Aviation news

The exercises of the search and rescue support forces to assist an emergency submarine have ended in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet (SF) said on Sunday.

The Ukrainian concern "Ukroboronprom" was unable to arrange the assembly of American UH-1 Iroqouis helicopters by the stated deadline. Representatives of the concern promised to start assembling helicopters by the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, which came on August 24, Defense Express reports.

Russia will supply Myanmar with two short-range air defense systems "Pantsir", Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, told reporters.

Work on the integration of the rocket is in full swing

JSC "Kronstadt" plans to test an attack version of the Orion UAV (ROC "Pacer") with an anti-tank missile of the "Vortex-M" complex by the end of the year. This was announced to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Sergey Bogatikov during the forum "Army-2021".

Russian-made over-the-horizon radars, among other things, track the movement of inconspicuous NATO F-35 fighters and other aircraft built using stealth technologies.

Industrial production of combat robotic complexes has been launched, the head of the Ministry of Defense noted

The military will use combat robotic complexes in the strategic exercises "West-2021" in September, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told reporters at the international forum "Army-2021".

New attack drones "Pacer-RU" (also known as "Sirius") They will join the troops from 2023, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko told reporters at the Army-2021 forum.

Russia has received new applications from the countries of Central Asia, Afghanistan's neighbors, for the supply of helicopters, small arms and border protection systems, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti during the Army-2021 forum.

The new F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet fighters, which will be supplied to the US Navy, will not receive conformal fuel tanks, which were previously one of the main features of the aircraft.

Testing of new and promising weapons in combat conditions helped to identify the shortcomings of this arsenal and make the necessary changes to the design. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said this on Thursday on the Zvezda TV channel.

The Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine is negotiating the localized production of Boeing T-7A Red Hawk combat training aircraft. The country again wanted to produce American aircraft. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister for Strategic Industries Oleg Urusky in an interview with the publication "Ukrainian Tizhden".

The Argentine government has officially requested information on the MiG-35 multi-purpose fighter from Rosoboronexport JSC for technical and commercial analysis.

The delivery of new attack unmanned vehicles "Inokhodets-RU" to the Russian army will begin from 2023, the Ministry of Defense reported. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin told about the capabilities of the UAV.

The Russian military conducted special exercises to practice the actions of logistics support units (MTO) in the course of repelling conditional aggression in the western and Arctic theaters of military operations.

The Baikal light aircraft, which is to be replaced by the An-2 cornhusker, is planned to be lifted into the air in October. This was announced on Thursday, August 26, at a meeting in Volgograd, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Oleg Bocharov.

The first heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Altius" will enter service with the Russian army in the fall, on August 26, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko said during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

The quiet sensation of the Army-2021 forum, which for some reason was not reflected in the media, is the adaptation of the 9M123 guided missile of the Chrysanthemum land complex to launches from the Mi - 28NM helicopter. Rossiyskaya Gazeta is the first to tell about this.

The Mi-17 transport helicopter of the Mexican Navy was damaged after a hard landing in the town of Agua Blanca in the state of Hidalgo.

On board were officials who were going to assess the consequences of a natural disaster in the state of Veracruz after the recent hurricane Grace there.

The airborne troops of Russia will conduct an experimental exercise with the release of a mobile hospital with equipment by parachute from aircraft.

The armed forces will receive a new Sirius UAV, which has become a development of Orion, in 2023. Among the distinctive features of the new product is a large payload.