http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/ The most recent resources added to AERADE - providing integrated access to key aerospace and defence information sources en-uk Copyright 2004, Cranfield University - http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/copyright.html aerade@cranfield.ac.uk roadsmaster@cranfield.ac.uk http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/images/aeraderss.jpg http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/ 144 31 The quality portal to aerospace & defence resources on the Internet http://www.performance-materials.net/index.htm This is a service that provides news and features about advanced and high-performance materials. Coverage includes advanced composites, engineering ceramics, performance plastics, and biomedical materials. All the items on the website are indexed so that information on specific applications, companies, or brands can be located using the menu links. The search engine can also be used to locate all relevant documents. Subscribers have free unlimited access, non-subscribers may view short descriptions of the content. There is a free email alert service and a forthcoming events area. http://www.ada.gov.in/ This is the web site of India's ADA, which is involved in the design and development of the light combat aircraft (LCA), India's multirole supersonic aircraft. The site describes ADA's facilities, activities, services, and products. http://fi.flybe.com/pdf/denied_boardingregs.pdf This site provides the full text (HTML) of the final RIA on the Civil Aviation (Denied Boarding, Compensation and Assistance) Regulations 2005. The recommendation is that the Government has no option but to put in place an enforcement regime, but is conscious of the potential practical difficulties of implementing the Council Regulation and considers that the enforcement sanctions should aim to achieve the objectives of the legislation without imposing unnecessary burdens on industry. The imposition of a criminal penalty for systematic non-compliance with the provisions of the Council Regulation is considered to be appropriate. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2005/mar/aviationdeniedboarding/ On 16 August 2004 the Department for Transport launched a consultation document on proposals for a set of enforcement Regulations aimed at ensuring industry compliance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding, cancellations or lengthy flight delays. It was clear from the responses received that the proposed enforcement regime raised some concerns, particularly within the industry. In light of this, the Department carried out a review of the enforcement Regulations to see whether they could be simplified, and the potential regulatory burden lightened, without reducing the level of protection available to passengers. The result of that review was an amended set of enforcement Regulations upon which the Department again consulted. This second consultation exercise closed on 11 February 2005. By 15 February eleven responses had been received, six from individual airlines and five from airline representative bodies. The majority of respondents were supportive of the Department's amendments, but a number of further comments and observations were made, some of which were directed at the provisions of the EC Regulation itself rather than the enforcement Regulations, and so fell outside the scope of the consultation. A summary of the key points raised during the second consultation is provided, together with the Department's responses. It is available in PDF and HTML format. http://www.ansys.com/ This is the web site of ANSYS, a company which designs, develops, markets and globally supports engineering simulation solutions used to predict how product designs will behave in manufacturing and real-world environments. It offers solutions in multiphysics, mechanics, fluid dynamics, electromagnetics, robust design and meshing processes to a number of industries, including aerospace and government/defence. The site describes services to each industry and provides detailed information about its products. http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/Aviation/avengines01.asp This is a free e-learning course, most of the material for which has been taken from a course provided courtesy of the United States Army Aviation Logistics School at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It is hosted by free-ed.net, which provides free distance education. Parts 1, 2, and 3 introduces the theory and operating principles of gas turbine engines. Here you will study the fundamental concepts of the three major classes of turbine engines, each having the same principles of operation. Parts 4, 5, and 6 introduce the fundamental systems and accessories of the gas turbine engine. Each one of these systems must be present to have an operating turbine engine. The information in Part 7 is important because of its general applicability to gas turbine engines. The information covers the procedures used in testing, inspecting, maintaining, and storing gas turbine engines. http://www.atk.com/CorporateOverview/corpover_spacegroup.asp Aerospace Systems is a producer of solid rocket propulsion systems and a supplier of military and commercial aircraft structures. It also specialises in small and micro-satellites; satellite components and subsystems; lightweight space deployables and solar arrays; low-cost, quick to market launch solutions; flares and decoys; and energetic materials and related technologies. The group also has extensive experience supporting human and space payload missions.</br> </br> Major Products and Services include: <ul> <li>Solid propulsion systems and rocket motors</li> <ul> <li>Reusable solid rocket motors for human space flight and exploration</li> <li>Solid rocket motors and propulsion systems for commercial space launch systems</li> <li>Solid rocket motors and propulsion systems for missile defence and strategic missions</li> </ul> <li>Advanced composite structures and components</li> <ul> <li>Composite cases for rocket motors</li> <li>Composite structures for next generation aircraft engines</li> <li>Composite structures for commercial and military aircraft</li> </ul> <li>Satellite structures, components and systems</li> <ul> <li>Optical structures</li> <li>Thermal control systems</li> <li>Satellite propulsion tanks</li> <li>Satellite buses, panels and bus structures</li> <li>Deployable solar arrays and mechanisms</li> <li>Antennas, antenna reflectors and radomes</li> </ul> <li>Advanced antennas and radomes for weapons and ships</li> <li>Energetic materials</li> <li>Military flares and decoys</li> <li>Space engineering services</li> </ul> http://www.nasa.gov/offices/pae/organization/cost_analysis_division.html This site provides the full text of the updated 2008 handbook in HTML format, accessible chapter-by-chapter. It is designed to provide useful information on cost estimating for the entire NASA cost estimating community. Its objective is to be both informative for the new NASA cost estimator and a good reference document for the experienced NASA cost estimator. Helpful to project Continuous Cost-Risk Management (CCRM) participants, who include Project Managers, Headquarters (HQ) staff, the resource community, and the systems engineering community, the information included in this handbook provides NASA-relevant perspectives and NASA-centric data useful in the NASA environment and facilitates the development of reliable, comprehensive, defensible, and well-documented cost estimates. http://www.itc.nl/research/products/sensordb/Launch_Schedule.aspx Provided by a member of staff at the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences in the Netherlands, this table provides the following information on launches for 1999 onwards: date, spacecraft, launcher, country and any remarks, resolution and status. The table also provides links to relevant launch Web sites. http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11225.html This is a full text book from the National Academies Press and produced by the Committee on the Scientific Context for Space Exploration, National Research Council in 1995. In January 2004, President Bush announced a new space policy directed at human and robotic exploration of space. The National Academies released a report at the same time that independently addressed many of the issues contained in the new policy.</br> </br> In June, the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy issued a report recommending that NASA ask the National Research Council (NRC) to reevaluate space science priorities to take advantage of the exploration vision. Congress also directed the NRC to conduct a thorough review of the science NASA is proposing to undertake within the initiative. This report provides an initial response to those requests.</br> </br> It presents guiding principles for selecting science missions that enhance and support the exploration program. The report also presents findings and recommendations to help guide NASA's space exploration strategic planning activity. Separate NRC reviews will be carried out of strategic roadmaps that NASA is developing to implement the policy. The book is available in full text in Open Book format. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm This site covers legislation in force in the European Union (EU) and new legislation as it is enacted. The site is available in all the official languages of the EU. The site contains full text versions of all of the treaties, free access to the C and L series of the Official Journal for a period of 45 days after publication, the electronic version of the legal acts in force which appear in the Official Journal, all instruments adopted by the European institutions pursuant to provisions of the basic treaties, legislation in preparation, community preparatory acts, parliamentary questions and case law. The site is searchable and browseable and full text documents can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat in PDF format. http://www.women-in-aviation.com/ This site is devoted to the topic of women in aviation. It is maintained by Henry M. Holden, who is an aviation historian and writer. The site takes the form of a browseable catalogue of Web sites with descriptions and links. A mailing list is also available which provides information on site updates and issues related to women in aviation. There are also links to the latest industry headlines. http://www.aia-aerospace.org/economics/year_end_review_and_forecast/ The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is a trade organisation which represents the US aerospace industry. The text of the AIA president's speech and a statistical analysis of the state of the US aerospace industry are available. It is also possible to download statistical tables in Excel or PDF format or to view them as HTML pages. The statistics include sales figures, backlogs, imports, exports, employment and profitability. http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=3 This is the home page of the UK Civil Aviation Authority's (CAA) Safety Regulation Group. The Group's role is to set safety standards and ensure that they are adhered to. The site provides news updates, background information on the activities of the Group, and information on personnel licensing in particular. This provides customers with information about flight crew licences, aircraft maintenance engineer licenses and medical certificates. It is possible to view the full text of documentation relating to these licences and certificates. http://www.spiedl.org/ The SPIE Digital Library currently includes more than 268,000 technical papers from SPIE journals and conference proceedings, including full coverage from 1990 to the present. It is possible to both browse tables of contents, and search, and members may full the full text. Non-members can view the bibliographic information and abstracts free of charge.