Aviation news

About 40 quadrocopters have been put into service with reconnaissance units and special-purpose formations of the Southern Military District.

The US Air Force has shown the most detailed image of a promising strategic bomber-the"invisible" B-21 Raider. In the future, it will replace such machines as the B-1B, B-2 and B-52.

Two Su-30 fighters escorted a Boeing P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea. This was reported on Wednesday, July 7, in the Russian Defense Ministry.

During the land phase of the Sea Breeze 2021 exercise, the multinational tactical group worked out actions in conditions when the routes of movement of troops are blocked by the local population.

LCH attack helicopters of the Indian aircraft manufacturer HAL will go to Africa. It will be reported that an agreement has been signed on the supply of these rotorcraft to the Nigerian Air Force, whose pilots are already undergoing initial training in the operation of new equipment.

Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers accompanied by Su-30M2 fighters flew over the Black Sea against the background of the Sea Breeze exercises conducted by NATO countries and their allies.

The US Department of Defense announced the signing of the US Navy Aviation Systems Command with Lockheed Martin Corp. a contract for the supply of three MH-60R helicopters for the country's Navy.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain tested the cargo drone T150 of Malloy Aeronautics in an improvised operation to rescue a sailor overboard. The task of the drone was to find a dummy in the water, drop it a simulation of rescue vehicles and continue to hover over it until the rescue team arrived.

German airlines H2Fly and Deutsche Aircraft are going to create a 40-seat hydrogen airliner. According to New Atlas, they plan to develop an aircraft by 2030. The liner will be able to fly up to 1,850 kilometers with a cruising speed of 520 kilometers per hour.

Yandex has agreed to partner with the American food delivery service Grubhub. Yandex's six-wheeled robots will deliver food to college and university campuses in the United States, according to a press release received by N + 1.

The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft arrived in Zhukovsky to continue testing. The airliner arrived from Ulyanovsk after being painted on Spektr-Avia, the Izvestia TV channel reports. Equipped with a new PD-14 engine, the aircraft showed itself well in the sky.

A patrol anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy P-8A Poseidon on Wednesday made another flight near the Syrian coast, where the logistics base of the Russian Navy in Tartus and the Russian Khmeimim air base are located, it follows from the monitoring of Western aviation resources.

North American Wave Engine Corp. (WEC ) received an order from the US Air Force to develop a false air target. For its flight, it is supposed to use a pulsed jet engine.

The Central Institute of Aviation Engine Building (CIAM) named after Baranov will show at the MAKS-2021 salon aircraft-flying laboratories with hybrid and fully electric power plants, the press service of CIAM told RIA Novosti.

A video of the crash of a military transport aircraft of the Philippine Air Force appeared on the Network. Recall that the C-130 Hercules crashed at the airport of the island of Sulu during landing. The plane missed the runway.

According to the Turkish Defense Ministry, the first 100 out of 1000 ordered precision guidance kits for HGK-82 bombs were handed over to the Turkish Air Force command on June 24.

The Air Force of the Republic of Korea will receive four additional Falcon-2000S aircraft from Dassault Aviation with a set of equipment for information collection, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).

The plane in principle turns out to be quite good, the deputy prime minister believes

Problems with the creation of a new Il-112B military transport aircraft for the Russian Defense Ministry are gradually being solved, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Monday.

The Deputy Prime Minister also said that the service and repair of the government Il-96 of the special flight detachment "Russia" can be organized in Vnukovo

The Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Construction Company (VASO) will be loaded with the production of wide-body aircraft based on the Il-96 until 2030. This was announced at a meeting at the enterprise by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.

The Russian Defense Ministry and other state customers will receive up to 200 new Il-112B military transport aircraft, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters after a meeting at an aircraft manufacturing enterprise in Voronezh-the Voronezh Joint-stock Aircraft Construction Company.