Aviation news
The network has footage of a drone falling at a refinery in the Rostov region
Today, at about 09:25 Moscow time, an attack was carried out on the Novoshakhtinsky refinery, located in the Krasnosulinsky district of the Rostov region. It is reported that a fire broke out on the heat exchanger, which was preceded by an explosion.
The Pentagon will get even more money, and ordinary Americans will pay
The Pentagon will get even more money, and the Americans will pay
The military budget is swelling by leaps and bounds, and Americans are becoming more vulnerable to real threats that cannot be defeated with weapons, the author of the Washington Post points out. In her opinion, if the United States intends to save the world, such an approach is both absurd and disastrous.
The US may abandon its most powerful nuclear bombs
The strategic Command of the US armed forces may lose its most powerful nuclear bombs in the coming years, it follows from the materials of the US Congress.
Eight of the most dangerous air combat fighters
Eight most dangerous air combat fighters – in random order
In recent years, the capabilities of a fighter are increasingly determined by its network-centric abilities and available support tools, writes MWM. And although leadership in aerial combat is a controversial topic, eight of the world's most dangerous aircraft can now be identified.
Germany plans to purchase additional P-8A Poseidon aircraft
Germany will increase the number of new-generation P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft purchased in the United States as part of an increase in national defense spending.
China has successfully conducted air tests for the first unmanned transport aircraft
According to online sources, the first flight tests of the TP500 transport unmanned aerial vehicle have been conducted in China. Specialists of the First Aviation Institute of China were engaged in the development of the aircraft.
Production of a prototype of the CR929 wing caisson continues in Ulyanovsk
Aerocomposite-Ulyanovsk JSC has placed another tender for the performance of work on the manufacture and supply of metal parts and assembly units of the prototype wing caisson of the wide-body long-haul aircraft CR929. The corresponding lot is placed on the Official electronic trading platform of Rostec Group.
"Thanks to Ukraine, the Russians will steal the best drone in the world from the USA"
Media: The Pentagon is afraid of losing the secrets of the MQ-1C Grey Eagle heavy attack drone in Ukraine
Ukraine has not yet received the promised four heavy American MQ-1C Grey Eagle drones, the transfer of which was previously approved by the White House, but is now blocked by the US Department of Defense. "Newspaper.Ru" together with military experts, I figured out what the Pentagon was afraid of.
"In response to Ukraine's attack in the Black Sea." The Russian Armed Forces hit a military airfield near Odessa
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: a retaliatory strike was launched by cruise missiles at the military airfield Shkolny
On June 21, the Russian Defense Ministry reported an Onyx missile strike at the Shkolny military airfield near Odessa. Hangars with Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles identified by Russian intelligence tools have been destroyed, the ministry said.
General's "Caliber": cruise missiles destroyed the Ukrainian headquarters
As a result of the strike, over 50 Ukrainian generals and high-ranking officers were killed
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) are successfully developing an offensive in the Severodonetsk direction, the Defense Ministry said on June 19.
The military commander of Izvestia demonstrated the tactics of the Su-34
The concept of "non-flying weather" for pilots of modern fighter-bombers practically does not exist. The Su-34 takes off to perform tasks at any time of the day and under any weather conditions. The footage of the military airfield on Monday, June 20, was presented by the military correspondent of Izvestia Kirill Olkov.
The correspondent of Izvestia showed the work of Ka-52 helicopters in the Donbass
On June 20, Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov showed a video of the work of Ka-52 Alligator helicopters during a special operation to protect Donbass.
New high-precision missiles have entered the arsenal of Russian attack helicopters taking part in the SVO in Ukraine
The Russian army aviation, as part of a special military operation, uses a new high-precision aviation missile "305" to destroy important military facilities. This was reported by an informed source.
Slovakia asked the Czech Republic to protect its airspace
Arriving in Prague on June 18 on a visit, the head of the Slovak Defense Ministry, Yaroslav Nagy, handed over to the head of the Czech Defense Ministry, Yana Chernokhova, a written request for the Czech Air Force to protect the airspace of his country.
"Many planes cannot take to the air": The US Accounting Chamber has published a report on the state of the Air Force and Navy aviation
In April 2022, the chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on the Armed Forces, Donald Norcross, announced plans for the US Air Force to decommission 646 aircraft over the next five years.
In Russia, they told about the features of the high-precision missile "Product 305"
The Russian high-precision missile "Product 305" allows the helicopter to hit targets without entering the enemy's air defense zone. The rocket can operate in the "fired and forgotten" mode. Military expert Alexey Leonkov told RIA Novosti about this.
In Ukraine, for the first time, a new "over-the-horizon" Russian missile was used
Its warhead is more powerful than the shells of the heaviest self—propelled guns, and the new product can work both in the "shot - forgot" mode and in the search and selection mode of previously unknown targets.
TSAGI uses additive technologies to study icing
Icing of an aircraft is one of the most important problems in the operation of an aircraft, directly affecting flight safety. Research on this topic is conducted at the]Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky (part of the SIC "Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky").
The largest aircraft in the world Roc set a personal altitude record
The Stratolaunch giant Roc aircraft set a personal altitude record of 8230 meters during its seventh test flight. Recall that Roc is the largest two—body airliner in the world with a wingspan of 117 m, equipped with six turbojet engines from Boeing 747. Its main task is to launch spacecraft into near—Earth orbit using the air launch method.
Celera 500L — the most efficient passenger aircraft in the world
The project of the most efficient passenger aircraft Celera 500L with a hydrogen engine is a joint development of Otto Aviation (USA) and ZeroAvia (UK).