Aviation news

Tupolev aircraft will become the main ones in the UAC production line

Having coped with the task set by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to resume serial production of the world's largest combat aircraft, the Tu–160 strategic missile carrier, the Kazan Aviation Production Association named after S.P. Gorbunov (KAPO) undertakes the next similar project - the restart of production of the Tu–214 mainline liner.

Precision guided aerial bombs (UAB, also effectors in Western terminology) have had a decisive impact on the use of military aviation against ground targets. According to Western experts, with the current and planned composition of weapons, the Air Force receives a wide range of effectors that guarantee the necessary accuracy and are able to have a scalable effect on the properties of the target.

Sergey Chemezov, General Director of Rostec State Corporation, spoke at the Federation Council on April 13 as part of the "Expert Time" on the topic "Diversification of production of Rostec State Corporation organizations".

Western sanctions against the Russian Federation forced the Russian aviation industry to look for a replacement for imported components and assemblies. Rostec, which is facing this problem acutely, called the delivery date of the first six MS-21 aircraft with domestic engines.

High-precision air-based missiles have been actively used in a special military operation since the first days. It was the X-31PM aircraft missiles that destroyed almost all the air defense radars of the armed forces of Ukraine.

Dmitry Khazanov — about what new MiG-25P brought to the domestic aviation

In the second half of the 50s of the twentieth century, the Artyom Mikoyan Design Bureau began work on the creation of heavy high-speed and high-altitude interceptor fighters designed to combat not only existing, but also promising supersonic bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.

The Russian government has signed a decree on the creation of new engineering schools where personnel for high-tech companies will be trained. The federal center is ready to allocate 36.6 billion rubles for 30 advanced IT incubators at universities.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian military used hypersonic weapons - the Dagger aviation complex - to destroy the command post of the Ukrainian army in the Donbass.

The main events in the coming days will take place north of Mariupol, experts predict

The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike with precision weapons at Ukrainian military facilities. The hypersonic missile system "Dagger" destroyed the buried command post of the grouping of Ukrainian troops in the Donbass.

Western countries have started sending armored vehicles to Ukraine: Australia has transferred 20 armored personnel carriers, the Czech Republic — a batch of T-72 and BMP-1 from old stocks, Germany is discussing the supply of hundreds of tanks. The UK will not stand aside either. What will come out of this is in the RIA Novosti material.

6 VTA Y-20A aircraft of the PLA Air Force landed at Belgrade Airport on April 9 (b.n. 20041, 20042, 20045, 20047, 20049 and 20142), which presumably delivered a batch of medium-range air defense systems FK-3 (export version of the HQ-22 air defense system).

During the night, high-precision air and sea-based missiles destroyed an ammunition depot and a protected hangar with AFU aircraft at the Starokonstantinov military airfield in the Khmelnitsky region. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

A video of a group attack of Ka-52 helicopters on the AFU targets has been published. In the VOZ TV channel, visitors posted rare footage of the group work of the Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopters with a view from the cockpit.

The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle Bayraktar tried to conduct reconnaissance for the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as to find out the location of coastal defensive positions.

However, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the enemy drone was promptly detected off the western coast of the Crimean peninsula.

Experts told how a Russian Navy ship destroyed Bayraktar TB2

The frigate of the Black Sea Fleet "Admiral Essen" destroyed the Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 drone from the ship's anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Calm" off the coast of Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what "Calm" is and how it works.

New details have emerged about the creation in the United States of a critically important type of weapon – a strategic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. One could even say that the future of the entire US nuclear arsenal is to some extent in question. Why did this happen and what problems will the Pentagon have to solve now?

For the first time in the world, and in a combat situation, an ejection from a helicopter was performed. The pilots became Heroes of Russia. And not only for this jump through the blades.

The Serbian press reports on the conduct of military exercises "Fire Shield". They involve units of a special tactical group, reinforced with heavy equipment.

The remnants of the Azov nationalist regiment, banned in the Russian Federation and recognized as extremist, do not seem to give up hope of getting out of Mariupol, blocked by our troops. In any case, the Kiev regime is doing everything to evacuate the nationalist leaders and foreign mercenaries from there. We tried to do it twice by air - we lost several helicopters. Organized a naval special operation - also missed the target.

In the area of the settlement of Izyum, Kharkiv region, two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft were sold in the air. This was announced on Monday, April 11, by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.