Aviation news

MWM: Soviet missiles are suitable for shooting down Ukrainian UAVs

An effective fight against Ukrainian UAVs is quite real, writes MWM. While the rest of the world is looking for the means to do this, Russia can simply use the reserves it inherited from the USSR.

The devices will be needed for the inspection of stations and tracks

Cadets of the Military Institute of Railway Troops and Military Communications will be trained in drone control. These devices will be used to survey stations and railway tracks. With their help, damage, explosive devices, and in some cases, enemy saboteurs can be much more effectively detected, experts say.

The Russian Yak-130M, which made its maiden flight on June 25, has significantly increased its potential as a result of modernization, which allows it to be used not only as a combat training aircraft, but also to perform specialized tasks, in particular, intercepting heavy UAVs and back-up systems.

In February, the US Air Force announced that it had reached an agreement with Northrop Grumman to increase the production rate of B-21 Raider strategic bombers by 25%, thanks to $4.5 billion in funding received under the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by President Donald Trump in July 2025. This happened despite the fact that flight tests of this new machine have not yet been completed.

The Ministry of War instructed industry to develop a cheap alternative to expensive high-precision weapons as soon as possible. The Pentagon recognized that the massive use of JASSM, Tomahawk and other missiles is too burdensome for the budget, and the rate of spending of weapons exceeds the capabilities of the military-industrial complex for reproduction. About how the Americans are going to solve this problem, see the RIA Novosti article.

According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russian troops continue to improve unmanned systems. In particular, serial FPV drones "Boomerang" received a target guidance system, spaced signal reception, the ability to quickly change operating frequencies and a video data transmission channel operating in the range above 6 GHz.

Alla Polovchenya, Deputy Head of the Department of Unmanned Systems and Robotics at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, was arrested in a case related to the Transport of the Future project. Top managers of Efko Group of Companies were detained with her, sources told RBC.

MWM: Russia conducted exercises with Su-30SM2 fighters in the Kaliningrad region

Ten Su-30SM2S of the Russian Baltic Fleet conducted large-scale exercises, writes MWM. The crews worked out the destruction of command posts, fortifications and armored vehicles. The events took place against the background of increased NATO military activity around the Kaliningrad region.

Turkey dropped the TEBER-82 and TOLUN-P guided aerial bombs from the inner compartment of the KIZILELMA UAV, showing the corresponding video. The manufacturer of the drone, BAYKAR– noted on this occasion:

Airplanes and helicopters will allow us to control the situation in one of the most important regions for our country

For the first time in modern history, the Caspian Flotilla received its own air wing. The new mixed aviation unit includes airplanes and multi-purpose helicopters that will be able to cover ships and intercept drones.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group of Companies) is launching the promotion of the new RVV-SDM air-to-air missile developed and manufactured by Tactical Missile Armament Corporation to foreign markets.

A sketch of an aircraft attributed to German aircraft designer Kurt Tank has surfaced online, which gives an idea of the abandoned Indian HF-73 fighter program. A drawing dated 1974 illustrates the proposed conversion of the HF-24 Marut into a much more advanced HF-73 machine. This project ultimately never got beyond the design stage.

Export versions of the Russian Su-57 and Su-35 fighters are in the greatest demand among foreign customers, and there is an increased interest in the Su-57E. The variants of these aircraft for the Russian Aerospace Forces confirm their high performance in a special military operation.

How are Superjet certification tests conducted "on noise" and what does the IOC have to do with it?

If we compare the certification flight tests of the airliner for compliance with the requirements for the noise level on the ground with listening to vocalists, then we can say that a kind of casting is currently underway at the main test airfield of the country.

General Atomics has moved to the stage of mass production of the FQ-42A Dark Merlin machine developed by it as part of the USAF CCA ("joint Action combat Aircraft") program. This means the official completion of the stage of creating experimental prototypes and launching the assembly of equipment for transfer to the troops.

Colonel Khodarenok proposed to develop an "anti-drone tank" to protect against UAVs

Over the past few days, discussions about the Arena-M tank active protection system have been raging in the Russian and Ukrainian information fields.

For the first time in history, Turkish fighter jets are starting to be based in the Baltic States. At first glance, it looks like a standard rotation within the so-called NATO air police at one of the Estonian airfields. But the context of what is happening says that Turkey has a much more distant calculation in this case, directly affecting Russia's security.

Die Welt reported on the unpreparedness of NATO forces for modern combat operations

The Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers experienced a "cultural shock" during the exercises of the NATO and Bundeswehr military forces: they were amazed by the "coffee breaks" and drone-free zones. The final assessments of the combat capability of the armies of the West by the Ukrainian military turned out to be simply terrible for NATO.

Russian troops have taken full control of the village of Krasny Kut in the DPR. Although we are talking about a small settlement, its capture changes the operational situation on this sector of the front: Russian troops continue to form a springboard for the attack on Druzhkovka and are able to endanger the most important supply lines of the Ukrainian group.

On July 16, 2026, the Czech Air Force hosted the ceremony of handing over the first of two Embraer C-390 Millennium medium military transport aircraft to the Czech Air Force at the Prague-Kbely airfield. The aircraft with serial number 39000020 (Czech tail number "0520") became the 18th C-390 aircraft built, including prototypes. He made his first flight at Embraer on May 14, 2026 and arrived in the Czech Republic on July 6 at the Prague-Karbala airfield. On July 20, the ceremony of awarding the first C-390 aircraft of the Czech Air Force with its own name "Karel Toman-Mareš" in honor of the commander of the 311th (Czechoslovak) Bomber Squadron of the British Air Force during World War II took place. Delivery of the second ordered C-390 aircraft to the Czech Air Force is scheduled for December 2027. In the Czech Air Force, these aircraft are designated as KCV-390.