Aviation news

Ukrainian drones are increasingly appearing near the border with Russia. This was announced by the first Deputy director of the FSB of the Russian Federation - the head of the Border Service Vladimir Kulishov.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has taken over the management of PJSC Tupolev (a developer and manufacturer of missile carriers and special-purpose aircraft), a representative of the UAC told Interfax.

"Kalashnikov" boasted of its improved missiles. On May 26, the press service of the company announced the successful completion of flight tests of guided missiles "Vortex".

Tests of the IL-112B light transport aircraft are being completed, and two aircraft will be delivered by the end of 2021. This was stated on May 27 by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the military-industrial complex (MIC).

There was information about the fall of a fighter designed to simulate an air battle with the enemy during the training of American pilots. Videos from the crash site have also been released.

A US Army Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter has made an emergency landing during an exercise in Romania. This happened last Tuesday in the district of Pecinaga, a commune in the district of Constanta (Northern Dobruja).

The Russian Defense Ministry needs a much larger number of military transport planes and helicopters, President Vladimir Putin said.

The press service of the Northern Fleet twice in the last two days reported a reconnaissance raid by a Norwegian military aircraft near our borders.

The American company Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first military transport aircraft C-130J "Super Hercules", intended for the Algerian Air Force.

The Mi-24B helicopter of the Czech Air Force received a tiger color. A video of Mi-24B helicopters of the 221st helicopter Squadron of the Czech Air Force in new camouflage was published on the Internet. The cockpit of the car was turned into tiger snouts, and the sides were painted with British and American Wellington I and B-24 Liberator bombers.

The Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, which were relocated to the Russian Hmeimim air base in Syria earlier this week, conducted their first flights. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the crews of the Tupolevs have begun to perform tasks to develop the airspace over the Mediterranean Sea.

Russia has successfully tested the modified aircraft guided missiles "Whirlwind", the press service of "Kalashnikov" reported. Earlier, the group of companies published on its page "VKontakte" a teaser of weapons tests, which was replicated in the media as a "new secret".

The AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile, designed to destroy enemy air defense systems, in particular, the Russian S-400 Triumph, was renamed Advanced Reactive Strike (AReS), the editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine Steve Trimble said on Twitter.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec is expanding the use of robotic technological complexes in the production of parts for aircraft gas turbine engines. Five robotic lines are included in the production chain of PJSC UEC-Saturn, and two more robotics projects are included in the investment program for 2021-2023. 

For the first time in Russian history, the United Engine Corporation Rostec designed the VK-1600V helicopter engine only using 3D modeling. All design documentation of the power plant demonstrator created at UEC-Klimov has been released in electronic form.

The Russian company "Sukhoi" has initiated work on the creation of a tactical single-engine fighter of the 5th generation, which will be built with the use of stealth technologies and the use of developments on the Su-57, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

The United States reaffirmed its commitment to dialogue with Russia to reduce the risks of incidents on the high seas and in the airspace above it, the US Navy said following bilateral consultations.

US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby expressed the hope that all states involved in the Syrian problem will avoid actions that could lead to the destabilization of the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR).

Israel's Iron Dome accidentally shot down its own drone.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that an Iron Dome battery accidentally shot down an Israeli Skylark drone.

The Army and operational-tactical aviation of the Southern Military District conducted a massive relocation to field airfields. About 100 planes and helicopters of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense participated in the exercises to withdraw aircraft from the attack of the simulated enemy.