Aviation news

Russia is superior to the United States in some aspects of weapons. This was announced on Wednesday, September 8, by the American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul.

Russian attack drones have confirmed during tests the ability to accurately hit ground targets with unguided ammunition from a high altitude due to the use of a new sight, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

During the main stage of the tactical flight exercises, the crews will work out the interception of air targets of the fighter and attack aircraft type and perform combat launches of air-to-air missiles

The crews of high-altitude supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM of the aviation division of the Central Military District (CVO) during flight-tactical exercises flew from the Krasnoyarsk Territory and completed the relocation to the airfield in the Trans-Baikal Territory to practice combat launches of long-range missiles. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

More than 500 Russian servicemen, tanks and artillery are involved in the exercise, which began on the Kuril Islands, the Eastern Military District (VVO) said on Wednesday.

The Boeing company at the enterprise in Ridley Park (Philadelphia, pc.Pennsylvania) has started testing the first Chinook heavy transport helicopter upgraded to the latest version of the CH-47F by the Airmobile Forces of the Spanish Land Forces (FAMET).

On September 3, the Indian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of an agreement with the US Military Department on the joint implementation of the air-based UAV Development project (ALUAV), which took place on July 30, 2021.

The United States has worked out the use of an unmanned slave using a tablet. In the future, such UAVs will be able to operate together with fighters of the fourth and fifth generations.

The Russian military received the first heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A this year, the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported.

The American company Wright Electric has started testing an electric motor with a capacity of two megawatts, which will be included in the propulsion system of the promising passenger airliner Wright 1. The aircraft will receive ten such engines, which will provide it with a power of 20 megawatts-like Airbus A320 aircraft.

The British company BAE Systems has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Development Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense for the design of a full-scale demonstrator of the active air flow control system technology. The US military is interested in it as part of the CRANE project to create an aircraft without wing mechanization.

Hyundai Motor has presented the concept of an unmanned hydrogen transport platform — a small low car without a cab, which can be used independently or as a tractor truck.

The development of a rapid deployment airfield at the university has been underway for three years

Bauman Moscow State Technical University expects to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for experimental design work (R & D) on the "Site" project, which involves the construction of ice airfields, by the end of the year. This was reported to TASS by the director of the Directorate of Arctic programs of the University Rodion Stepanov.

"Killer whale" is also actively used in the civil sphere

The latest search and sighting complex "Kasatka" is already being placed on the aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the executive director of the scientific and production enterprise "Radar mms" Ivan Antsev.

In the course of the exercise, the issues of interaction between the parties when performing tasks to defeat pre-set and suddenly emerging targets on the territory of the republic were worked out

TASS, September 7. A joint exercise of Syrian and Russian helicopter pilots took place in the desert in the Syrian Arab Republic. It was the first in the history of interaction between the two states, the chief of aviation of the Russian Federation's troops in Syria, Andrey Ermakov, told reporters.

The company's executive director Ivan Antsev stressed that the development of modern intelligent UAVs is an objective necessity

The research and Production enterprise "Radar MMS" is developing the technology of swarming unmanned aerial vehicles( UAVs) that can exchange information with each other and perform various tasks. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the company's executive director Ivan Antsev.

It is possible to train drones to act independently in a critical situation, said the executive director of the enterprise Ivan Antsev

The latest technologies allow us to train drones to make decisions independently and can find application in the event of a real military threat. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the executive director of the scientific and production enterprise "Radar mms" Ivan Antsev.

According to Ivan Antsev, Executive Director of Radar MMS, there are also opportunities on board for the introduction of new elements of decision-making support by the operator and navigator staff.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reports on the continuation of the Azerbaijani-Turkish tactical flight exercises "Falcon TurAz-2021", taking place in the Turkish Konya.

Forbes magazine writes about a new Russian robot. The device made an autonomous hundred-kilometer march. And "Marker" is also a platform on which technologies and systems are tested. Then the Russian military will install them on existing drones. The author admires the speed with which Russian developments are turning into real weapons.

On September 3, the US Department of Defense announced the signing of the US Navy Aviation Systems Command with Lockheed Martin Corp. an additional contract for MH-60R helicopters for the Indian Navy.