8 AEROSPACEMANUFACTURING | MARCh 2010
NEWS
Fourth Sukhoi Superjet
Helitech Portugal to debate
100 takes to the skies
rotary wing challenges
Following on from the success of its
inaugural event in Portugal in 2008,
Helitech will once again be staged at
Airport Cascais, Estoril this year from 5-7
October. Initial indications are that 2010
is going to be bigger with more than 50%
of exhibition space already sold.
New for 2010, is a two day conference that will take place
onsite at Airport Cascais. Initial proposed themes will include:
‘Safety Management Systems (SMS) for the smaller operator’,
‘Training to standards – or proficiency?’ and aerial firefighting.
“By adding the conference element into the show line up
and ensuring the proposed themes cover key, relevant topics to
our audience, we are offering visitors maximum return on their
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype SN 95005 became the latest time investment,” said Helitech Portugal’s exhibition director,
aircraft to undergo flight certification trials when it took to the Sue Bradshaw. “Visitors can hear the theory and learn from case
skies in February. studies during the conference sessions and then see some of the
During a 2 hour and 45 minute flight, the crew was able to latest rotary wing products and technologies showcased in the
examine systems integrity and performance as well as its exhibition hall.”
readiness towards certification trials. www.helitechevents.com
“With another prototype in the certification programme, we
will be able to deliver 75 flights monthly which is a very good
figure in the global practice of flight certification campaigns,”
Open for business
stated Sukhoi Civil Aircraft’s president, Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk.
“Provided that engines are certificated and delivered in due A new composites testing and certification centre, established
time, we will acquire the Type Certificate in middle 2010.” with £8 million of funding from the NWDA and the University of
www.sukhoi.superjet100.com Manchester opened for business in February 2010.
The National Composites Certification and Evaluation Facility
BAE Systems wins
(NCCEF) is available to support North West-based aerospace
and other composite businesses, and is said to offer an
unrivalled range of test and evaluation capabilities.
MRJ contract
New facilities include the Instron mechanical testing
laboratory and a climate controlled testing laboratory which
BAE Systems has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft houses eight Instron testing machines. The test machines are
Corporation of Japan to provide design integration and all controlled by Bluehill 2 software and can perform tests on
certification services in connection with propulsion systems for properties such as tensile strength and stiffness, compressive
the next generation Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft. strength and stiffness, and flexural properties. Tests can be
A team from BAE Systems’ Regional Aircraft business at performed under quasi-static or fatigue conditions and in many
Prestwick in Scotland will provide engineering expertise on cases at sub-zero or elevated temperatures.
a number of work packages for the aircraft which include The facility also has a range of NDE equipment including
powerplant, pylon, nacelle, auxiliary power units and fuel systems. X-ray tomography, C-Scan, Omniscan, Shearography and
In addition to the specialist team located at Prestwick, pulsed thermography, whilst for destructive testing, the centre
BAE Systems also has liaison support personnel located at the has gas gun facilities for ballistic testing with associated high
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation headquarters at Nagoya, Japan, speed photographic equipment. NCCEF can manufacture test
and at Pratt & Whitney’s facility in Hartford, Connecticut. The samples as well as carrying out the testing.
70-90 seat twin-engined regional jet’s first flight is scheduled For more details or to attend the open days on June 15-16,
for 2012. contact Niall Macfadyen at nccef@manchester.ac.uk
www.baesystems.com www.materials.manchester.ac.uk/industry
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