Aviation news

The United States surpasses Russia and China in its military power, according to Popular Mechanics magazine, referring to a study by the RAND Corporation.

The most powerful weapon of Russia is named in the publication 19FortyFive. The author noted Russian missiles, air defense systems, a helicopter and a promising underwater vehicle.

Novikombank, the main bank of the Rostec State Corporation, has set a lending limit of 1.5 billion rubles to the Helicopter Service Company (JSC VSK), which provides modernization and maintenance of Russian helicopter equipment.

The United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) continues to centralize the management of enterprises belonging to the corporation.

According to Indian media, another batch of Rafale fighters manufactured by Dassault Aviation arrived at the Jamnagar Air base of the Indian Air Force, having flown from Bordeaux-Merignac air base in France.

Russian fighter crews identified aerial targets as two supersonic B-1B strategic bombers of the US Air Force accompanied by two KC-135 tanker aircraft

Two Russian Su-30 fighters escorted two B-1B bombers and two KC-135 tanker aircraft of the US Air Force over the Black Sea. This was reported on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The NATO bloc holds annual exercises "Steadfast Noon" (Steadfast Noon), which began on October 18, during which a nuclear war scenario will be worked out. 14 European countries, including Germany, are taking part in them. Dozens of aircraft are involved, including nuclear-armed fighters, combat aircraft, as well as tankers and reconnaissance aircraft, the Swiss Telegraph Agency (SDA) reports.

The scenarios of NATO exercises near the western border of the Union State are based on armed confrontation with the Russian Federation, he said.

The Malaysian Air Force plans to receive new FLIT/LCA (Fighter Lead-in Trainer/Light Combat Aircraft) training/light combat aircraft within the next three years.

An exercise was held at the Opuk training ground in Crimea, where units of the Black Sea Fleet worked out the protection of the coast from enemy landing.

If we do not take into account the geography of these maneuvers, then "ours" and "not ours" were not there, in general. Everyone was their own. It's just that according to the scenario, some participants got the role of the defenders, and others - the attackers. Moreover, during the exercise, both of them changed places.

Su-30SM and Su-24M aircraft have practiced missile strikes and bombing exercises in the Kaliningrad region, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Tuesday.

A total of more than 500 military personnel from the Russian Airborne Forces are involved in the exercises

Joint Russian-Egyptian exercises of paratroopers "Defenders of Friendship - 2021" have started in Egypt. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

On October 18, Boeing Corporation announced the delivery to the Indian Navy of the 11th aircraft of the base patrol aircraft BPA P-8I "Neptune" (the Indian version of the American P-8A "Poseidon").

The Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, announced negotiations with Moscow on the purchase of Russian fighter jets and helicopters, RIA Novosti reports.

A Chinese-made F-7 fighter belonging to the Namibian Defense Forces was seriously damaged at the end of last week as a result of a descent from the runway of the airport located near the city of Ondangwa in the north of the country.

According to Jane's Defense Weekly, the Indian Air Force's modernization program of 51 Mirage-2000N multirole fighters to the Mirage-2000-5 standard is almost three years behind the originally agreed schedule.

Turkey's acquisition of Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters due to the conflict with the United States is quite likely. So military expert Vadim Kozyulin appreciated the statement of the head of the Defense Industry Department of Turkey Ismail Demir, who allowed the possibility of such a purchase. This is reported by Izvestia.

A Su-24 fighter-bomber was brought to Novosibirsk on the night of Tuesday, October 19. They decided to move him from the territory of NAPO im. Chkalov to the Square of Aircraft Manufacturers NSTU NETI, the corresponding footage is published by the REN TV channel.

The introduction of self-driving cars will radically revise the economy of transportation and reduce the cost of travel. This was stated by Tatiana Mikheeva, Head of the Research Department of Integrated Transport Development of JSC NIIAT, in an interview with Vestnik GLONASS magazine. 

About 8 thousand people take part in the exercises

Motorized skirmishes of the Southern Military District destroyed groups of conditional gangs during a large-scale exercise of the district's troops, the press service of the Southern Military District reported. The event was held at the Opuk training ground in the Crimea.