Category: Navigation
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Company S4GA. 2024
Kraków 2024-10-25 World’s Safest Runway Lighting. Solar Powered Airport Lighting. While many airports still rely on outdated lighting systems, airports like Tefé in Brazil, Fortescue in Australia, and Campbeltown in the UK are setting a new standard by adopting S4GA’s Solar Airfield Lighting solutions. This switch to solar-powered lighting not only provides reliable, year-round operation,…
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Navigation lighting devices. Marek Kaiper. Part 1.
The flight insurance service (UL) existing in the air force deals with the protection of take-offs and landings as well as guidance of aircraft to the areas of airports or landing areas. The flight insurance service included, inter alia, electro-light (electronic navigation) devices. The task of these devices was to lightly mark the lanes of…
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Radar PIT-RADWAR P-18PL. 2023
The Polish Armaments Industry has been providing modern radar equipment for the Polish Army for several decades. Currently, the most important manufacturer of radars (radiation stations) in Poland is the PIT-RADWAR company. During the MSPO 2023 trade fair in Kielce, the company presented, among others, a long-range radar marked P-18PL. Work on the P-18PL radar…
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LTAMDS GhostEye radar for system Patriot. 2023
On September 6, 2023, it was announced that the Polish Army is the first foreign recipient of the LTAMDS (Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor) radar. The radar is a complement to the combat-proven PATRIOT missile system, which has already been acquired by the Polish Army. The LTAMDS radar is a new generation air…
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Radar ZDPSR Soła. 2023
The name ZDPSR "SOŁA" means Transferable Radiolocation Station, i.e. a mobile radar developed in Poland by PIT-Radwar S.A. The radar was developed by Polish engineers in 2013 and was introduced into service in the Polish Army in 2014. Production lasted in the period 2013-2015 and is still in production, as confirmed by representatives of PIT-Radwar…
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US supersonic passenger aircraft. 1970-1980.
Project Supersonic NASA Ling Temco Vought is a theoretical and research program on supersonic communication aircraft that was conducted in the 50s/60s of the 20th century. It did not end with the construction of a specific prototype, but pointed out the difficulties that stand in the way of such a concept and the ways to…
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M-134 Minigun machine gun. 2022
The M-134 Minigun machine gun is a multi-barrel powered rifle developed in the Gatling system. It is used as armament of light and medium military vehicles, helicopters and in barrage defense positions. Its advantage is the high rate of fire, which reaches 6,000 shots per minute, which is related to the use of several barrels.…
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Radary P-12 Maria. 2022.
The Soviet P-12 Maria radar is used to detect and track airborne objects and determine their current coordinates (slope distance, azimuth, position angle and altitude). It can also indicate targets to artillery radar stations and guide aircraft to detected objects. The P-12 Maria radar was developed in the period 1954-1956.
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Radars P-15 Danuta, P-19 Renata. 2022.
The P-15 Danuta and P-19 Renata radars are former early warning radars produced in CCCP. These radars were used in the Warsaw Pact countries. The radars were of the 2D type and were used with the S-125 Newa missile system. CCCP’s P-15 radar was developed in 1955 and was intended for detecting aerial targets. The…
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2K11 Krug anti-aircraft missile system. 2022.
The missile was developed at the CCCP in 1975. The missile is radio-command guided with a TV-optical channel. The drive is a ramjet engine and additionally 4 solid fuel starting engines. At the moment of explosion, the warhead bursts into 15,000 pieces.