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En un foro brasileño, se describe el nuevo avión desarrollado por LMAASA basado en el Dornier 328. Se adjunta el articulo en ingles de la LM.
Lockheed Martin to build composite airlifter X-plane
By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin is to modify a Dornier 328Jet to demonstrate advanced composite airframe technology for a future tractical transport.
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has authorised Lockheed's Skunk Works to proceed into Phase II of the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft (ACCA) flight demonstration programme.
Aurora Flight Sciences was competing to build the X-plane demonstrator. AFRL is investigating opportunities for Aurora to collaborate with Lockheed on the demonstration of additional technologies.
Because AFRL wants the demonstrator to fly within 12 months, Lockheed will replace the mid/aft fuselage and empennage of the high-wing, twin-turbofan 328Jet with advanced composite structures.
"With ACCA we are attempting to reinvent the manufacturing paradigm through the strategic use of composite manufacturing technologies," says Frank Mauro, vice-president, advanced systems development for Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs, as the Skunk Works is formally known.
Compared with conventional manufacturing approaches, advanced composites will enable an 80-90% reduction in parts count, says Lockheed. ACCA is an opportunity to "change the way composites are used in aircraft manufacturing, leading to lighter, less expensive, more durable aircraft that are easier to maintain", says Mauro.
© Lockheed Martin
Fuente: Forum Base Militar Web Magazine
La imagen hace suponer la existencia de un portón trasero (rampa)
Se solicita la opinión de los señores foristas.
En un foro brasileño, se describe el nuevo avión desarrollado por LMAASA basado en el Dornier 328. Se adjunta el articulo en ingles de la LM.
Lockheed Martin to build composite airlifter X-plane
By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin is to modify a Dornier 328Jet to demonstrate advanced composite airframe technology for a future tractical transport.
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has authorised Lockheed's Skunk Works to proceed into Phase II of the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft (ACCA) flight demonstration programme.
Aurora Flight Sciences was competing to build the X-plane demonstrator. AFRL is investigating opportunities for Aurora to collaborate with Lockheed on the demonstration of additional technologies.
Because AFRL wants the demonstrator to fly within 12 months, Lockheed will replace the mid/aft fuselage and empennage of the high-wing, twin-turbofan 328Jet with advanced composite structures.
"With ACCA we are attempting to reinvent the manufacturing paradigm through the strategic use of composite manufacturing technologies," says Frank Mauro, vice-president, advanced systems development for Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs, as the Skunk Works is formally known.
Compared with conventional manufacturing approaches, advanced composites will enable an 80-90% reduction in parts count, says Lockheed. ACCA is an opportunity to "change the way composites are used in aircraft manufacturing, leading to lighter, less expensive, more durable aircraft that are easier to maintain", says Mauro.
© Lockheed Martin
Fuente: Forum Base Militar Web Magazine
La imagen hace suponer la existencia de un portón trasero (rampa)
Se solicita la opinión de los señores foristas.
