Aviation news

Russia has received new applications from the countries of Central Asia, Afghanistan's neighbors, for the supply of helicopters, small arms and border protection systems, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti during the Army-2021 forum.

The new F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet fighters, which will be supplied to the US Navy, will not receive conformal fuel tanks, which were previously one of the main features of the aircraft.

Testing of new and promising weapons in combat conditions helped to identify the shortcomings of this arsenal and make the necessary changes to the design. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said this on Thursday on the Zvezda TV channel.

The Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine is negotiating the localized production of Boeing T-7A Red Hawk combat training aircraft. The country again wanted to produce American aircraft. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister for Strategic Industries Oleg Urusky in an interview with the publication "Ukrainian Tizhden".

The Argentine government has officially requested information on the MiG-35 multi-purpose fighter from Rosoboronexport JSC for technical and commercial analysis.

The delivery of new attack unmanned vehicles "Inokhodets-RU" to the Russian army will begin from 2023, the Ministry of Defense reported. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin told about the capabilities of the UAV.

The Russian military conducted special exercises to practice the actions of logistics support units (MTO) in the course of repelling conditional aggression in the western and Arctic theaters of military operations.

The Baikal light aircraft, which is to be replaced by the An-2 cornhusker, is planned to be lifted into the air in October. This was announced on Thursday, August 26, at a meeting in Volgograd, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Oleg Bocharov.

The first heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Altius" will enter service with the Russian army in the fall, on August 26, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko said during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

The quiet sensation of the Army-2021 forum, which for some reason was not reflected in the media, is the adaptation of the 9M123 guided missile of the Chrysanthemum land complex to launches from the Mi - 28NM helicopter. Rossiyskaya Gazeta is the first to tell about this.

The Mi-17 transport helicopter of the Mexican Navy was damaged after a hard landing in the town of Agua Blanca in the state of Hidalgo.

On board were officials who were going to assess the consequences of a natural disaster in the state of Veracruz after the recent hurricane Grace there.

The airborne troops of Russia will conduct an experimental exercise with the release of a mobile hospital with equipment by parachute from aircraft.

The armed forces will receive a new Sirius UAV, which has become a development of Orion, in 2023. Among the distinctive features of the new product is a large payload.

An Italian Air Force plane involved in the evacuation of citizens from Afghanistan came under fire at the Kabul airport. This was announced on Thursday, August 26, according to the Italian newspaper La Stampa.

Lockheed Martin Corporation has announced the signing of a 5-year contract worth $ 328.8 million with the Indian Air Force Command, providing for comprehensive support for a fleet of 12 BTA C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft.

The American Navy is learning to sink enemy ships from a long distance. Yesterday, on August 25, the press service of the US Navy published a video with spectacular shots of the Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 21, during which the decommissioned frigate USS Ingraham of the Oliver Hazard Perry type was sunk.

The Ukrainian enterprise "Kharkiv Machine-Building Plant "FED" " will supply units for a heavy attack helicopter of the Turkish design ATAK-II. The corresponding contract was signed during the defense exhibition IDEF-2021, Defense Express reports.

The US Navy has approved the production of the long-range anti-radar missile AARGM-ER. The military plans to order the first two pilot batches in the next few months.

The American companies HyPoint and Piasecki Aircraft are going to create the first hydrogen helicopter, as well as develop and certify a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. It will give an energy density four times higher than existing lithium-ion batteries.

All UAVs will be controlled from a unified ground station, developed and manufactured by the Kronstadt company

The Kronshtadt company will supply the Ministry of Defense with five new unmanned complexes "Inokhodets-RU" and two sets of helicopter-type UAVs "Platforma", the company's press service reported on Tuesday.