Pilatus Aircraft will begin delivery of the PC-21 TCB to the Spanish Air Force in September
The Spanish Air Force Command expects to receive the first new PC-21 training aircraft (national designation E.27) produced by Pilatus in mid-September 2021.
Boeing held the ceremony of rolling out the first F-15QA fighter of the Qatar Air Force
On August 25, Boeing announced the roll-out ceremony of the first F-15QA (Qatar Advanced) fighter of the Qatar Air Force held jointly with the command of the US Air Force and the Qatari Air Force at the enterprise in St. Louis.
The Mi-28N helicopter will be armed with a three-in-one missile
The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter can be armed with the latest unguided S-13B missile. The S-13 combines the capabilities of several unguided 122 mm caliber missiles. The new missile has a switch of the initiation unit for instantaneous detonation of the warhead and two decelerations: small and large.
Russian helicopter "Night Hunter" will be equipped with the latest unguided missile
The Russian Mi-28N "Night Hunter" helicopter can be equipped with the latest unguided S-13B missile, it also has a chance to enter the standard armament of Su-class aircraft. This was announced to TASS by Alexander Kochkin, executive director of the Techmash research and production concern, which is part of the Rostec state Corporation, within the framework of the Army-2021 forum.
The designer told about the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter
Sergey Chebykin, Deputy Chief Designer of the Rostvertol Helicopter Plant, told about the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter on Friday, August 27.
Development work on the updated Mi-8MTV-5M helicopter has been completed
The helicopter is equipped with additional equipment that expands the functionality
The Kazan Helicopter Plant (KVZ) of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec) has completed development work on the modernization of the Mi-8MTV-5M helicopter, the design documentation has been approved for serial production. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the Russian Helicopters holding company.
The Ministry of Defense will decide on the new appearance of the airborne forces at the end of the year-Shoigu
The Russian military department will make a decision on the new appearance of the Airborne Troops at the end of this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
The US wants to build a new transport based on the Soviet "sea monster"
The Office of Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense plans to create a new vehicle based on the Soviet ekranoplan "Lun", nicknamed "sea monster". This is reported on August 27 by Popular Mechanics.
The date of the beginning of regular flights of "planes of the XXI century"has been named
The head of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, called the start date of regular flights of the newest civil aircraft MS-21 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century"). This is reported in the story of the TV channel "Russia 1".
A large program for medium-haul and small aircraft is being implemented in the Russian Federation-Shoigu
"At the output of the "medium-haul MS-21 and "Baikal" to replace the "cornhusker" An-2
Russia is implementing a large program to create aircraft for domestic aviation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
The UAC plans to start creating a squadron of Be-200 amphibious aircraft in 2021
According to the corporation, about 10 aircraft will extinguish fires all year round
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) plans to start creating Be-200 amphibious aircraft in 2021, which will be included in the squadron for extinguishing fires. This was announced by the first Deputy General Director of the UAC Sergey Yarkov.
Created for inspections within the framework of the DON Tu-214 will be repurposed
The Tu-214ON aircraft, created specifically for performing observation flights under the Open Skies Treaty, will be redesigned. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, after visiting the Kazan Aviation Plant.
Shoigu was shown the cockpit of a modernized Tu-160 bomber
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu highly appreciated the resumption of production of Tu-160 strategic bombers at the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ). He visited this place during his visit to the capital of Tatarstan.
Russia will create ship-based drones based on cyclolets
Complexes of reconnaissance drones and cycloplane platforms may appear on Russian warships. This was announced on Friday, August 27, by the head of the project group of air assets of the Foundation for Advanced Research, Yan Chibisov.
Shoigu said that the number of drones in the Russian army will exceed 2 thousand by the end of the year
According to the Minister of Defense, the supply of serial UAVs to the army has been established
The Russian Armed Forces will have two thousand unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the end of this year. This was announced by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live", the footage of which was shown on the TV channel "Russia-1".
A new algorithm for the operation of neural networks for drones has been developed in Russia
Specialists of the Military Space Academy named after Mozhaisk has developed a new algorithm for the operation of neural networks for drones, which allows identifying and tracking targets with high accuracy, the academy told reporters.
Six accidents with Russian planes were counted over the past month
Over the past month, six accidents have occurred with Russian aircraft, the Military Observer channel calculated in Telegram.
The aviation expert told about the death of test pilots during the creation of the Su-24
The Su-24 tactical front-line bomber that crashed in the Perm Region is a complex, but time-tested machine. Vadim Lukashevich, an aviation expert, a former designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, told about this in an interview with Radiotochka NSN.
Su-35S crews used guided missiles at exercises in Karelia
The fighters performed more than 30 combat training sorties for live firing
The crews of the fighter aviation regiment of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces of the Western Military District used guided missiles during exercises in Karelia. This was reported on Saturday by the press service of the Western Military District.
CEO Mikheev: Rosoboronexport is waiting for India's decision on the acquisition of the Checkmate fighter
Rosoboronexport is waiting for a decision from India on the acquisition of a fifth-generation Checkmate light fighter and is ready to consider a corresponding request from New Delhi, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti.
