Aviation news

The cost of a flight hour of a promising Russian light tactical aircraft (LTS), known as Checkmate and Su-75, will be seven times lower than that of the American fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov told the French newspaper Le Figaro.

The use of drones increases the survivability of personnel, said Major General Alexei Belousov

Starting this year, Russian military intelligence officers will begin receiving the latest communication systems for real-time coordination on the battlefield. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the head of intelligence - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces for Intelligence, Major General Alexei Belousov.

In the 2021 academic year, the Russian military conducted more than 200 command and staff exercises on the territory of the Western Military District. This was announced on Wednesday, November 3, by the press service of the ZVO.

To Miho Air Base (Tottori Prefecture) On October 29, the first (out of four ordered) multi-purpose tanker KC-46A produced by Boeing arrived.

Delivery of the first samples to the troops is scheduled for 2022

Development work (R&D) on the creation of a helicopter-type reconnaissance and strike drone under the code "Termite" will be completed by the end of 2021. This was reported to RT by the head of the special design bureau of the Strela Research and Production Enterprise (NPP) (part of the Kronstadt company). Boris Trunov.

"Making the impossible possible," - under this slogan, the American company Northrop Grumman has released a new video about promising military developments. On November 2, a video was published on the company's official YouTube channel, which shows yet-to-be-announced planes and drones.

The Russian reconnaissance and strike unmanned helicopter complex "Termit" will be equipped with software algorithms with elements of artificial intelligence. The neural network will allow the drone to engage in "free hunting".

At the Russian-Serbian exercises "Slavic Shield-2021", an aerial target — a helicopter simulator (VM-V) was used. Unmanned helicopters developed by Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation simulated an air raid by a simulated enemy. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the holding.

Commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force Ramiz Tahirov told (and illustrated his words with video clips) about a curious tactic to neutralize enemy air defenses during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the agency, the fighters of the Danish and Portuguese Air Forces took to the air on October 18 and 29

NATO fighter jets deployed on a rotating basis at the Lithuanian Zoknai airbase escorted Russian military aircraft twice in October, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Lithuanian Defense Ministry on the situation in the country's airspace.

The exercises took place near the Crimean Peninsula, up to 10 aircraft participated in the maneuvers

The crews of the aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet, together with the calculations of coastal missile systems, worked out strikes on a sea target during the exercises, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Wednesday.

The introduction of fifth-generation technologies at the branch of Sukhoi Company JSC - Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yu.A. Gagarin (part of PJSC UAC Rostec Group) required a fundamentally new approach to the organization of production and design.

The first use of autonomous drones for military purposes will not be accompanied by the appearance of a giant fireball in the sky and may initially look quite harmless, writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

Chinese military blogs reported on successful ground tests of electromagnetic catapults created for the third aircraft carrier of the People's Republic of China.

On November 3, Xavier Rofe, a columnist for the French edition of Atlantico, spoke about the latest electronic warfare systems (EW), thanks to which Russia will be able to disable the equipment of the North Atlantic Alliance.

The fate of Naval Aviation of the Navy is being publicly discussed at the highest level for the first time. Why is the service of naval pilots extremely important for the defense capability of Russia, what is the state of Naval aviation today – and what needs to be done to revive it?

The manufacturing technology of ultralight carbon fiber blades was developed by the Intersectoral Engineering Center "Composites of Russia" of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. A two-bladed screw created using this technology has a number of advantages over traditional metal screws: at times less weight, greater durability, high wear resistance and attractive appearance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of creating new hypersonic weapons systems, high-power lasers and new robotic military complexes for the armed forces.

The creation of weapons in Russia that have no analogues in the world has ensured a high level of military security of the country for decades, helped to strengthen strategic parity, the president said.

At the final meeting in Sochi on strengthening the Armed Forces, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief proposed to discuss equipping the army and navy with systems based on new physical principles.

The entire crew of the AN-12 crashed near Irkutsk was killed. This was announced on November 3 by the governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev, who arrived at the crash site near the village of Pivovarikha.