The deeply modernized Tu-160 strategic bomber of the new construction will make its first flight at the beginning of next year. Earlier, a car equipped with improved NK-32-02 engines took to the sky.

First deputy chairman of the Military-industrial complex Board Yelchaninov: PAK DA will enter service after 2024

Promising long-range aviation complexes (PAK DA) will enter service in the period from 2024 to 2033. Aircraft deliveries are provided for by the new State Armament Program. Andrei Yelchaninov, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia, called the timing of the receipt of the complexes in an interview with Interfax.

The strategic reconnaissance aircraft Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint of the US Air Force approached the Donbass. The corresponding data is provided on Saturday, December 11, by the Flightradar aviation monitoring website.

On Thursday evening, it became known about a new provocative flight of NATO aircraft near our borders.

"On December 9, 2021, Russian airspace controls over the neutral waters of the Black Sea detected air targets approaching the state border of the Russian Federation," the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported. To identify and escort foreign planes, Su-27 fighters on duty were lifted into the sky.

Russian fighter jets escorted five US and French military aircraft over the Black Sea, the National Defense Control Center of Russia reported.

According to RIA Novosti, three Su-27 fighters from the air defense duty of the Southern Military District forces were lifted into the air.

The RC-135 Rivet Joint strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force flew for the first time in the airspace of Ukraine, including in the south-east and south of the country to the north of Crimea, it follows from the data of Western aviation resources.

A Russian Su-30 fighter jet escorted a US Poseidon P-8A reconnaissance aircraft in the sky over the Black Sea. This was reported on December 10 at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.

The Ukrainian-Turkish plant, which is being built in Vasylkiv (Kiev region), will produce ANKA-type jet drones - the next generation of UAVs after Bayraktar, the speaker of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the settlement of the situation in Donbass, Alexey Arestovich, said on Saturday during an interview with Radio Liberty (recognized in the Russian media as a foreign agent).

The Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding has received Rosaviation approval to equip the Ansat helicopter with an external suspension.

Philippine Defense Minister Delphine Lorenzana said that an initial payment will be made in the near future under the program for the purchase of Russian Mi-171 helicopters for the country's Air Force.

Expert on the Chinese claim for "Motor Sich" in The Hague: officials are to blame, not investors.

There can be only one explanation for such a strange inaction - corruption of the highest level with very high stakes, the expert believes.

Finland to acquire 64 American F-35A Lightning II fighter jets

Another neighbor of Russia, Finland, has made an official decision to purchase American F-35A Lightning II fighters. The corresponding decision was published by the Finnish government.

19fortyfive: Russia will be upset over Finland's acquisition of F-35A Lightning II aircraft

Russia will be upset over Finland's acquisition of fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighters from the United States, the American publication 19FortyFive says.

The US Air Force will have to keep 45 B-1B Lancer strategic bombers in its combat composition and not write off any more units until they are replaced by B-21 Raider aircraft, it follows from the materials of the Congress.

Defense News: Mojave drone can take off from unprepared sites

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has unveiled a new drone in the United States. Mojave can take off and land on unprepared platforms, as well as carry weapons. This is reported by Defense News.

Anadolu: Eren unmanned aerial vehicle with laser weapons successfully tested in Turkey

The world's first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Eren with laser weapons has been tested in Turkey. According to the Anadolu agency, the drone successfully fired shots from a distance of 500, 300 and 100 meters.

On December 9, 2021, the American company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI, a subsidiary of General Atomics Corporation) introduced a new long-duration reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle Mojave, which is a further development of the well-known vehicles of this company MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle-ER.

The Egyptian Armed Forces demonstrated the ASN-209 UAV adopted during the EDEX-2021 exhibition held in Cairo. Egypt began production of this multipurpose UAV under a Chinese license in June 2012.

The African startup Phractyl showed a concept unlike anything we have seen before. This is an avant-garde and absurd aircraft with the likeness of "bird paws" on a caterpillar track, a tilted cabin, rotating wings and the possibility of vertical takeoff.

Australia will replace European MRH 90 Taipan helicopters with American Black Hawk

Australia will abandon the operation of European MRH 90 Taipan helicopters developed by Eurocopter. Canberra will replace the MRH 90 with American Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. This is reported by Defense News.