Aviation news

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies is working to modernize its barrage ammunition with regard to the duration of the flight and the mass of their warhead, the Kalashnikov press service told RIA Novosti at the Army-2021 exhibition.

Work on the Russian medium-haul aircraft of the new generation MS-21 will be completed in the near future, Russian President Vladimir Putin expects.

The small unmanned aerial vehicle "Mukha" for indoor reconnaissance was developed by employees of the military technopolis "ERA" and presented at the Army-2021 exhibition.

Russian anti-ship missiles X-31AD and X-35UE can hit enemy warships and vessels in any weather conditions and when the sea is rough from five to six points. High-precision weapons were demonstrated at the Army-2021 forum.

Indian fighters will continue to fly on American "engines". August 21, portal flightglobal.com He announced that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd has signed a contract with GE Aviation for the supply of F404 engines for the LCA Mk1A Tejas aircraft.

Russia is rapidly developing its navy, and recently there has been a special activity in this area. Thus, the country sends a signal of its determination to protect its interests in the world's oceans in the presence of serious threats from the West, the author of the Chinese edition of Xinhua believes.

Novikombank, the main bank of the Rostec State Corporation, has planned to sign agreements with leading enterprises of high-tech industries within the framework of the Army-2021 MIFTF.

Su-34 bombers expand their combat capabilities. Yesterday, on August 18, the Izvestia newspaper reported that the Russian Defense Ministry has completed work on the integration of X-35U missiles on the Ducklings.

The Russian Defense Ministry will add reconnaissance UAVs to the arsenal of sniper units. Sniper pairs will be armed with drones that will allow you to find, identify and monitor targets at a distance of several kilometers. This is reported by Izvestia, citing sources in the defense ministry.

The pavilion of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex will host the international exhibition "Products of the leading enterprises of the defense industry of Russia"

The exhibition of military equipment aimed at foreign markets will be presented within the framework of the international military-technical forum "Army-2021", said the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.

Russia is ready to provide its civil aviation for the export of any number of Afghans from Afghanistan to other countries. This was announced on Thursday, August 19, by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

At the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", 50 new models of weapons and military equipment will be demonstrated. This was announced by Dmitry Lelikov, Deputy General Director of the Rostec State Corporation, at a briefing for foreign military attaches on Thursday.

60 foreign companies from 12 countries intend to participate in the Army-2021 forum, four states will present national expositions, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia reported on Thursday.

Rostec will present an export modification of the latest Russian Su-57E fighter at the Army-2021 military-technical forum. This was announced by the Deputy Director General of the state corporation Dmitry Lelikov on Thursday, August 19, at a briefing for foreign military attaches.

The black boxes of the prototype of the latest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B that crashed in the Moscow region have been deciphered. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday, August 19, by a source in the law enforcement agencies.

In China, three years ago, they began designing a solar power plant for transmitting energy to the Earth. The construction of the station was frozen for a while, but it was resumed a couple of months ago. Now the authorities plan to receive energy from 1 MW of the orbital station by 2030, and from 2049 — from 1 GW.

The MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone refueled the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye long-range radar detection aircraft in the air for the first time. According to the US Navy, this happened during tests on August 18.

The evacuation of civilians carried out by the United States at the Kabul airport is likely to become the second largest operation of its kind in American history, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milley said on Wednesday.

A 3D environment of the training ground and a model of the upcoming battle were created on the interactive screen

Servicemen of the Eastern Military District at the Russian-Lao exercises "Laros-2021" in Primorye simulated a battle with an illegal armed group using interactive equipment with artificial intelligence. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the district.

The tragedy in Kubinka, near Moscow, where the newest Russian Il-112B transport vehicle crashed, should not interrupt the testing of these vital vehicles for the army.

Several Russian news agencies immediately reported, citing their sources, that after finding out the causes of the crash of the Il-112B military transport aircraft, tests of this type of aircraft will continue.