Aviation news

The US Navy has lost one of its helicopters. According to the press service of the 3rd Fleet of the US Navy on August 31, a multi-purpose helicopter MH-60S Knighthawk with six servicemen on board crashed off the coast of California. The incident occurred at 16: 30 local time (at 2: 30 on September 1, Moscow time).

The Russian intelligence aviation is so weak that it is not able to "reciprocate" the flights of reconnaissance aircraft and drones of NATO countries along the Russian borders, according to the Polish publication Defence24.

The Kronstadt company has signed export contracts for the supply of attack drones to countries of the far and near abroad, deliveries will begin next year, the press service of the enterprise reported on Tuesday.

The Turkish Aviation Association and Ukrspetsexport Group of Companies signed an agreement on joint maintenance and repair of Mi-17 helicopters during the IDEF-2021 exhibition.

The United States analyzes photos and videos taken by the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) at the Kabul airport. They show captured military aircraft, helicopters, cars and other trophies.

On August 27, 2021, during the visit of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation S. K. Shoigu and the President of the Republic of Tatarstan R. N. Minnikhanov to the Kazan Aviation Plant named after S. P. Gorbunov (KAZ, a branch of PJSC Tupolev), the first sample of the modernized Tu-160M2 strategic bomber, which is under construction at the enterprise, was publicly demonstrated for the first time.

On September 1, 2021, the Airbus Group announced the conclusion of a contract for the supply of two A400M turboprop four-engine military transport aircraft to the armed forces of Kazakhstan. The first of them should be delivered in 2024.

The US Congress wanted to allocate additional funds for the modernization of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II multifunctional fighter-bombers. Additional money was proposed to be allocated for the creation of an improved power plant of the aircraft, according to the portal Janes.

No country today has weapons capable of countering the Russian airline complex with a hypersonic Kinzhal missile. This was announced on Wednesday by the head of the Rostec state Corporation Sergey Chemezov.

"We produce these missiles. First of all, they are highly accurate, they hit the target at a long distance. Plus, they have a very high speed, it is actually impossible to intercept such a missile. So far, there is no such counteraction to our missiles today, "Chemezov said during the" New Knowledge " marathon.

By the end of the year, at least 10 intersectoral projects aimed at the development of the electronic industry and the introduction of domestic solutions in all sectors of the economy will be launched in Russia, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting devoted to the formation of demand for Russian radio-electronic products.

The Chinese company Space Transportation conducted the first successful test flight of the Tianxing-2 rocket, which became the third flight test of the Tianxing series of missiles, according to the company's official WeChat channel. Space Transportation plans to create inexpensive reusable carriers with a horizontal landing, as well as a tourist spaceplane.

Within the framework of the project to create a "Drill", the development of cluster means is underway, including planning

An emergency rescue cassette with medicines, food and things, which will fly at the specified coordinates to provide operational assistance to those in distress in hard-to-reach areas, can be created as part of the work on the planned "Drill"cluster aerial bomb.

On August 29, the official ceremony of handing over to the Turkish Armed Forces of the Akinci high-altitude reconnaissance and strike UAV of long flight duration (HALE class) developed by Baykar took place at the Chorlu Airbase.

The rocket was presented during the forum "Army-2021"

The military-industrial complex of India has adapted the latest Astra air-to-air missile to the Su-30MKI fighter. This was announced to TASS by Narendra Kumar Aria, director of the public relations department of the main Indian developer of military equipment of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

The Japanese Defense Ministry has requested a budget for a record 5.48 trillion for 2022 fiscal year, which will begin on April 1, 2022. yen (about 49.86 billion dollars), RIA Novosti reports with reference to the materials of the military department.

The leadership of the Iraqi Defense Ministry has expressed interest in buying reconnaissance and attack UAVs, helicopters and other Turkish-made military equipment.

The American army left huge trophies at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. We are talking about dozens of units of armored vehicles, various aircraft and anti-aircraft systems.

About 300 units of military equipment were involved

Tactical exercises with the participation of more than 1.5 thousand servicemen of the motorized rifle and tank regiments of the army corps of the Baltic Fleet were held in the Kaliningrad region at one of the military training grounds, the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.

A group of firefighting aircraft of the VKS of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, which helped the Greeks fight catastrophic forest fires for 21 days, has completed its task and left Greece. It consisted of two Il-76 aircraft and two Mi-8 helicopters.

The first pictures of abandoned American planes that were inherited by representatives of the Taliban appeared (movement is prohibited in Russia). Business Insider published photos of cargo planes of the Afghan Air Force at the Kabul airport on Tuesday, August 31.