Aviation news

Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-160 made a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents, Greenland and Norwegian Seas. This was reported on Tuesday, February 9, by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Aviators and engine builders are working on increasing the combat capabilities of the Russian fighter of the fifth generation su-57, said in an interview to "Interfax" the head of Minpromtorg Denis Manturov.

American and British engineers have created a nozzle for laser cutters that allows them to create drones — the cutter cuts out the body, and the nozzle moves components onto it, applies contact tracks and sinters them. After that, the drone can take off directly from the cutter and get to work. The paper will be presented at the CHI 2021 conference.

The Russian 5G network interferes with NATO spy planes, the Vedomosti newspaper writes, citing reports from the International Telecommunication Union at the United Nations. Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, which is not a member of the alliance, objected to the use of the 4.8-4.99 GHz band by Russian operators.

JSC "UEC-Aviadvigatel", part of the United Engine Corporation of the State Corporation Rostec, received an addition to the PD-14 Engine Type Certificate.

Russian military scientists have proposed a variant of the combat use of the Aerospace Forces( VKS), which will provide guaranteed protection against a possible multi-sphere operation of NATO, a new approach is presented in the journal "Aerospace Forces. Theory and Practice", published by the Military Training and Research Center of the Air Force (Air Force).

While on duty on the island of the Southern archipelago, the pilots were able to work out training flights to intercept a simulated enemy

The first change of flight personnel and MiG-31BM fighters during the pilot combat duty took place at the Northern Fleet airfield Rogachevo on Novaya Zemlya. In the modern history of Russia, this is the first time that this is being practiced, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on Monday.

The world's largest military-industrial and aerospace corporation, Lockheed Martin, showed the operation of the Mobile Radio Frequency-Integrated Unmanned Aircraft System Suppressor (MoRFIUS), designed to intercept a swarm of drones. The American company posted the corresponding video on Twitter.

The Russian PD-14 engine, which will be equipped with the MS-21 aircraft, has passed the certification of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on compliance with the requirements for emissions of harmful substances.

Russian military scientists have offered guaranteed protection against a" multi-sphere operation " by NATO. On the air of Sputnik radio, Igor Korotchenko, the editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, shared his opinion on this issue.

In 2023, the European T-Wing Consortium will conduct the first flight tests of the NGCTR-TD passenger tiltrotor demonstrator, which is being developed for inter-city transportation. According to Flightglobal, the developers are currently testing a composite tiltrotor wing in a wind tunnel at the Italian research center CIRA.

The British company GKN Aerospace has started to develop a route urban aircraft Skybus, which will transport passengers in cities like a bus. According to Aviation Week, the UK Agency for Research and Innovation has allocated 4.5 million pounds ($6.2 million) for the project.

Thanks to the automated control system, the new Russian fifth-generation fighter is able to perform tasks with minimal pilot involvement. Earlier, we recall, there was unofficial information about the development of an unmanned mode on the Su-57 aircraft.

As noted in the first part, in modern conditions, river operations are becoming increasingly important in regions where economic and social life develops along river basins. The international market continues to see the spread of water transport technologies that can support the conduct of combat operations on rivers.

For a week, more than 30 aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles conducted reconnaissance near the borders of Russia. The activity of foreign aircraft was detected by Russian air space control systems.

A production aircraft with an all-electric powerplant may appear by 2030, according to Andrey Dutov, General Director of the N.E. Zhuklovsky Institute Research Center.

The Ministry of Defense of Belarus in October 2022 may receive the second batch of Su-30SM aircraft produced by the Russian corporation "Irkut", consisting of four pieces of equipment, the press service of the military department of the republic reported.

A line of piston engines for unmanned aerial vehicles will be created in Russia within five years. They will also receive attack drones.

Russian engineers have started ground testing of a flying laboratory based on the Yak-40, equipped with a superconducting electric motor. It is installed in the nose of the aircraft.

The fact that there are currently no engines for attack drones in Russia is one of the reasons for the country's lack of its own serial attack drones. This is reported by RIA Novosti, referring to an interview with the General Director of the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Building Mikhail Gordin.