Aviation news

The US Air Force has deployed several F-16 fighter jets at the minimum possible distance from the borders of Russia - on the small island of Shemya in the Pacific Ocean.

One of the most advanced fighters of the Air Force of the People's Liberation Army of China Chengdu J-10S crashed last Friday. Perhaps the incident would not have been known, but videos and photos from the scene of the accident in Henan province appeared on social networks.

The new warning system will inform the pilot when, in particular, he goes beyond the limits prescribed by the flight protocol

A warning system on helicopters of left rotation, which often leads to accidents, will be developed in Russia. This was reported on Monday in the press service of JSC Navigator.

The preparation of the personnel of the combined Russian-Egyptian parachute unit for the active phase of the Defenders of Friendship-2021 exercise, which takes place several dozen kilometers from Cairo, has been completed, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Monday.

The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin noted that the technology used by SpaceX is not suitable for Russia

A prototype of the reusable cruise stage of the Krylo-SV light-class rocket will be created at the end of 2022, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday at a press conference at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai.

An Mi-17 carrying cash crashed in Libya. The incident occurred at the stadium of the city of Tarhun, which is under the control of the forces of the Government of National Unity.

The football field of this sports facility is used as an airstrip. However, this time something went wrong, as a result, the tail boom of the helicopter broke, the propeller blades were damaged, and it fell on its side. It is reported that the crew survived.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, it is planned to place the production of light multipurpose aircraft "Baikal". The new plant will appear in the Dzemga area, near the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft assembly shop.

The US Air Force and the Twelve energy company have created aviation fuel from carbon dioxide, water and energy from renewable sources. The military believes it will help them reduce their dependence on foreign oil and reduce carbon emissions. At the end of this year, they will decide whether to scale the technology and produce synthetic fuel in large quantities.

The Chinese startup HT Aero presented the concept of an electric flying machine with two folding screws. According to New Atlas, it is going to start producing them in 2024.

The US Army and Navy have tested prototypes of hypersonic weapons systems. Earlier it became known about the tests of the HAWC air-based missile.

Kyrgyzstan has acquired unmanned aerial vehicles in Russia and Turkey, as well as about 40 armored vehicles in the United Arab Emirates.

On October 20, the command of the Turkish Navy received the first medium-altitude long-duration UAV (MALE) Aksungur manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

Military aviation will not remain aloof from the unprecedented pace of technology development. According to experts, in the current century, armed struggle will be radically different from the ways and methods of warfare of the past. Artificial intelligence technologies will be introduced into manned and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Philippine Air Force is considering acquiring heavy transport helicopters as part of efforts to increase its helicopter fleet.

The Verkhneturinsk Machine-building Plant of the Technodinamika holding has produced the first samples of test parts of shell casings for field and tank artillery. The production of trial products is carried out at the site of a new mechanical workshop, where commissioning works are carried out. The cost of the production site was 400 million rubles.

As specified in the Ministry of Defense, fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Eastern Military District

Two Tu-95MS missile carriers accompanied by Su-35S fighters performed a scheduled flight over the Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk Seas. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 was compared with American aircraft. Expert Alexey Leonkov noted that the Su-57 is ahead of competitors in terms of weapons systems and rates of robotization. Also, the radar station and electronic warfare systems of the Russian machine are better than the solutions used in the F-22 and F-35.

Russian aviation launched missile strikes on the whole of southern Idlib.

The terrorists' attempt to damage the Syrian army deployed in Idlib, expressed by artillery shelling of SAA positions, forced the Russian military to demonstrate the use of force to the militants. 

The planes were flying in international airspace, the US Department of Defense said. The report does not detail how close the Russian planes flew to the United States, the author writes, nor does it specify either the model of these aircraft or the American ones that were alerted.

Air Force (Air Force) The United States has planned to place an experimental nuclear reactor at the Eilson base in Alaska by 2027, The Drive reports.