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  28 novembre 2017 | Local, Aérospatial

  Presagis Teams with j2 Aircraft Dynamics for Flight Modeling Solution

  November 28, 2017 – Montreal, Canada – Presagis™, a recognized leader in simulation software and solutions, is proud to announce that it has teamed up with j2 Aircraft Dynamics to offer a new turnkey aircraft simulation model development service. Responding to an increased demand from customers developing aircraft simulation systems based on Presagis' FlightSIM, HeliSIM or CRAFT simulators, Presagis is pleased to join forces with the UK-based company known for its proprietary j2 Universal Tool-Kit. The combination of Presagis' powerful aircraft systems and aerodynamic modeling tools along with j2 Aircraft Dynamics' expertise and technology will allow customers to greatly accelerate their time to market while increasing the fidelity of their simulation models. “Whether customers start off from an original equipment manufacturer data package, or an instrumented flight test data, or from scratch, one of the most challenging aspects of building a high-fidelity simulation model is tuning hundreds of parameters — each with its own slight but definitive effect on the final result,” explains Stéphane Blondin, Presagis' Vice President of Product Management and Marketing. Through its application of core mathematical and aeronautical principles, and by allowing multiple test points to be analyzed at once, j2 brings fully automated flight test data matching capability and can help reduce the effort needed to match flight test data by more than 50 percent. “Customers often come to us looking to independently develop data packages. Sometimes they do so because of budgetary reasons, or sometimes it's because the data is not available for an older aircraft or for an aircraft still in development,” said Stephane Roy, Simulation Product Manager at Presagis. “What they often underestimate,” adds Roy “is the complexity of the aerodynamic envelope of an aircraft and how to best converge towards a flight model that meets their requirements. The expertise and technology that j2 Aircraft Dynamics bring to the equation will definitely avoid many headaches for customers who do not necessarily have experience tuning flight models. Even those with past experience will appreciate the productivity boost brought by the combined approach.” Through this collaboration, Presagis continues to innovate in order to help customers with the challenges they face on a daily basis. By streamlining workflow, reducing time to market, and increasing the fidelity and realism of their simulation models, Presagis remains steadfastly committed to building the solutions and tools their customers need. About Presagis Presagis is a global leader providing commercial modeling, simulation and embedded software solutions to the aerospace, defense and security, and critical infrastructure markets. Presagis combines an open simulation development framework with expert professional services to help customers streamline development workflows, reduce project risks, and deliver game-quality immersive simulations. Presagis is also at the forefront of avionics software design for certifiable cockpit displays. The company serves hundreds of customers worldwide, including many of the world's most respected organizations such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, BAE Systems, and CAE. For more information, visit www.presagis.com. For further information: Stéphane Blondin, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing, Tel: +1 514 999.5481, E-Mail: Stephane.Blondin@presagis.com About j2 J2 Aircraft Dynamics Ltd is a UK based company that is sells its own proprietary software, the j2 Universal Tool-Kit, as a whole aircraft aerodynamic modelling, analysis, flight test planning and flight matching, simulation, aircraft accident investigation and analysis software tools that is built on a single, sustainable non-legacy framework. Engineers/designers are finding that using j2 Software can unlock value in existing legacy code blocks as well as accelerate the aircraft design life-cycle. The state of the art aircraft modelling capability embedded in j2 software allows engineers to ‘fly' their designs and put a pilot in the loop at a much earlier stage in an aircraft design process. Learn more at www.j2aircraft.com . https://www.presagis.com/en/press-center/detail/presagis-teams-with-j2-aircraft-dynamics-for-flight-modeling-solution/

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  31 janvier 2019 | Local, Aérospatial

  Canada forced to pay bigger share of F-35 fighter jet development costs — even though it may never buy any

  OTTAWA — Canada is being forced to shoulder a bigger share of the costs of developing F-35 fighter jets even though it has not decided whether it will actually buy any. Canada is one of nine partner countries in the F-35 project, each of which is required to cover a portion of the stealth fighter's multibillion-dollar development costs to stay at the table. Each country pays based on the number of F-35s it's expecting to buy. Canada has pitched in more than half-a-billion dollars over the last 20 years, including $54 million last year. But that amount was based on the Stephen Harper government's plan to buy 65 new fighter jets to replace Canada's aging CF-18s, which the Trudeau government has since officially increased to 88. Even though Canada has not committed that those 88 jets will be F-35s, the Department of National Defence says that change means it will have to pay more to remain a partner — including about $72 million this year. “Canada's costs under the F-35 (partnership agreement) are based on an intended fleet size,” Defence Department spokeswoman Ashley Lemire said in an email. “Canada changed its fleet size within the F-35 (agreement) from 65 to 88 aircraft to align with government decisions on the size of the intended permanent fighter fleet to be acquired through competition and the payment increased accordingly.” The F-35's development costs have been a constant source of criticism over the life of the stealth-fighter program, which Canada first joined under the Chretien government in 1997. The entire program is believed to have already cost more than US$1 trillion. The Trudeau government says it plans to keep Canada in the F-35 development effort until a replacement for the CF-18s is chosen — partners in the development work can buy the planes at a lower price and compete for work associated with their production and long-term maintenance. Canadian companies have so far won more than $1.2 billion in contracts related to the F-35, according to the government. The F-35 is one of four planes slated to participate in the $19-billion competition that the government plans to launch this spring, the others being Boeing's Super Hornet, Eurofighter's Typhoon and Saab's Gripen. The competition isn't scheduled to select a winner until 2021 or 2022, meaning Canada will be on the hook for several more payments. The first new aircraft is expected in 2025 and the last in 2031, when the CF-18s will be phased out. F-35 maker Lockheed Martin says more than 350 of the stealth fighters have been delivered to different countries, while Israel became the first country to use the plane in combat last year when two of the jets struck targets in neighbouring Syria. Acting U.S. defence secretary Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, nonetheless criticized the program on Monday, saying it “has room for a lot more performance.” “I am biased toward performance,” he was quoted as saying when asked if he is biased toward Boeing. “I am biased toward giving the taxpayer their money's worth. And the F-35, unequivocally, I can say, has a lot of opportunity for more performance.” https://ottawacitizen.com/news/world/plan-to-buy-more-fighter-jets-puts-canada-on-hook-for-bigger-share-of-f-35-costs/wcm/efec8576-c36f-40cf-922a-2bb324352388

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  21 septembre 2022 | Local, Aérospatial

  Levée de la pause opérationnelle de la flotte d’aéronefs CT-114 Tutor

  Le major-général Iain Huddleston, commandant de la 1re Division aérienne du Canada et autorité de navigabilité opérationnelle de l'Aviation royale canadienne (ARC), a levé la pause opérationnelle de la flotte d'aéronefs CT-114 Tutor à compter du 20 septembre. La pause opérationnelle avait été instaurée à la suite d'un accident impliquant un aéronef CT-114 Tutor du 431e Escadron de démonstration aérienne (connu sous le nom de Snowbirds) le 2 août 2022 à Fort Saint John, en Colombie-Britannique. L'autorité de navigabilité opérationnelle a déclaré la pause opérationnelle le 8 août après avoir consulté les enquêteurs de la Direction - Sécurité des vols (DSV) de l'ARC et les experts de l'autorité de navigabilité technique qui relèvent du sous-ministre adjoint (Matériel) du ministère de la Défense nationale. Une pause opérationnelle signifie que les aéronefs (qu'il s'agisse d'aéronefs spécifiques ou d'une flotte) cessent temporairement de voler jusqu'à ce qu'une évaluation des risques liés à la navigabilité opérationnelle puisse être réalisée et que les opérations de vol puissent reprendre en toute sécurité. Dans le cas présent, l'accident fait toujours l'objet d'une enquête par la DSV, mais l'enquête a permis d'obtenir suffisamment d'informations pour qu'une évaluation approfondie des risques puisse être réalisée. Le rapport initial de l'enquêteur vous informe de la DSV a été publié et a confirmé que la panne du moteur était due à un filtre à huile mal assemblé. L'enquête analyse actuellement les facteurs humains qui pourraient avoir contribué à cet événement. L'équipe reprendra ses vols à sa base d'attache de la 15e Escadre Moose Jaw, en Saskatchewan cette semaine. Peu de temps après, les aéronefs CT-114 des Snowbirds actuellement à Penticton et à Fort Saint John, en Colombie-Britannique, commenceront à retourner à la 15e Escadre Moose Jaw, en Saskatchewan. Le type de vol de précision requis pour les spectacles acrobatiques des Snowbirds exige un très haut niveau de compétence qui, à son tour, nécessite beaucoup de pratique. Étant donné que l'équipe n'a pas volé depuis l'accident du 2 août, il ne lui reste pas suffisamment de temps pour effectuer le nombre d'entraînements nécessaires pour être prêts en vue de ses spectacles prévus. En conséquence, la décision d'annuler les spectacles prévus restants de l'équipe pour 2022 a été prise. https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/nouvelles/2022/09/levee-de-la-pause-operationnelle-de-la-flotte-daeronefsct-114-tutor.html