftfahrt, die aufgrund von Bauteilversagen zu kritischen Situationen im Flug und am Boden führen. Nicht alle aktuell eingesetzten Prüfverfahren können Fehler in der Frühphase erkennen, die zu einem solchen Ausfall führen. Dies gilt besonders für die modernsten Flugzeugtypen mit ihren oftmals neuartigen Materialien. Daraus ergibt sich die dringende Notwendigkeit nach sicheren Prüfsystemen. Das Fraunhofer IKTS hat hierfür auf Grundlage seiner langjährigen Expertise in der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung die klassischen auf Ultraschall basierenden Prüfverfahren deutlich verbessert. https://www.ikts.fraunho

Beschleunigte Elektronen können vielseitig eingesetzt werden, um anspruchsvolle Fragestellungen rund um die Fertigung von Luft- und Raumfahrtkomponenten zu lösen. Hierbei wird die thermische Wirkung der Elektronen genutzt, um Metalle zu schweißen, zu verdampfen oder sie in der Randschicht zu modifizieren. Mit am Fraunhofer FEP entwickelten Elektronenstrahlquellen und Verfahren lassen sich beispielsweise Wärmedämm- oder Korrosionsschutzschichten auf belastete Komponenten der Flugzeugturbine aufbringen, präzise Staudrucksensoren fügen oder die Oberflächengüte additiv gefertigter Flugzeugkomponenten verbessern. Aber auch für die Qualitätssicherung eignen sie sich Elektronenstrahlverfahren bestens. Durch das Einbringen einer definierten Elektronendosis auf Bauteile kann deren Belastung durch Teilchenbeschuss im Weltraum simuliert werden. Somit lässt sich ihre Widerstandsfähigkeit im Langzeitbetrieb untersuchen. https://www.ikts.fraunhofer.de/de/commun

Geringer Kerosinverbrauch und Effizienzverbesserung zählen zu den großen technischen Herausforderungen beim Bau von Flugzeugtriebwerken. Innovative Schutzschichten sind dazu ein Schlüssel. Gemeinsam mit dem Triebwerkshersteller Rolls Royce Deutschland im brandenburgischen Dahlewitz hat das Fraunhofer IWS Dresden eine Technologie entwickelt, die Erstaunliches leistet. Mit Hilfe eines hochpräzisen Lasers werden winzige Strukturen aus Metall erzeugt, die für eine außergewöhnliche Haftfestigkeit einer keramischen Einlaufschicht sorgen. Diese ist bei Start und Landung eines Flugzeugs extremen Temperaturwechseln von über 1000 °C ausgesetzt. Innerhalb von zwei Jahren unterstützten die Fraunhofer-Spezialisten für Werkstofftechnik und Additive Fertigung das Unternehmen dabei, die Laborergebnisse in die industrielle Serienfertigung zu bringen. So fliegt heute Hightech aus Dresden rund um die Welt – umweltschonend und kosteneffizient. https://www.ikts.fraunho

Die additive Fertigung hat sich bereits in vielen Branchen als Ergänzung zu konventionellen Fertigungsmethoden etabliert. Auch in der Luft- und Raumfahrt bietet sie neue Design- und Konstruktionsfreiheiten. Gemeinsam mit dem Lehrstuhl für Konstruktionstechnik der TU Dresden hat das Fraunhofer IFAM eine Methodik zur Optimierung von Bauteilgeometrien für die additive Fertigung angewandt, womit sich beispielsweise das sogenannte Main Gear Bracket, eine Schlüsselkomponente im Helikoptergetriebe, nun in nur einem Schritt herstellen lässt. Bisher wurde das hochkomplexe Bauteil aufwändig aus verschraubten Guss- bzw. Frästeilen gefertigt. Mit Hilfe des Elektronenstrahlschmelzens und der verbesserten Geometrie können künftig nicht nur Fertigungsschritte eingespart werden, sondern bei gleicher Funktion und Festigkeit sind die Wissenschaftler auch in der Lage, das Bauteilgewicht wesentlich zu verringern. Somit wird eine ressourceneffiziente und endformnahe Fertigung m\3

Tim Minchins University of Western Australia Address 2017 - "9 Life Lessons"

🇺🇸Lessons on Leadership - General Norman Schwarzkopf - "Everyone is a Leader"

Exploring civilian & commercial missions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) / unmanned aerial systems (UAS) / remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS) & the opportunities for the rotorcraft sector

Flight safety workshop focused around the HAI "Land & Live" initiative. It will also highlight some of the risk mitigation tactics used in flight test operations & how they can be applied everyday.

Opportunities/Challenges/Benefits brought on by Leonardo Helicopters' real-time HUMS & the approach to diagnostic data processing & usage.Predictive maintenance/increased safety/optimized operations

Helicopters can already generate significant amounts of data about the aircraft & its mission. Connectivity,IoT,Big Data,Integrated Systems|predictive maintenance,improved safety,optimized operations

8 Regeln für den totalen Stillstand in Unternehmen - Prof. Dr. Peter Kruse - #Führungskultur #Innovation #Unternehmensführung

Elon Musk - SpaceX - Making Life Multiplanetary - International Astronautical Congress 2017 - Adelaide, Australia

Lessons on Leadership - Colin Powell - The essence of leadership: "Trust"

Lessons on Leadership - Simon Sinek - How great leaders create a safe environment to innovate

Lessons on Leadership - ret. U.S. Navy Seal Jocko Willink - GOOD - "Extreme Ownership"

Lessons on Leadership - Simon Sinek - The power of teaching confidence

Lessons on Leadership - Simon Sinek - How to be a great leader

#Apple #SteveJobs #Tribute #AppleEvent2017

#JFK Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort in 1962 #NASA #Apollo #Space #Moon #SaturnV