Aviation news

The Syrian air defense (air defense) repelled an Israeli attack in the sky over Homs, the Syrian state television channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.

Il-76 aircraft have begun delivering the BMP-2M to the Russian military base in Tajikistan to participate in joint exercises of the military contingents of Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

Rosoboronexport has signed contracts worth over €1 billion within the framework of the MAKS-2021 air show. This was announced on July 22 by the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev.

The Aviation Department of the National Police of Peru (DIRAVPOL) received two Mi-171Sh transport helicopters under a contract signed at the end of 2019 with the Belspetsvneshtechnika State Technical University (Republic of Belarus).

On July 20, the South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) announced the signing of a contract for the supply of additional T-50 training aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force.

The crews of Su-25SM attack aircraft of the joint Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan will be involved in the Russian-Uzbek exercise, which will be held from July 30 to August 10 in the Surkhandarya region of the republic, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

In the new images, you can see the flights of officially decommissioned F-117 strike aircraft in all its glory. Now the machines play the role of" aggressors", imitating enemy aircraft.

PJSC UAC and Shvabe Holding, members of the Rostec State Corporation, have signed an agreement for the development and supply of the KOEPS-75 round-the-clock optoelectronic sighting system for the Checkmate light tactical aircraft (LTS).

The share of contracts for the supply of Russian weapons paid in dollars is rapidly approaching zero, Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti on Thursday during the MAKS-2021 air show.

Alexander Mikheev, General Director of Rosoboronexport, said on Thursday, July 22, that foreign partners want to buy in Russia, first of all, Su and MiG fighter jets, Il-76 and Il-78 aircraft, Mil and Kamov helicopters, as well as Pantsiri.

The program for the creation of enlarged air traffic management centers (ATM) in Russia will be completed next year, said Dmitry Savitsky, Deputy General Director for products for the air navigation system and dual-use products of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region.

The French company Dassault Aviation announced the ceremony of handing over the first multi-purpose fighter "Rafale" to the command of the Greek Air Force on July 21 at the Flight Test Center at the Istres Air Base.

The strategy of the Russian Helicopters holding provides for joint work with the Ministry of Defense on import substitution of helicopter components

In the future, the Ka-62 medium multi-purpose helicopter can be used in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry and receive a military modification. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the first deputy managing director - technical director of the Arsenyev aviation company "Progress" named after N. I. Sazykin (part of the holding "Russian Helicopters" Rostec) Andrey Semenov.

The Russian Helicopters holding company plans to issue a European certificate for the KA-32A11M helicopter, upgraded for fire extinguishing.

Currently, the work on the chair is going according to plan, said Sergey Pozdnyakov, General Director of NPP Zvezda

The ejection seat for the promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA) will be delivered to the developer - PJSC Tupolev (part of the UAC) - in the next two years. This was announced to TASS at the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS) by Sergey Pozdnyakov, CEO of NPP Zvezda.

As explained in the holding, thanks to the modernization, the complex will become lighter and more compact The

holding company "Roselectronics" of the Rostec State Corporation has begun the modernization of the communications complex of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the holding at the MAKS-2021 air show.

A prototype of the modernized Ka-52M helicopter performed a series of successful firings with "product 305" cruise missiles, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the MAKS-2021 air show.

The Central Institute of Aviation Engine Building named after Baranov (CIAM) showed an electric aircraft based on Sigma-4 at the MAKS-2021 air show. This is the first fully electric manned aircraft in Russia. It has already passed bench tests and recently moved to the flight test stage. In 2022, flights with hydrogen fuel cells are already planned for Sigma-4.

The official representative of the Sukhoi company, Anastasia Kravchenko, said that the aircraft is already ready for testing

The Sukhoi company can create a two-seat modification of the Checkmate single-engine fighter. This was announced on Wednesday by Anastasia Kravchenko, director of the Information Policy and Public Communications Department of the company, on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel as part of the MAKS-2021 air show.

A full-size prototype of the AP-55 light multi-purpose helicopter is presented at the MAKS-2021 air show.

The machine, made according to the coaxial scheme of the rotors, can carry five people or up to 600 kilograms of payload.