Aviation news

As reported by the web resource ATO.RU JSC "Ural Civil Aviation Plant" (UZGA) has assembled the first Diamond DA42 aircraft for a full production cycle. This was stated on July 2, 2021 by Evgeny Sergeev, director of the Aircraft division of this plant. For the first time, the company independently produced composite parts of the fuselage of this aircraft on machines supplied by the developer of the machine - the Austrian company Diamond Aircraft.

The California-based private company Virgin Orbit has successfully launched seven medium-sized satellites into orbit using a LauncherOne rocket, according to the company's broadcast.

Representatives of the United Engine Corporation (UEC) and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) discussed the plan for the introduction of production and digital technologies in industrial projects.

Joint maneuvers of ships and long-range aviation of Russia in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea attracted the attention of foreign military personnel. The actions of the missile cruiser "Moscow" were monitored from neutral waters by an F-35B fighter from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, which did not prevent the Russian military from fulfilling its tasks.

On June 30, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced a contract recently signed with the Ministry of Defense of Sri Lanka worth $ 50 million to modernize the Kfir aircraft of the Air Force of this country.

The frigate of the Italian Navy entered the Black Sea. Its movement is monitored by the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. This was reported on Thursday, July 1, at the National Defense Control Center of Russia.

NATO's land and sea bases in Ukraine are unlikely to appear in the near future, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov predicts in Izvestia.

The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands announced the approval of the sale of 12 F-16 "Fighting Falcon" fighters from the country's Air Force to Draken International LLc., whose headquarters are located at Lakeland Linder Airport (USA, Florida).

Bayraktar TB2 attack UAVs also took part in the large-scale NATO military exercises "Sea Breeze-2021", held jointly with Ukraine. The Star newspaper emphasizes that Turkish drones are being used for the first time in the exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance.

The American company Sierra Nevada Corporation presented the MC-145B Wily Coyote combat aircraft. According to The Drive, it is based on the Polish PZL M28 Skytruck and can carry AGM-144 missiles, GBU-39/B aerial bombs, small drones and other ammunition.

The flying car AirCar of the Slovak company Klein Vision made a flight between cities for the first time. According to New Atlas, it took off from Nitra Airport and landed in Bratislava. The flight took the car 35 minutes. Behind the wheel was its creator Stefan Klein.

The Skyborg artificial intelligence system for unmanned wingmen has taken to the sky for the second time — this time on the Avenger jet unmanned aerial vehicle. According to the US Air Force Research Laboratory, the flight lasted two and a half hours.

The British-American company ZeroAvia has started developing a 19-seat hydrogen aircraft. According to the company's website, it uses two Dornier 228 twin-engine aircraft for this purpose. Their engines will be replaced with power plants with a capacity of 600 kilowatts.

The Russian military, as promised, reacted to the large-scale NATO Sea Breeze exercises near our borders. So far, American, British, Ukrainian and others (32 countries in total) ships, armored vehicles and aircraft are practicing joint actions of an allegedly defensive nature, our military decided to check the operation of anti-air defense (air defense) systems in the Crimea.

The Russian Ministry of Defense showed a video showing the Dutch ship Evertsen heading towards the Kerch Strait, RIA Novosti reports.

Russian Su-30 fighters and Su-24 bombers flew at a safe distance near the Dutch Navy ship Evertsen, after which the frigate changed course from the Russian border in the Black Sea. This was announced on Tuesday, June 29, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Air strikes by the US armed forces on June 27 were carried out in Iraq and Syria on objects associated with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. This was announced by the press secretary of the US Department of Defense, John Kirby. A video of the briefing was published on the page of the US military department on Twitter.

Russian Su-30SM fighters are monitoring the movements of the American destroyer USS Ross, which appeared near the Crimea, REN TV reports.

Currently, the United States cannot produce fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighters, since the corresponding production facilities and supply chains are involved for F-35 Lightning II aircraft, explained Alex Hollings, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, in the Sandboxx blog.

In the Black Sea, the Russian military conducted an exercise with anti-submarine helicopters

The Russian diesel submarine Kolpino, capable of using Kalibr cruise missiles, went on exercises in the Black Sea against the background of the Sea Breeze maneuvers, in which the United States, other NATO members and their partners participate.