Aviation news
Pilatus Aircraft delivered the first PC-21 TCB to the Spanish Air Force
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd announced the ceremony of handing over the first new PC-21 (national designation E. 27) to the Spanish Defense Ministry on September 14 in San Javier (Mercia).
In Africa, the winner of the battle between the Su-35 and Rafale was evaluated
Thanks to the best maneuverability and avionics, the Russian Su-35 fighter will win the French Rafale in a dogfight at a distance of visibility, the South African magazine Ultimate Defense says in a special issue dedicated to the Army-2021 forum. The assessment of the publication drew attention to TASS.
The Russian base in Tajikistan against the background of the situation in Afghanistan will be strengthened with modernized T-72B3M tanks
The 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan will receive upgraded T-72B3M tanks with improved maneuverability and crew protection.
Yuri Borisov did not rule out that India will become the first buyer of the S-500 air defense system
Which of the foreign customers can be among the first to be supplied with our unique latest S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Yuri Borisov told reporters at the Tyumen Oil and Gas Forum.[
Borisov: we will talk about the export of S-500 only after the Russian army is saturated with them
India may become the first buyer of the latest Russian S-500 anti-aircraft missile system, but we will talk about deliveries only after the Russian army is saturated with these complexes, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Thursday.
Russia announced that Ukraine is searching for a "Wunderwaffe"
Instead of the costly and difficult path of full-fledged military construction, Ukraine is looking for a" Wunderwaffe "(from the German Wunderwaffe) — a" miracle weapon "that would allow it to repel all the phantom attacks of the Russian side at once, said military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.
The accident with the US B-2 bomber was filmed from space
The company Planet Labs took a satellite image from the emergency landing site of a heavy strategic bomber B-2 Spirit of the US Air Force. The photo, which shows the Whiteman base in Missouri, was published on September 15 by The Drive.
Russian attack aircraft conducted exercises in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan with missile launches
The Russian military used Su-25SM attack aircraft in a missile launch exercise in Kyrgyzstan, the maneuvers took place against the background of the difficult situation in Afghanistan.
Is Japan joining the Tempest program?
Japan may become the next partner of the Tempest program. September 15, portal defensenews.com He reported that during the DSEI London exhibition, the flags of four partner countries were flying over the model of the fighter.
In the US, the cost of F-35 flights will be reduced
The F-35 Program Office has signed a new contract with Lockheed Martin for servicing fifth-generation F-35 Lighting II fighter-bombers. Under the terms of the agreement, the cost of flights of aircraft in service with the US Armed Forces will be reduced by the fiscal year 2023. This is reported by the FlightGlobal portal.
The C-130J transporter will become a seaplane
The US Air Force Special Operations Command plans to design, build and test a kit for converting the C-130J transport vehicle into a seaplane in 17 months. The military believes that this will make it independent of the runways and allow it to participate in a larger range of operations.
In the United States, they remembered the "cool" plane that bombed Yugoslavia instead of the USSR
The heavy, unobtrusive B-2 Spirit strategic bomber is a "cool aircraft" that, unlike others, is " much more difficult to find and track," writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.
The Pacer successfully used guided missiles at the Zapad-2021 exercise
The Inokhodets attack drones successfully carried out target designation and showed one hundred percent successful use of guided missiles at the joint exercises of the troops of Russia and Belarus "West-2021", a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS on Wednesday, September 15.
The US air base was closed after the accident of the B-2 strategic bomber
The airspace and the area around Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri are closed after the emergency landing of a B-2 Spirit strategic bomber.
Drones were proposed to be used to rescue people in distress at sea
In Russia, it is proposed to use unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue at sea. They can deliver additional rescue equipment to the shipwreck site. Drones get on the route faster and are controlled from the shore.
The MQ-25 drone refueled the F-35C fighter
A demonstration sample of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker of the US Navy (Navy) performed aerial refueling of the fifth-generation F-35C Lightning II carrier-based fighter. The corresponding video was published by Boeing on YouTube.
Ukrainian aircraft will be deprived of Russian components by the end of the year
The Ukrainian state Enterprise Antonov plans to complete the import substitution of the An-178 aircraft by the end of the year. By this time, the aircraft will lose Russian-made components. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to an interview with the Deputy General Director of the State Enterprise Alexander Vitushko.
The Ministry of Defense demanded to recover 343 million rubles from the Sukhoi holding in the arbitration court
The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding to recover about 343 million rubles from PJSC Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company, it follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.
The Nigerian Air Force received a new AW-189 VIP helicopter
The Italian company Leonardo Helicopters has delivered the first of two AW-189 VIP helicopters ordered for the Presidential Air Fleet of the Nigerian Air Force.
Decommissioned T-80UD and BTR-70 tanks became targets at the Zapad-2021 exercises
The latest samples of Russian military equipment were tested for the first time at the joint strategic exercise "West-2021". For example, the conditional enemy was smashed by infantry fighting vehicles B-19-modernized BMP-3 with an uninhabited rocket-gun module "Epoch". Previously, they were not officially demonstrated.
