Aviation news

Australia continues military rapprochement with the United States. October 11, portal navalnews.com He announced that the Australian Navy will receive 12 MH-60R helicopters.

The military equipment left by the United States in Afghanistan is unlikely to be of scientific and technical interest to Russia and China, but it may be useful for use at firing ranges and shooting ranges, writes military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.

For the first time, Russian sailors used reconnaissance drones from aboard the ship to control the hit of KALIBR cruise missiles during exercises. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Kornev commented on the naval use of drones.

In addition to the agreement with France on the acquisition of three frigates (with an option to purchase a fourth), six additional Rafale fighters (as a result, their total number will increase to 24 units), Greece intends to spend significant sums on the purchase of missiles and ammunition, the rental of UAVs and the modernization of aircraft.

Four Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian KANT airbase in Kyrgyzstan will take part in the CSTO "Interaction-2021" maneuvers in Tajikistan near the Afghan border, the press service of the Central Military District reports.

The exercises will last until October 16

Joint Russian-Serbian crews of Mi-35 combat helicopters performed their first flights at the Lajevci airfield (Serbia) during the BARS-2021 tactical flight exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

Reconnaissance drones were used from a ship for the first time in Russia. The sailors of the Caspian Flotilla used drones during exercises to control the hit of KALIBR cruise missiles on target. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).

The Israeli company uVision showed the LAV-M armored vehicle of the American Marine Corps with a launcher for barrage ammunition. According to The Drive, the installation includes eight launch containers. It is suitable not only for armored vehicles of the LAV-25 series, but also for other platforms.

Rostec United Engine Corporation has completed the assembly of the PD-35 ultra-high thrust engine gas generator for wide-body long-haul passenger liners. The prototype manufactured by UEC-Aviadvigatel has already been installed on the test stand, the first results show stable operation of the components and systems of the product.

This was announced by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev on the eve of the international arms exhibition "Partner-2021"

Cooperation between Russia and Serbia in the military-technical sphere tends to grow. This was announced on the eve of the international arms exhibition "Partner-2021", which will be held from October 11 to 14, 2021 in Belgrade (Serbia), by the Director General of Rosoboronexport JSC (part of ROSTEC State Corporation) Alexander Mikheev.

According to the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov, the entire line of drones will be produced

The plant for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which Kronstadt JSC will open in Dubna at the end of 2021, will be able to produce dozens of drones per year. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov.

The Russian-made Pantsir-S missile defense system, which is in service with the Syrian air defense forces, destroyed eight Israeli missiles. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.

They will last until October 16

The Russian-Serbian tactical flight exercises "BARS-2021" have begun in Serbia. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russian designers managed to create a unique unmanned aerial vehicle for long-range radar detection and control. The drone is capable of patrolling the airspace and performing the functions of a full-fledged AWACS aircraft.

According to Daily Sabah, a consortium of Turkish defense contractors is testing an unmanned interceptor aircraft, which will be used as part of a system to counter and neutralize threats emanating from UAVs.

Russia has developed a new unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone will be able to replace long-range radar detection and control aircraft (AWACS). Nikolay Dolzhenkov, the general designer of Kronstadt JSC, told about this on the air of the Zvezda TV channel, TASS reports.

According to the Israeli Air Force Command, another batch of three fifth-generation F-35I ADIR fighters landed at the Nevatim Airbase after flying from Lockheed Martin.

The Italian Hammerhead drone program has failed. October 10, portal defensenews.com He reported that the Italian Defense Ministry finally refused to purchase domestic drones.

The flight crew of the Eastern Military District (VVO) on the basis of a mixed aviation compound in the Khabarovsk Territory has begun practicing refueling in the air. This is reported by the press service of the district.

The American company Pratt & Whitney will print a TJ-150 gas turbine engine on a 3D printer, which is equipped with small cruise missiles. According to FlightGlobal, the developers want to reduce the number of power plant parts from 400 to about six. As a result, the engine should become half cheaper.