Aviation news

An Israeli oil tanker was attacked in the Arabian Sea, near the coast of Oman. The attack was carried out by a drone of unknown origin, which struck the ship twice.

Iran is responsible for the attack on the Mercer Street tanker in the Indian Ocean, Israeli intelligence has evidence of this, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday.

The Russian Mi-28N attack helicopter will receive an upgraded Vikhr-1 missile, which was previously included in the Ka-52 arsenal. The flight range of the product reaches 10 kilometers.

Kiev has begun monitoring the gas production platforms of the Crimea. For the first time, the Ukrainian military launched Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones on duty in the Black Sea.

Turkey tried to use its Bayraktar TB2 attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle to launch attacks on the positions of the Syrian military, however, the drone was successfully shot down.

Within the framework of joint events of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a joint innovation session of the military technopolis ERA and Rostec Group of Companies was held, as well as a round table with representatives of TsNIIMash JSC.

According to Thai Internet resources, the command of the Thai Air Force intends to sign a contract with the South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the supply of two additional T-50TH training aircraft.

Russia has transferred Su-25 attack aircraft located in Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan, where the aircraft will take part in exercises near the border with Afghanistan. On Thursday, July 29, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Central Military District (CVO).

Sikorsky (a division of Lockheed Martin) has announced the signing of a four-year contract to provide logistical support for 16 UH-60L "Black Hawk" multi-purpose helicopters of the Brazilian Air Force.

Embraer has started testing the KC-390 tanker transport on a dirt runway. They will last several weeks. During this time, Embraer will evaluate the effectiveness of the heaviest Brazilian transport vehicle, which was created for taking off and landing on uneven surfaces, including damaged and unprepared lanes.

The export modification of the Russian fifth-generation Su-57E fighter differs from the basic design of the Su-57 in the direction of " some deterioration in its tactical and technical characteristics and, accordingly, combat capabilities, "Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information Policy, Doctor of Military Sciences, admits in the Military-Industrial Courier.

The control system can begin to be installed on fighters from 2024

The system for monitoring the technical condition of the aircraft in real time is planned to be installed on Su-57 fighters from 2024.

The prototype, armed with the complex, is undergoing factory tests, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The upgraded anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) "Whirlwind-1"will be part of the armament of the Mi-28N attack helicopter ("Night Hunter") produced by the Rostov plant" Rostvertol "(as part of the Russian Helicopters holding). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

In April 2021, the cycle of state tests of the Adjutant was completed, preparations for mass production are underway, said Alexander Dushkin, a specialist of the Target Complexes project at the Kupol IEMZ.

In 2020, the United States intercepted a record number of Russian military aircraft in the areas of Alaska since the Cold War. This was announced on Tuesday, July 27, by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, General Clinton Heinout, at the round table of the Woodrow Wilson International Center, the topic of which is the Arctic strategy of the US Air Ministry.

The branch of the Sukhoi company "Komsomolsk - on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Gagarin" has started work on the creation of the first prototype of the new fighter "Checkmate".

The pilot of the Russian fighter of the 5th generation Su-57 will be able to control the aircraft with eye movements in the future, Nikita Dorofeev, head of the cabin department of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, told the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine.

The director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov said that a modern site for the production of disks is being formed in the workshop No. 43 of the Moscow PC "Salyut"

The United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) will robotize the section of turbine disks of aircraft engines by 2023. This was reported to TASS by the director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited the enterprise on July 28

The new Checkmate fifth-generation single-engine fighter will be assembled at the Gagarin Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Factory (KnAAZ), which is a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company, said Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation.

UEC Production Director Valery Teplov noted that digital technologies will reduce the engine production time by half

The United Engine Corporation (UEC, as part of the Rostec State Corporation) is introducing computer vision technologies. This was reported to TASS by the director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov.