Aviation news

Russian peacekeepers conducted a training session to prevent possible violations with the use of unmanned aircraft of a simulated enemy and to ensure security at observation posts in the Lachin corridor of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a planned combat training session. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Monday, August 30.

The unmanned aerial vehicle, recharged from overhead power lines, was presented at the MVTF "Army-2021" by the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal of the Engineering Troops Alexey Proshlyakov (TVVIKU).

The Russian military annually receives up to 150 aircraft and helicopters, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. According to him, a lot of work has been done for such indicators, the defense industry has been modernized.

Turkey continues to strengthen its army with unmanned aerial vehicles. According to the Anadolu news Agency, on August 29, a solemn ceremony of adopting the latest Bayraktar Akinci reconnaissance and strike UAV was held at the Chorlu airfield in Tekirdag province.

A field military airfield appeared near Rubtsovsk in the Altai Territory. It will be used for landing transport aircraft of the Central Military District.

The American company Astra launched the Rocket 3 light rocket for the third time, but again unsuccessfully: during the launch, one of the five engines of the first stage failed, so the flight began on a horizontal trajectory.

A video of flights over Kandahar by an American UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, which the Taliban got as a trophy, appeared on the Network.

PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in the first half of 2021 reduced its net loss under IFRS by almost 36 times compared to the same period last year, to 976 million rubles, it follows from the company's statements.

Rosoboronexport is waiting for a decision from India on the acquisition of a fifth-generation Checkmate light fighter and is ready to consider a corresponding request from New Delhi, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti.

Complexes of reconnaissance drones and cycloplane platforms may appear on Russian warships. This was announced on Friday, August 27, by the head of the project group of air assets of the Foundation for Advanced Research, Yan Chibisov.

On August 25, Boeing announced the roll-out ceremony of the first F-15QA (Qatar Advanced) fighter of the Qatar Air Force held jointly with the command of the US Air Force and the Qatari Air Force at the enterprise in St. Louis.

The Russian Mi-28N "Night Hunter" helicopter can be equipped with the latest unguided S-13B missile, it also has a chance to enter the standard armament of Su-class aircraft. This was announced to TASS by Alexander Kochkin, executive director of the Techmash research and production concern, which is part of the Rostec state Corporation, within the framework of the Army-2021 forum.

The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter can be armed with the latest unguided S-13B missile. The S-13 combines the capabilities of several unguided 122 mm caliber missiles. The new missile has a switch of the initiation unit for instantaneous detonation of the warhead and two decelerations: small and large.

Also, for the first time, the Russian military practiced the actions of mixed mobile air defense, electronic warfare and RCB-protection groups to combat enemy unmanned aerial vehicles

Military personnel on special training in the Volga region for the first time in the conduct of defense used combat robots "Uran-9". This was reported on Friday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

To use the rocket on various types of carriers: airplanes, helicopters, its registration is required, a complex of special flight tests for each machine.

The US Navy has abandoned plans to equip F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft with conformal fuel tanks. Boeing does not plan to supply the military with upgraded F/A-18E/F Block III aircraft with conformal fuel tanks (CFT), The Drive reports.

The Spanish Air Force Command expects to receive the first new PC-21 training aircraft (national designation E.27) produced by Pilatus in mid-September 2021.

Sergey Chebykin, Deputy Chief Designer of the Rostvertol Helicopter Plant, told about the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter on Friday, August 27.

The BT-3F armored personnel carrier of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding was originally intended for arming Marine corps units. It was demonstrated for the first time at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army" in 2016. 5 years later, it appeared in the version for the Arctic, having received a number of fundamentally new improvements.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu highly appreciated the resumption of production of Tu-160 strategic bombers at the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ). He visited this place during his visit to the capital of Tatarstan.