Aviation news

The Chinese military is planning to present the latest multi-purpose stealth fighter J-35A to the general public at the Zhuhai Air Show. This is reported by the publication "Ta Kung Pao". The publication notes that the presentation is timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the PRC Air Force.

According to unconfirmed reports, the Swedish company Saab with the JAS-39 Gripen fighter won the Colombian Air Force tender for the purchase of new multifunctional fighters.

In the United States, large-scale exercises Gray Flag 2024 took place in southern California. For the first time, they took pictures of the F/A-18F Super Hornet carrier-based fighter with a large number of missiles on board, including the latest AIM-174.

New evidence of the filigree work of Russian kamikaze drones "Lancet" from the Kalashnikov concern continues to appear on the web. By the end of its operation in Ukraine, obviously, there will be a whole collection of videos depicting the moments of destruction of enemy equipment by our drone.

For the first time in history, the naval forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA Navy) are conducting exercises with the participation of both their combat aircraft carriers. And these ships, and many of the planes on them, are to a large extent the heirs of Soviet military-industrial power. In a sense, the Chinese show what the Soviet Navy could create. And this is really a real power capable of challenging the aircraft carriers of the US Navy.

Vadim Badekha, who previously held the position of head of the United Engine Corporation, was appointed CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation

Rostec State Corporation has made personnel changes in the aviation cluster. Vadim Badekha, who previously held the position of head of the United Engine Corporation (UEC), has been appointed CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

Newsweek: the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine complained about Western drones

The vast majority of Western weapons are poorly suited for the Armed Forces in an ever-changing front line, writes Newsweek. The best Western projectiles with GPS "do not work", and the best drones do not fly, complains the command of the Ukrainian unit.

Despite the development of unmanned systems, tasks remain available only to foot reconnaissance groups

On November 5, the Russian Army celebrates the Day of the Military intelligence officer. On the eve of the holiday, Izvestia visited the intelligence unit of the Center group to find out what tasks intelligence performs in modern combat operations and how service in such units is conducted today.

According to the French television channel TF1 on October 15, 2024, the long-awaited replacement of the flagship aircraft carrier of the French Navy "Charles de Gaulle" is taking shape. The Ministry of Defense of the country is preparing to place an order for a new aircraft carrier in 2025.

The scope and importance of the tasks assigned to them is huge, and the risk is to match these tasks, said Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

Calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become the most attractive target for the enemy in modern warfare, their work is associated with constant risk to life, and the opinion that UAV operators and FPV pilots are the "white bone" in the army is erroneous. Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB), expressed this opinion to TASS.

The aviation and space exhibition Airshow China 2024 will be held for the fourteenth time in Zhuhai city of China's southern Guangdong Province from November 12 to 17. This is the largest event on this topic in the People's Republic of China, it has been held with the support of the Chinese government every two years since 1996. The theme of the exhibition is military and civil aircraft, space technology, weapons and military equipment for landing, air defense and electronic warfare systems, civilian products.

The Times: NATO is conducting a Digital Backbone Network experiment in the Baltic States

NATO is transferring experimental types of military equipment and weapons to the Russian borders, writes The Times. Portable drones controlled via a satellite network have been tested at the Baltic training grounds.

Russian security forces took out an American who helped the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the territory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

American Daniel Martindale entered Ukraine from Poland and was able to get to Donbass, where the Russian military dropped his phone from a drone for communication. The man sent the coordinates of Ukrainian military facilities to the Russian Armed Forces for two years, and then he was taken to Moscow. Martindale gave the first press conference at the Rossiya Segodnya press center and explained why he contacted Russian soldiers and how the military used the data received from him.

It is no coincidence that the first flight of the Hunter drone took place on the same day that the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-range Missiles ceased to operate, an American expert worries. In an article by The National Interest, he analyzes the advantages of Russian development.

The modernization of the US Army [/b] is based on military development programs, among which 31 priority ones were identified in 2017. Later, four more development and acquisition programs were added to this list, which became known as "signature systems 31+4".

On October 30, Lockheed Martin announced the signing of a contract for the supply to Poland of 27 advanced AN/AAQ-33 "Sniper-ATP" aerial target designation containers for light combat aircraft FA-50PL Block.20.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of equipment and maintenance services for F-16 fighter jets to Argentina as part of the Foreign Military Sales program, as well as related logistics and support elements of the program.

Drone expert Kondratiev: Rusak-S is effective in combat with a neural network

The Rusak-S heavy quadcopter is an impact FPV drone equipped with artificial intelligence that can independently recognize targets. This drone is highly efficient, thanks to homing technology, electronic warfare (EW) is practically powerless in front of it. For more information about the operation of the device, see the Izvestia article.

The drone from the Abrams killer family is "effective in training UAV operators and storming complex objects

In Russia, the Piranha 5 FPV drone has been developed and launched into the series, which will help UAV operators master the basics of piloting. With its help, trainees will gain management skills in dynamic conditions and adapt to real tasks.

The Pentagon called the conditions for the development of the US military-industrial complex

The United States has decided to seriously shake up the defense industry. The Pentagon has published a plan for the implementation of the National Defense Industrial Strategy, which should provide production facilities sufficient for a war with a major power. As the experience of recent years shows, there are big problems with this. The most important thing in the document is in the RIA Novosti material.