Aviation news

In the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a memorandum of cooperation was signed in Kiev on September 29 between the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Turkish company Bayraktar Savunma.

The Chinese military showed a J-20 fighter jet with Chinese WS-10C engines at an air show in Zhuhai. Previously, the aircraft was equipped with Russian turbojet dual-circuit powerplants AL-31FN. According to Flightglobal, it is not known at what stage of development the WS-15 engine, which was originally planned to equip the Chinese fighter, is currently at.

The Afghan radical Islamic movement "Taliban" (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) accused the United States of violating the airspace of Afghanistan.

The United States releases one stealth fighter every three days. On September 28, the press service of Lockheed Martin Corporation announced the release of the 700th F-35 Lightning II aircraft from the assembly line.

Ahead of schedule, Airbus Defense and Space handed over the third (out of seven ordered) BTA A-400M Atlas aircraft to the Belgian Air Force Command on September 23.

It can transport up to 250 kg of cargo

Factory tests of the transport parachute system of the tEchnodinamika holding (part of Rostec), which with the help of a navigation system can automatically deliver about 250 kg of cargo to the place with maximum accuracy, have been completed. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of Rostec.

The Celestial Empire presented a mock-up of the FH-97 UAV, which looks almost identical to the American Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie. On the basis of the latter, they can create machines capable of accompanying fighters, including solving shock tasks.

The MSB-8 helicopters, developed by the Ukrainian company Motor Sich, can receive fuselages of their own production. Preparation for the release of helicopter body parts began at the State Enterprise "Kharkiv State Aviation Production Enterprise" (KHGAPP). This is reported by Defense Express.

Chinese engineers have developed a drone that can stay in the sky for almost a day. This is reported by the Global Times.

The entire color of the Chinese defense industry is represented these days in Zhuhai. On September 28, the 13th International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, better known as Airshow China 2021, opened in this city.

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. has started flight tests of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter designed for the Bahrain Air Force.

Rostec United Engine Corporation has successfully completed testing of the second experimental gas generator - the "heart" of the PD-8 engine.

Seven aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet conducted a bombing and missile launch exercise in Crimea, said the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet Alexei Rulev.

Robotics specialists at the University of California at Berkeley are exploring the possibility of creating a robot for the US Army, the prototype of which will be an ordinary squirrel.

This month, the resident of the SEZ "Dubna" company "Hydrostand" completes the most important project for JSC "RSC "MiG" - a set of stands for autonomous testing of aircraft systems will allow testing the operability of its mechanisms without starting the engine.

The United States drew attention to the expanded arsenal of MiG-31BM and MiG-31BSM interceptors. The aircraft received a new short-range R-74M air-to-air missile. The new ammunition makes the MiG-31 one of the most versatile aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). A similar opinion was expressed by the magazine The Military Watch.

Four astronauts will take part in the flight, including Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA engineer and co-founder of Planet Labs, and Glen de Vries, vice chairman of the Dassault Systmes division.

Seadrone has been successfully tested

Russian specialists have developed and successfully tested a unique all-weather rescue drone Seadrone, which is able to land and take off from the water, as well as work in the Arctic region. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the developer company "Shooting from the air".

The US Navy received the first deeply upgraded Super Hornet. They will serve on aircraft carriers side by side with new generation fighters.

On Tuesday, September 28, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation for the second time in the last three days reported the appearance of a foreign military aircraft near the Russian borders.

This time the incident occurred over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, where our airspace facilities detected an alien object. "In order to identify an air target and prevent it from violating the state border of the Russian Federation, a Su-27 fighter from the air defense forces of the Southern Military District on duty was lifted into the air," the National Center said.