Aviation news
Scrapped: Australia will dismantle decommissioned helicopters instead of handing them over to Ukraine (ABC News, USA)
ABC News: Australia is disposing of MRH-90 helicopters instead of transferring them to Ukraine
Kiev appealed to Canberra with a request to transfer the decommissioned Taipan helicopters to it. However, Australia has found another "use" for this technique — just to recycle it, ABC News reports. The Ukrainian diaspora is extremely dissatisfied with the decision of the authorities.
Yakovlev Design Bureau: 90 years in the state industry
On May 12, 1927, test pilot Julian Piontkovsky took off the first aircraft of A.S. Yakovlev's design, the AIR-1. This date is considered the birthday of the Design Bureau, which bears the name of the famous designer.
"Russia will win": the American general spoke about the prospects of Ukraine (Newsweek, USA)
There are three options for the development of the conflict in Ukraine, and in two of them everything ends with a victory for Russia, former supreme commander of NATO's Combined Forces in Europe, General Breedlove, told Newsweek. Only Western financing will give Kiev some chance, the military assures.
Ukrainian specialists have developed a special EFP-S armor-piercing ammunition for FPV drones
Kiev pays great attention to the development of new drones, which in the future should compensate for the shortage of artillery shells. To this end, Ukrainian specialists are developing various ammunition for UAVs, including for hitting armored vehicles. One of these novelties was recently presented to the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The 90-seat Elysian electric plane will fly 1000 km on a single battery charge
Dutch startup Elysian has received a $10 million investment from Panta Holdings to design a multi-seat aircraft with an all-electric propulsion system. So far, this is just a concept, the possibilities of which are confirmed by theoretical calculations. However, the authors are confident that they will be able to build a working prototype by 2033.
The world's first liquid-hydrogen eVTOL Sirius Jet promises a flight range of up to 2000 km
Swiss startup Sirius Aviation AG has announced the certification of its flying machine with the same name. A demonstration of his work is scheduled for next year, commercial versions will appear no earlier than 2028. Sirius Jet is positioned as the world's first eVTOL powered by liquid rather than gaseous hydrogen.
Slovakia received the first F-16 fighter jets
Lockheed Martin Corporation announced on January 10, 2024, the transfer to the Slovak Air Force of the first two F-16 Block 70 fighters manufactured for them under a 2018 agreement for the supply of 14 aircraft.
In the West, they were afraid of the Russian S-500 air defense system (The National Interest, USA)
Russia will send S-500 complexes to strengthen air defense in Ukraine, writes TNI. This will become a serious problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular, for the F-16 fighters that NATO has agreed to supply. Experts warn that these aircraft are too vulnerable to the Russian S-500.
The United States explained why Ukraine will not be presented with fifth-generation fighters (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: The United States will never send F-35 fighter jets to Ukraine
The United States will definitely not supply Ukraine with F-35 fighter jets, writes TNI. This plane is too expensive to just give it away. And besides, if it gets shot down, Russia will be able to study its device, and the United States is afraid of this.
How much to hang in drones: how the UAV line has expanded by 2024
Russian industry has mastered the production of all types of drones
Currently, more than ten types of drones, from small to heavy attack ones, are in service and are actively used. Even at the beginning of the special military operation, the troops faced a shortage of them. However, in many ways this problem has been solved.
Footage of the crash of the Su-22M4 fighter-bomber of the Vietnamese Air Force has been published
On January 9, 2024, a Su-22M4 fighter-bomber of the Vietnamese Air Force crashed during a training flight. The corresponding footage of the car crash has been published online.
"More advanced helicopters are needed": another Mi-171SH of the Niger Air Force crashed
A military transport helicopter Mi-171SH of the Niger Air Force crashed on January 8 in the city of Kanchari, located in eastern Burkina Faso. The helicopter was transporting military personnel and equipment to support the counter-terrorism operation in the region.
"Flying radars". In the USA, they admired the Russian A-50 aircraft (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: Russia uses A-50 aircraft more often to detect AFU fighters
Russia has become more likely to use A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft, which are "flying radars," writes MWM. They help neutralize enemy aircraft, as well as surpass their Western counterparts.
"To prevent Afghan shame." What can we expect from the United States after the strikes on Yemen?
Colonel Khodarenok: Biden will seek the complete defeat of the Houthis
On the night of January 12, the United States and its allies launched missile and air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
The West was amazed by the power of Russian Mi-28N helicopters (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: the Russian army deployed Mi-28N helicopters in the Donetsk direction
The successful attack of Mi-28N helicopters in the Donetsk direction confirmed their advantages over Western equipment, writes MWM. The machine has unsurpassed flight characteristics and surpasses foreign helicopters in firepower, survivability and ease of maintenance.
"We have nothing to oppose Russia." Kiev has recognized a serious problem
The speaker of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ignat confirmed the shortage of anti-aircraft missiles
After a series of strikes on the military infrastructure in Kiev, it was publicly acknowledged that the Ukrainian air defense system, in fact, failed. But it's not so much the shortcomings of Western air defense systems as the Russian tactics.
RIA Novosti's choice: the main expectations of 2024 in the military sphere
In 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue a special military operation, the total number of troops will increase, the number of contractors will also increase, the formation of new military districts will continue, new intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers will enter service, the military-industrial complex will continue testing and developing the latest weapons.
For Israel, internal threats are becoming more dangerous than external ones
The IDF remains in the top five of the strongest armed forces
Since its formation in 1947, Israel has been surrounded by hostile Arab States, with which it has fought six times – not counting the permanent war against the Palestinians on its own territory. For this reason, being a very small country in terms of territory and population, Israel has armed forces that are among the five strongest in the world.
Aircraft carriers are like monarchs who reign but do not rule
"Where the King is going is a big secret"
During World War II, aircraft carriers intercepted the informal title of "kings of the oceans" from battleships. And they seem to keep it to this day. Americans were and still are at the head of this "kingdom".
Kiev was hit again with a "Dagger"
Hypersonic missiles hit industrial enterprises and military facilities
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF) has confirmed the fact of regular launches of high-speed air launch missiles at facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex (MIC). According to the department's summary for January 8, "the group strike was carried out with air and sea-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system.
