avionics

Starting this thread specifically to follow new technology and updates for ultra-wide band gap semiconductors including but not limited to Ga_2_O3 (gallium oxide), AIN (aluminum nitride), and Diamond. China has been making strides in this area with reports indicating a demo 8mm wafer size of...

Hello! I was wondering what information there is about the CRT screens in the Buran orbiters, or even if they were even functional

I stumbled across a video covering the final use of the Apollo Guidance Computer by NASA, the 'proof of concept' program that led to the successful development of fly-by-wire control systems for aircraft. Definitely worth watching as this was one of the unsung parts of NASA history. View...

The study of old aircraft manuals and Standard Aircraft Characteristics (SAC) can bring interesting conclusions. These documents listed avionics setups of the aircraft, and may bring surprising conclusions. The US Navy aircraft did not have too much on-board electronics, only very essential...

I have a question to the experts. What was a typical HH-43B/F avionics suite from Nam that was carried on CSAR missions? While I don't have any flight manual of the F version, the B version apparently carried the following setup. COMM Two AIC-10A - ICS, each for pilot and co-pilot AN/ARC-34...

I am looking for the details on the avionics suite of the ROCAF C-123Bs used in special duty ops in Nam in the late 1960s. In 1966, they received the Bendix RDR-10 weather radar with the antenna installed over the cockpit, and the AN/ARN-131 Omega Navigation System. Two years later they were...

Flying Review International, August 1970

I have a technical question related to the F-5N avionics. Information available online suggests that these aircraft received the LN-260 INS/GPS with a small color MFD installed in the cockpit in the place previously occupied by the radar's CRT IP-1278 Data Display Indicator while in Swiss...

Does anyone have information on the avionics upgrade suite of the former Fuerza Aérea de Chile Mirage 5MA Elkan and ENAER 50CN Pantera? The photo from the link below apparently shows Elkan's cockpit: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Chile-Air-Force/Dassault-SABCA-Mirage-5MA-Elkan/1886523/L Can...

Over the decades, been reading up the likes of American uses of first gen night vision / LLTV / E?o systems during the Vietnam War be it, Bell UH-1M INFANT (Iroquois Night Fighting and Night Targeting) - LLTV etc Lockheed YO-3A equipped night vision periscope Air America 'Quiet One' Hughes...

I checked, no thread for this one. It was developed by RCA between early 1956 and september 1958 when it was canned. Before and after these dates, ( sigh...) the prefered option was the MX-1179 / MA-1. While the Sparrow II missile is well known, Astra 1 remains kind of mystery. It has been...

Su-27SK Datalink Info Operation of equipment for receiving guidance commands and active response 11G6. On-board equipment is designed to receive control commands transmitted from the point of guidance and transmission of flight information at ranges of up to 400 km in direct visibility when...

I was wondering how much these two pieces of electronic equipment contributed to the growth in weight of the F-86D/K over the F-86. Does anybody has some data? Also, I understand the MG-4 fire control system what somewhat less advanced than the Huges E-4 that was exclusive to the US F-86D. What...

Hello, I am air-enthusiast from Russia. Sorry for my bad English! Probably B-52 is the best strategic aircraft of the XX century. I especially interested in B-52 early variants and I have questions about the oldest "Buff"`s avionics. All the books I had read (Boyne, Davis & Tornborough...

I’m particularly interested in the navigation and attack capabilities of the early Harriers, in particular Falklands era. However research on the net has only led to a partial understanding of this subject. It’s the same story with published works. I’m aware that some members of the forum are...

The V-bomber fleet spent most of its life with relatively primitive avionics for the age, as far as I can tell only two major(ish) changes were ever made, the first was the addition of the ARI 5959 (General Dynamics AN/APN-170) J-band terrain following radar, however this came with restrictions-...

Who can flesh this lot out? 1954: Sperry/UK, licence from Sperry/US: intended for (to be) Blue Streak. Bracknell clean room. Abandoned for: 3/57: Elliott licence from Bosch Arma (ATLAS kit). Rochester clean room. B Streak died 13/4/60 but INS work continued for Blue Steel. 1957: Ferranti...

Impact of agility requirements on configuration synthesis Author(s): Oneil, Patrick J.; Nyberg, Gregory; Deturk, Robin; Seal, Daniel W.; Grethlein, Christian E. Abstract: A configuration design study was performed by McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) for the NASA Langley Research Center...

I remember hearing that Grumman had serious problems with the A-6 on the production lines due to it's highly advanced electronics and it having both air-to-air and air-to-ground radars. Assuming it is not classified, does anyone have any specifics on the problems or how serious it was? KJ Lesnick

I've missed this before. Just noticed a reference to a Westinghouse "KEMPSTER A" device mounted on A-12 131 or tests, which generated an electron cloud to reduce radar reflections.