Aviation news

The Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, which were relocated to the Russian Hmeimim air base in Syria earlier this week, conducted their first flights. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the crews of the Tupolevs have begun to perform tasks to develop the airspace over the Mediterranean Sea.

Russia has successfully tested the modified aircraft guided missiles "Whirlwind", the press service of "Kalashnikov" reported. Earlier, the group of companies published on its page "VKontakte" a teaser of weapons tests, which was replicated in the media as a "new secret".

The AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile, designed to destroy enemy air defense systems, in particular, the Russian S-400 Triumph, was renamed Advanced Reactive Strike (AReS), the editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine Steve Trimble said on Twitter.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec is expanding the use of robotic technological complexes in the production of parts for aircraft gas turbine engines. Five robotic lines are included in the production chain of PJSC UEC-Saturn, and two more robotics projects are included in the investment program for 2021-2023. 

For the first time in Russian history, the United Engine Corporation Rostec designed the VK-1600V helicopter engine only using 3D modeling. All design documentation of the power plant demonstrator created at UEC-Klimov has been released in electronic form.

The Russian company "Sukhoi" has initiated work on the creation of a tactical single-engine fighter of the 5th generation, which will be built with the use of stealth technologies and the use of developments on the Su-57, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

The United States reaffirmed its commitment to dialogue with Russia to reduce the risks of incidents on the high seas and in the airspace above it, the US Navy said following bilateral consultations.

US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby expressed the hope that all states involved in the Syrian problem will avoid actions that could lead to the destabilization of the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR).

Israel's Iron Dome accidentally shot down its own drone.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that an Iron Dome battery accidentally shot down an Israeli Skylark drone.

The Army and operational-tactical aviation of the Southern Military District conducted a massive relocation to field airfields. About 100 planes and helicopters of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense participated in the exercises to withdraw aircraft from the attack of the simulated enemy.

Airbus has announced the delivery of the 100th BTA A-400M Atlas aircraft to the customer. The aircraft, designated MSN111, was transferred to the Spanish Air Force Command. It was the tenth A400M delivered by Airbus to this country.

Mysterious "fast-moving objects" were discovered underwater by the US Navy a few weeks before the publication of the Pentagon report on unidentified flying objects (UFOs). This was reported on Monday, May 24, by the British edition of The Mirror.

In total, the Ministry of Defense plans to receive at least 76 upgraded Su-34M aircraft by 2027

The modernization of the Su-34 front-line fighter-bomber will allow it to partially solve the tasks of assault aviation. This was reported to TASS by a source in the aircraft industry.

Automated storage systems (ACC) were installed in a number of workshops of the V. P. Chkalov NAZ, a branch of PJSC Sukhoi (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec Group).

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video of the arrival of three long-range bombers-missile carriers of the Russian Air Force Tu-22M3 at the Khmeimim air base in Syria.

Three long-range Tu-22m3 bombers have flown to the Russian Hmeimim air base in the Syrian Arab Republic, and this type of aircraft is being based at the Hmeimim airfield for the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Yemeni Houthis have destroyed the second Saudi intelligence-strike drone in a short time. On May 20, Wing Loong II was hit. Three days later, a Chinese-made CH-4B was shot down over the Yemeni province of Al-Jawf.

Tests of the latest S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) are being successfully completed. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 25 at the beginning of a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

The ships of the Northern Fleet, led by the nuclear cruiser "Peter the Great", conducted interspecific exercises in the Barents Sea with the involvement of aviation. According to the press service of the Northern Fleet, the complex exercises of the ship's tactical groups were held in the coastal training grounds. The maneuvers involved more than 10 warships and support vessels, as well as an IL-38 aircraft and a Ka-27PL helicopter of anti-submarine aviation.

During the joint training with the EW units, the specialists worked out the issues of conducting aerial reconnaissance, covertly moving to the specified objects and transmitting digital information via secure communication channels.