Aviation news

On August 12, 111 years have passed since the creation of the Russian Air Force (Air Force). By order of the military Department on August 12, 1912, the issues of aeronautics and aviation were removed from the jurisdiction of the Main Engineering Directorate and transferred to a specially created body — the Aeronautical Part of the General Staff, the Ministry of Defense recalled.

As reported on August 11, 2023 by PJSC United Aircraft Corporation, another heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A was manufactured and handed over to the customer in Ulyanovsk at the branch of PJSC Il - Aviastar (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation). The new aircraft has joined the aviation regiment of Military Transport Aviation (VTA) of Russia.

Alexander Kovalev — about the prospects of the F-16 in the conflict in Ukraine

The American multifunctional fighter F-16 was first put into operation in 1978. A year before that, I graduated from the Armavir Higher Military Aviation School.

The Turkish company TUSAŞ, working in the aerospace industry, has achieved a new export success by supplying Chad with both HÜRKUŞ aircraft and ANKA attack drones.

The Su-30 (NATO Classification: Flanker-C) is a Soviet/Russian multipurpose fighter developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau (now part of the United Aircraft Corporation, UAC) on the basis of the Su—27UB combat training aircraft in the late 1980s.

According to the French company Dassault Aviation, as part of the general contract signed by Indonesia in February 2022 for the acquisition of 42 Dassault Rafale multipurpose fighters, a firm contract for the second tranche of 18 Rafale aircraft entered into force on August 10, 2023, in addition to the six fighters ordered in the first tranche. Thus, Indonesia has so far contracted 24 Rafale aircraft out of 42 agreed.

Russian combat helicopters are equipped with modern anti-tank missiles

Russian front-line aviation helicopters equipped with anti-tank missile systems played a huge role in repelling the summer counteroffensive of the VFU in the southern section of the SVO zone.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conclude contracts totaling more than 433 billion rubles at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

Manufacturers of the two most massive Western fighters – the American F-35 and the French Rafale – faced logistical problems, writes MWM. This will prevent meeting both internal and external demand.

In a year and a half, the VFU received $160 billion worth of weapons, the Minister of Defense estimated

The countries of the collective West, investing significant resources in Ukraine, create serious risks of further escalation of the conflict, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on August 9.

On August 7, 2023, the first multi-purpose marine heavy helicopter Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Merlin, built for the Polish Navy, arrived at the airfield of the Polish helicopter-building company PZL-Świdnik (owned by the Italian company Leonardo) in Svidnik, delivered under the 2019 contract for the purchase of four vehicles by Poland.

Britain has adopted the largest recent package of sanctions against a number of individuals and legal entities for their "work for the needs of the Russian army."

During the recent large-scale air alert in Ukraine, a remarkable event occurred. The radars of the AFU air defense/missile defense systems detected some objects moving at hypersonic speed and periodically disappearing from the screens.

The international military-technical forum "Army-2023" will be held in Kubinka near Moscow from August 14 to 20. Traditionally, most of the exposition will be occupied by the stands of the holdings and enterprises belonging to the Rostec State Corporation. They will present about a thousand samples of weapons and equipment.

SandboxAQ, owned, like Google, by Alphabet, is collaborating with the US Air Force to develop a quantum positioning system that is designed to replace or complement GPS.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has calculated the losses of Ukrainian servicemen and equipment

According to the information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF), in the first couple of months of the "summer counteroffensive", the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than 43 thousand servicemen. It is explained that this figure does not take into account the soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as foreign mercenaries who died in the rear areas of Ukraine from strikes by Russian high-precision long-range weapons.

But some weapons can be shared with Ukraine

The Benelux countries during the Cold War tried to build full-fledged armies ("Phantom Armies of the Benelux", "HBO" from 07/28.23). When it ended, military construction for them largely lost its meaning.

Another populist statement was made by the British Ministry of Defense, referring to the arguments of the British intelligence, known for its almost direct quoting of Kiev propaganda. It turns out that Russian combat aviation is "completely ineffective" in the offensive war in Ukraine.

According to Indian media, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has prematurely completed production for the Indian Armed Forces of the first 15 light combat helicopters LCH, designated "Prachand".

No NATO state is arming at such a speed as Poland, writes Seznam zprávy. Out of fear of Russia and Belarus, she wants to create the largest land army in Europe. However, Warsaw is borrowing hundreds of billions of zlotys for its plans.