Aviation news
The Yak-18T aircraft with the APD-500 engine from Aurus successfully passed pre-flight tests
The Yak-18T aircraft with an APD-500 aircraft engine, created on the basis of an engine from Aurus series cars, passed pre-flight tests - performed a complex of runs and approaches at the airfield, the press service of the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering named after P.I. Baranov (CIAM, part of the N.E. Zhukovsky Institute) told RIA Novosti.
About 8 thousand military personnel of the Southern Military District worked out elements of bringing to the highest degrees of readiness during the exercises
More than 2 thousand special forces troops will be relocated to the Crimea for exercises
As part of the command and staff exercise, in which about 8 thousand servicemen take part, formations and military units of the Southern Military District (SE) have been alerted to work out elements of bringing them to the highest levels of readiness, the press service of the district reported on Thursday.
More than 2,000 military personnel will be transferred from the Kuban to the Crimea for exercises
More than two thousand servicemen of the Krasnodar Territory have begun to be transferred to the Crimea, where part of the program of large-scale command and staff exercises of the Southern Military District troops will be held at the Opuk military training ground. This was reported by the press service of the Southern Military District.
The Ministry of Defense and Gazprom have signed an agreement on the reconstruction of the Levashovo airfield
The total volume of investments under the concession agreement will exceed 10 billion rubles
The Russian Military Department and Gazprom PJSC have concluded a concession agreement on the reconstruction of the Levashovo airfield (Leningrad Region), which will allow it to be used in the interests of the civil air fleet.
The American promising helicopter has reached the speed limit
A promising US helicopter, presented by Lockheed Martin, was able to reach a speed of almost 460 kilometers per hour. In the video that the company published on its website, you can watch this.
The dismissed Pentagon employee announced the victory of China over the United States
China has already defeated the United States in an arms race using cyber capabilities, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), The Drive reports a statement by former Pentagon software director Nicholas Chaillan.
Renderings of a Chinese super-aircraft carrier and a promising new-generation carrier-based fighter are presented
The Network posted new images of the most powerful aircraft carrier in the history of China, which is in the final stage of construction. In addition, the artist depicted in detail an air group consisting of promising fifth-generation fighters.
Scientists in Russia have developed an aeroplatform for stratospheric research
The aeroplatform is capable of climbing to a height of 20-40 km and moving along a given route for several months
Specialists of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR, Tomsk) have developed a new type of high-altitude balloon that can reduce the cost of scientific research in the stratosphere. This was announced on Thursday by the press service of the university.
GBU-72: "prick" bunkers in a new way
The Americans are preparing to get their enemies out of the ground. On October 13, the press service of the US Air Force reported that the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator bomb passed the first test by air drop.
More than 70 Su-57 aircraft will be delivered to the Russian Armed Forces by 2027
The Su-57 is designed to destroy all types of air, ground and surface targets
More than 70 Su-57 aircraft will be delivered to the Russian army by 2027, including several in 2021, Rostec said, commenting on an article by National Interest, which claims that the fifth-generation Russian Su-57 fighter is unlikely to enter service until 2027.
Bombers will be sent to Voronezh
The 47th Bomber Aviation Regiment will be relocated to Voronezh by the end of 2021 on Su-34 aircraft, which is currently based in Buturlinovka, Voronezh Region. This was reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during his working trip, Interfax reports on Thursday, October 14.
The Russian-Serbian air defense group "repelled" an air raid on the Slavic Shield exercise
The air defense forces of Russia and Serbia conducted a training to repel an enemy air raid during a joint exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Rostec appreciated the article by American observers about the Su-57
Russian fifth-generation aircraft do not give rest to the West, so the Su-57 and the Checkmate regularly become the target of information stuffing. This was reported to Izvestia on Thursday, October 14, at Rostec.
Shoigu assessed the results of the work of specialists of the Military Construction Complex of the Ministry of Defense
The head of the Russian Military Department, Sergei Shoigu, highly appreciated the results of the work of specialists of the Military Construction Complex of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on the creation of a modern training and material base of the Zhukovsky and Gagarin Air Force Academy in Voronezh.
Pilots of MiG-29K fighters of the Northern Fleet have started training at the NITKA ground aviation complex
Pilots of a separate naval fighter aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet, who arrived from the Kola Arctic in the Crimea, began training at the Saki airfield.
The Defiant helicopter broke the speed record
The demonstrator of the multi-purpose military helicopter Defiant broke its own previous speed record in direct horizontal flight, reaching a speed of 247 knots (457 kilometers per hour). Sikorsky has posted a corresponding video of a helicopter flight with a jet aircraft on Facebook.
The Sukhoi company intends to enter the state program for the development of the defense industry until 2033
The company announced that it already has a set of proposals
Branch of PJSC "sUkhoi Company" Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yuri Gagarin" (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation) plans to enter the state program of the military-industrial complex, which will be calculated until 2033, said the director of the branch Alexander Pekarsh.
Hydra has learned how to shoot down drones
Seventy-year-old HYDRA 70 rockets have received modern capabilities. On October 12, the press service of BAE Systems announced the successful use of APKWS ammunition against aerial targets.
The second prototype of the KJ-600 AWACS carrier-based aircraft has been built in China
The Chinese corporation Xian Aircraft Corporation (XAC) has completed the assembly of the second prototype of the KJ-600 AWACS carrier-based aircraft, which is being developed for use on aircraft carriers of the PLA Navy.
Patrushev called the US weapons left to the Taliban a time bomb
The United States planted a time bomb in Afghanistan, leaving a large number of weapons there, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.