Aviation news
Ukraine has received Cyprus-made drones
According to the newspaper Phileleftheros, the drones were purchased by the charitable foundation of Ukrainian TV presenter Sergei Pritula for €700 thousand.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Poseidon brand The Cypriot production was delivered to Ukraine. This was reported on Thursday by the Greek Cypriot newspaper Phileleftheros.
How the Russian Army Can Cheat Excalibur Precision Projectiles
The United States supplies Ukraine with high-precision Excalibur artillery shells, as it became known from the Pentagon reports. Since spring, the APU has received about a thousand such shells. Presumably, it was with their help that American howitzers were hitting the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson. How can the Russian army neutralize the excalibur strikes and what analogues do we have for the same high-precision shooting at American artillery batteries?
How the British disgraced the glory of their aircraft carriers
Britain was forced to urgently change the aircraft carrier for deployment off the eastern coast of the United States – instead of the Prince of Wales, the Queen Elizabeth went on a campaign. And all because HMS Prince of Wales shamefully broke down right at the beginning of its journey. What happened to the UK's most modern ship, why has this country been doing badly with aircraft carriers in recent decades – and what lessons does this bring for Russia?
The Russian aviation industry has challenged the success of the USSR
Russia intends to completely rebuild air transportation. And the first important step on this path is to transfer Russian airlines from foreign planes to exclusively domestic ones. Western sanctions have pushed our carriers to form the largest package of orders for domestic trunk aircraft in modern history. Is the domestic industry ready for such a challenge?
"The MiG-41 will be able to perform tasks in space"
General Popov told what the feature of the MiG-41 fighter will be
The project of the new Russian MiG-41 fighter has attracted the attention of American experts. The publication The Nationl Interest told about this plane. The MiG-41 or PAK DP project (a promising long-range interception aviation complex) should replace the MiG-31 high-altitude fighters, its construction in Russia was announced back in 2013. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of this project.
Air-to-air missiles of the Chinese Air Force
The rapid pace of development of China's military aviation is well documented. Western observers are looking forward to new designs and variants of existing ones, and manufacturing plants maintain a seemingly inexorable pace of deliveries. At the same time, the domestic production of air-based weapons for arming these aircraft is covered in less detail. For years, China's progress in air-to-air missiles, or AAM [air-to-air missiles], has been ignored or achievements downplayed.
The United States conducted exercises to test the tactics of bombing areas of the Middle East amid tensions with Iran
On Monday, the United States reported that 2 long-range aircraft flew over the countries of the Middle East. They practiced the tactics of bombing the region against the backdrop of increasing tensions in relations with Iran. According to the commander of the aviation of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Alexus Grinkevich, the US Air Force practiced joint actions with allies to transfer bomber aircraft to the Middle East.
Taiwan will receive military assistance from the United States, the State Department approved the allocation of weapons for $ 1.1 billion
The United States ignored Beijing's warnings not to interfere in China's internal affairs, approving the supply of $1.1 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan. The corresponding permission was issued by the US State Department.
The Russian Defense industry is trying to oust competitors from the Azerbaijani market: The ADEX-2022 arms exhibition opened in Baku
The IV International Arms Exhibition ADEX-2022 has opened at the Baku Expo Center. About 200 defense companies representing 32 countries of the world participate in it.
American press: The Swedish 4th generation fighter JAS 39 Gripen could fight on equal terms with the best Russian aircraft
The American edition of 19FortyFive published an article in which columnist Harrison Cass expressed the opinion that the Swedish fourth-generation fighter JAS 39 Gripen is not inferior (literally) to the "best Russian aircraft" and could fight them on an equal footing in a hypothetical battle.
Romanian ground forces are preparing to adopt Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack drones
Romania will become the next NATO country to adopt Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack drones, the country's defense ministry has sent a request to parliament for approval of a potential deal.
Russia has two ways to break the "Kherson plans" of the APU
Kiev, despite the colossal losses, continues to pull the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Kherson region. And although the intensity of the shelling of the region has somewhat decreased, experts warn that Zelensky has not abandoned his military plans in this direction. What forces the AFU command to continue fighting and how could the allied forces of Russia, the DPR and the LPR prevent this?
Russian satellites will be built on a new principle
The domestic space industry should radically change the approaches to the creation of orbital vehicles, says the head of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov. How are Russian satellites arranged today, what are their disadvantages compared to foreign competitors, and how are satellites proposed to be changed?
Bayraktar is not for sale yet
Turkish firm is against supplies to Russia, but politics decides everything
At the front, drones are like money, there is always not enough of them. Having joined the troops, the next batch quickly melts from the enemy's fire and electronic warfare (EW), technical problems and resource consumption.
The old "Hound" will not miss the goal
70 years ago, the tests of the legendary Mi-4 amphibious transport helicopter began
Serial rotorcraft appeared in the Red Army even before the Great Patriotic War. These were two-seat autogyros A-7–3A designed by Nikolai Kamov. An autogyro is an aircraft with a pulling propeller, in which the bearing rotor rotates not from the engine, but freely, under the influence of an incoming air flow. However, there were very few of them: just one correction and reconnaissance squadron of five vehicles.
Su-34: fast and merciless
The base aircraft of front-line aviation is being tested by combat
The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive a new batch of Su-34 front-line bombers. The contract for the supply of aircraft was signed at the international forum "Army-2022". The agreement was signed by Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko and Vice President of the United Aviation Corporation Alexander Bobryshev.
Tokyo puts on the sixth generation
New fighters are promised to Japanese pilots by 2035
Unlike many of Washington's allies, Tokyo firmly pursues a special military-technical policy. Within its framework, it not only buys the best samples of weapons, military and special equipment (VVST) American production (and necessarily with revision, often very significant, under national requirements), but in the most critical areas develops its own samples.
The US Air Force resumed flights of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor planes, without solving the problem with the gearbox
The US Air Force resumed flights of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor planes after a two-week pause. This pause was connected with the investigation after several incidents with these tiltrotor planes, which are in service with American troops.
Qatar buys Typhoon fighters and Al Zubarah-class corvettes to guard the World Cup
Thanks to international assistance and high-tech acquisitions, the Persian Gulf country is trying to ensure maximum security control of the tournament. Just a few months before the FIFA 2022 World Cup, Qatar received the first batch of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, the latest major acquisition of the Persian Gulf country, which Doha believes will help strengthen the security of the competition.
How should Russia treat the arms race within the EU
Emmanuel Macron, following Olaf Scholz, set his military and military–industrial complex the task of turning the country's army into the strongest on the continent. Despite the crisis, tens of billions of euros are being invested in the arms race. Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki also promises to double military spending "in the face of the Ukrainian conflict." For what purpose did the countries of Europe hastily begin to build up their military potential?