{"id":13954,"date":"2023-06-20T23:21:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/?p=13954"},"modified":"2023-06-21T12:48:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:48:55","slug":"boeing-invertira-en-capacidades-defensivas-mejoradas-del-kc-46a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/en\/boeing-invertira-en-capacidades-defensivas-mejoradas-del-kc-46a\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing invertir\u00e1 en capacidades defensivas mejoradas del KC-46A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En el marco del Sal\u00f3n Aeron\u00e1utico de Par\u00eds 2023, Boeing \u00a0y Aurora Flight Sciences est\u00e1n invirtiendo en el desarrollo de sistemas defensivos avanzados y contramedidas para su aplicaci\u00f3n en plataformas de movilidad y reabastecimiento de combustible de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n, incluido el avi\u00f3n cisterna KC-46A Pegasus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aurora Flight Sciences, una empresa de Boeing, lidera la investigaci\u00f3n y el dise\u00f1o conceptual de componentes compuestos para mejorar la capacidad de supervivencia operativa para misiones de movilidad y reabastecimiento de combustible a\u00e9reo. Este trabajo tambi\u00e9n se centrar\u00e1 en la producibilidad y la fabricaci\u00f3n en las instalaciones de fabricaci\u00f3n de Aurora en Columbus, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEl KC-46A ya cuenta con sistemas defensivos que no tienen precedentes en un avi\u00f3n cisterna\u201d, dijo Justin Hatcher, director de tecnolog\u00eda avanzada del Programa KC-46 de Boeing. \u201cContinuamos evolucionando el KC-46A y otras plataformas de movilidad y reabastecimiento de combustible de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n para mejorar a\u00fan m\u00e1s la versatilidad y la capacidad de supervivencia de la misi\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aurora Flight Sciences desarrolla y aplica soluciones innovadoras para avanzar en el futuro del vuelo. Sus instalaciones en Mississippi se especializan en la producci\u00f3n de componentes y subensamblajes compuestos para la industria aeroespacial, como la piel compuesta para el MQ-25 Stingray de Boeing, el primer reabastecimiento a\u00e9reo aut\u00f3nomo del mundo, que proporciona un refuerzo ligero y beneficios anticorrosivos que son cruciales para la aeronave basada en portaaviones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNos destacamos en dar vida a conceptos futuristas\u201d, dijo Luke Colville, vicepresidente de fabricaci\u00f3n y aerosistemas de Aurora. \u201cCon nuestra experiencia en investigaci\u00f3n y desarrollo, el talento de producci\u00f3n de compuestos en Aurora Mississippi y nuestra colaboraci\u00f3n con Boeing, estamos construyendo el futuro de las capacidades de movilidad y reabastecimiento de combustible de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n y haciendo crecer el equipo para entregarlas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Desplegado operativamente para operaciones de combate global, el KC-46A cuenta con sistemas defensivos e integraci\u00f3n de datos para el apoyo de reabastecimiento a\u00e9reo de m\u00faltiples misiones m\u00e1s cerca del espacio de batalla que los aviones cisterna existentes. Con m\u00e1s datos para la tripulaci\u00f3n y la flota, incluidas las actualizaciones recientes del Bloque 1 para mejorar a\u00fan m\u00e1s la conectividad, el Pegasus puede ver y transmitir informaci\u00f3n sobre amenazas a los combatientes de la fuerza conjunta para una mayor capacidad de supervivencia de la flota y el \u00e9xito de la misi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mississippi es uno de los m\u00e1s de 40 estados con fuerza laboral que respalda el programa KC-46 y su red de proveedores de aproximadamente 37.000 empleados en los Estados Unidos, \u00a0Aurora Mississippi aprovecha las asociaciones con la Universidad Estatal de Mississippi, incluido el Instituto de Compuestos Avanzados de MSU para la capacitaci\u00f3n de empleados, as\u00ed como otras instituciones en el nexo de educaci\u00f3n superior y desarrollo de la fuerza laboral de Mississippi, como East Mississippi Community College.<\/p>\n<p>Imagen: Boeing<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KC-46-refueling-FA-18-1200pxpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KC-46-refueling-FA-18-1200pxpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KC-46-refueling-FA-18-1200pxpg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KC-46-refueling-FA-18-1200pxpg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KC-46-refueling-FA-18-1200pxpg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KC-46-refueling-FA-18-1200pxpg-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KC-46-refueling-FA-18-1200pxpg-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.delphosmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KC-46-refueling-FA-18-1200pxpg-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En el marco del Sal\u00f3n Aeron\u00e1utico de Par\u00eds 2023, Boeing \u00a0y Aurora Flight Sciences est\u00e1n invirtiendo en el desarrollo de sistemas defensivos avanzados y contramedidas para su aplicaci\u00f3n en plataformas de movilidad y reabastecimiento de combustible de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n, incluido el avi\u00f3n cisterna KC-46A Pegasus. 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