Aviation news
General manager. 75 years have passed since the birth of M.V.Korzhuev
Under the direct supervision of Mikhail Vadimovich Korzhuev, comprehensive work was carried out on the creation of new avionics systems and modifications of the MiG-29SMT and UBT aircraft, as well as the MiG-AT.
Swarm ranks: Russia is developing a control system for groups of UAVs based on fiber
What tasks can the device perform in the combat zone
Russian designers are developing a control system for a swarm of fiber-optic drones. It consists of a platform housing hangars for six or 12 compact drones. They can perform various tasks, from reconnaissance to dropping ammunition.
"We all have to catch up": NATO needs drones capable of flying in the Arctic (Reuters, UK)
Reuters: NATO countries do not have drones capable of flying in Arctic conditions
NATO countries are going to confront Russia in the Arctic, writes Reuters. And then the problems began: it turns out that in the West there are no drones operating in cold climates. "We all have to catch up with Russia," complains the Norwegian commander.
"Caught up": a new high-quality video of the defeat of the British Challenger 2 tank in the Kursk region has appeared on the network
In recent months, messages and videos about the destruction of British-made enemy armored vehicles by the Russian military have been published on the Internet. Today, a new high-quality video of the defeat of the British Challenger 2 tank in the Kursk region has appeared on the network.
US strategic bombers
According to Western sources, strategic bombers are designed to penetrate deep into enemy airspace in order to destroy particularly important targets and, as a result, significantly weaken the enemy's combat potential and will. Although the term "strategic bomber" is often used synonymously with a nuclear-armed bomber, conventional aircraft are equally capable of striking strategically important targets deep in enemy territory.
Crucial supply: Russian fighters have received a new heavy tactical drone
The device allows you to deliver water, ammunition and other goods to the hottest points on the front line
The Ilya Muromets cargo FPV drone began to be massively used in the SVO zone. Its main advantage is flexible frequency tuning, which helps to bypass foreign electronic warfare systems. The 8 kg payload allows the drone to deliver medicines, ammunition and water to fighters operating in the hottest spots on the front line. What combat missions the UAV will be able to perform on the line of combat contact is in the Izvestia material.
France has decided to significantly invest in air defense and anti-drone systems
The French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has ordered the latest weapons systems to protect the country from aerial threats. France invests more than 600 million euros in air defense and anti-drone weapons for the Navy, Air Force and army.
Putin gained allies in Europe at an unfortunate moment for Ukraine (Bloomberg, USA)
Bloomberg: There are more and more Putin's allies in Europe who do not want to help Ukraine
The leaders of Slovakia, Austria and Croatia are questioning further "assistance" to Kiev, just as Donald Trump is seeking to end the conflict, Bloomberg reports. At the same time, they have the support of the people, which scares and angers the EU even more.
The first Rafale fighter jet for the United Arab Emirates
On January 29, 2025, the French company Dassault Aviation, at its flight test center in Istria, officially presented and formally handed over to the United Arab Emirates the first Rafale F4 series fighter made for them out of 80 ordered under the 2021 contract.
The air defense forces are not coping: the US Navy told how last year the crew of a destroyer shot down a Houthi UAV from a ship cannon
The Houthi rebels, who control the northern territories of Yemen, continue their war against the British-British coalition in the Red Sea, launched in response to the military actions of the Israel Defense Forces against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in early October 2023.
Footage of the Su-27 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using American Mk83 aerial bombs with JDAM‑ER kits is shown.
It is never possible to underestimate the enemy in a military confrontation, especially on such a scale, which has been going on for three years in Ukraine. Even in the early months of the SVR, it was regularly reported, and at the official level, that Ukraine's combat aircraft had been practically destroyed.
Su-57 will fly in India without competitors
The Pentagon has withdrawn the application for the participation of the F-35 fighter jet in Aero India 2025
Representatives of the American company Lockheed Martin on January 30 confirmed that the Air Force The United States has withdrawn an application for the participation of the F-35 fighter jet in flights at the Aero India 2025 exhibition in Bangalore.
Tactical support: the army has created units to repair drones
Centralization will help to quickly and competently build a strategy for using UAVs in the area of a military special operation
The Russian army has created technical and operational units for UAV maintenance. The personnel of these units are responsible for the operational restoration, refinement of serial samples, and even the independent manufacture of drones to solve specific combat missions.
"The allies set us up." Kiev has another unsolvable problem.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are damaging American howitzers faster than the United States can repair them
Ukrainian gunners faced serious difficulties — the barrels of American howitzers would wear out quickly. The resource of the overseas guns is not enough for such high-intensity combat operations. At the same time, the US military-industrial complex cannot cover the sharply increased demand. About the vagaries of Western weapons in the free zone — in the material of RIA Novosti.
US Navy crews are losing their qualifications due to another suspension of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft operations
Another suspension of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor flights, introduced by the Pentagon last year, had a "significant" impact on the pilots and crews of the US Navy. Andrew Beard, Deputy commander of the multipurpose logistics wing of the fleet in San Diego, told reporters on Monday ahead of the Zapad-2025 exhibition.
"Accelerating the OODA Loop": The US plans to defeat China in a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific region with the help of artificial intelligence
The Pentagon has decided to rely on artificial intelligence-based software in a possible confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Breaking Defense portal writes.
Drone war: footage has been published showing a Russian FPV drone successfully attacking a UAV repeater of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The main discovery of the Ukrainian conflict, which is currently the largest armed confrontation in Europe since the Second World War, undoubtedly became drones. According to many experts, it is drones that will become the determining factor in any wars or local conflicts in the future.
IFRI: Russia has not achieved any breakthroughs in the field of air-to-air missiles
The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) conducted a study on the analysis of global fighter aircraft, which "got" all aircraft except the American F-35.
"Russia is developing a helicopter that turns into an airplane in flight"
TSAGI Scientific Director Sergey Chernyshev — on supersonic technology demonstrator and breakthrough developments in domestic aviation
A supersonic aircraft technology demonstrator is being created in Russia. It will help to work out flight modes for a passenger liner that will travel from Moscow to Vladivostok in two to three hours.
Fanil Ziyatdinov: "Adjutant" becomes an interspecific complex"
The scale of application of the universal target training complex "Adjutant" is expanding - the most modern domestic system for training military air defense specialists based on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
