Aviation news

In the Kiev region, a Ukrainian-Turkish plant under construction will begin production of a new generation of jet unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of countering other aerial objects.

The African startup Phractyl showed a concept unlike anything we have seen before. This is an avant-garde and absurd aircraft with the likeness of "bird paws" on a caterpillar track, a tilted cabin, rotating wings and the possibility of vertical takeoff.

Two Polish Air Force F-16 fighters escorted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea, the NATO Joint Air Force Command said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations in 2022-2023 will receive four Mi-8AMTSh-VA attack helicopters for service in the Arctic, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

A hypersonic missile is already ready for him

The Su-57 fighter will be armed with hypersonic weapons, from 2027 the aircraft will go to the troops with a new engine, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

Crews performed refueling in conditions of limited visibility, at night, using on-board lighting equipment

Pilots of supersonic MiG-31 interceptor fighters of two aviation regiments of the Central Military District (CVO) stationed in the Perm and Krasnoyarsk Territories performed about 40 refueling from an air tanker during tactical flight exercises that started in the Chelyabinsk region. This is stated in a message distributed on Thursday by the press service of the district.

According to the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA, on December 7, the Kuwaiti Air Force received the first batch of two Typhoon fighters produced by the Italian Leonardo group.

The Su-57 fighter will be armed with hypersonic weapons, from 2027 the aircraft will go to the troops with a new engine, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

The Russian Federation cannot supply the Be-200 amphibious aircraft to the United States because of the issue of engine certification, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

From 2024, the Hunter drone will go to the troops. Special attention in the Russian Federation is paid to heavy drones

The Russian army in the period from 2024 to 2033 will begin to receive promising long-range aviation complexes (PAK DA), First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

The British found and lifted the sunken F-35B fighter from the seabed. The plane crashed from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in November due to a raincoat caught in the air intake.

The situation in eastern Ukraine is escalating, but any provocations by the Kiev authorities to resolve the situation in Donbass by force will be stopped, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said on Thursday at a briefing before the military attaches of foreign states.

Radioelectronic Technologies Concern (KRET, part of Rostec) has developed the first domestic servo drive for controlling drones, including at extreme temperatures, Rostec Executive Director Oleg Yevtushenko told reporters on Thursday.

Russia is fending off potential threats in the aerospace sphere by improving the combat potential of the Aerospace Forces (VKS), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing to military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.

The strategic aviation of the United States began to appear much more often in the immediate vicinity of the eastern borders of Russia, practicing reaching the frontier of the use of cruise missiles, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing before foreign military attaches.

British F-35 fighter sank due to a raincoat

The accident of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter, which drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in November while trying to take off from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, was caused by a polyethylene raincoat falling into the air intake of the aircraft. The reason for the incident is called "Rossiyskaya Gazeta".

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation will train pilots to operate the Mi-38 helicopter on a special simulator capable of simulating any weather conditions, vibration and sounds of a running machine.

Buying military equipment is half the battle, you still need to be able to service it. December 8, portal scramble.nl He reported that the entire South African fleet of Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter jets was grounded due to delays in contracts for their maintenance.

On Thursday, at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, commented on Western accusations that Moscow is allegedly concentrating forces on the border with Ukraine to prepare an invasion of a neighboring state.

Russia does not plan to invade the territory of Ukraine, but any provocations by Kiev on the forceful settlement of the situation in the Donbass will be stopped, said the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.