Aviation news
The British will help Japan with a new generation fighter
Japan is slowly but surely moving towards creating its own new-generation fighter. On July 4, the Asahi news agency reported that Rolls-Royce and IHI Corporation have announced a partnership in creating an engine for the FX aircraft.
The next stage of development of a hybrid power plant for aircraft has been completed - the press service of the UEC
A new goal has been set - the development of GSU for marine applications, the general designer said
The first milestone has been passed for the project " Creation of a hybrid power plant (GSU)", the main contractor of which is JSC "UEC-Klimov", the press service of the United Engine Corporation reports.
The Israelis were the first to use a swarm of drones in combat
The Israel Defense Forces conducted more than 30 operations with the help of a swarm of drones in May. According to them, this is the first use of a swarm of drones in combat. According to New Scientist, the drones determined the location and attacked the Hamas militants.
Aerial combat in the dark of the night
Su-27 fighters, Su-24M bombers and Su-30SM multi-purpose fighters of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation conduct training flights at night.
More than 50 aircraft and UAVs conducted reconnaissance near the borders of the Russian Federation during the week
Russian radar stations (radars) for a week found 53 foreign aircraft that were conducting reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of Russia is published by the newspaper of the Armed Forces "Krasnaya Zvezda".
Sources: Russia will start producing attack drones for foreign customers in 2022
The Kronshtadt Group of companies will annually produce dozens of devices at the first Russian factory for the production of serial attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Dubna, for foreign customers the production of drones will start in 2022, sources in the military-industrial complex and the administration of the Moscow region told RIA Novosti.
Germany has signed an agreement on the purchase of P-8A "Poseidon" aircraft"
Boeing Corporation announced the signing of a letter by the German Defense Ministry with the proposal and acceptance of an offer to supply five P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales program.
The military expert called the factors of the collapse of Ukrainian arms exports
Military expert Andrey Frolov on Friday, July 2, called Izvestia the factors that had a negative impact on Ukrainian arms exports, adding that Russia has nothing to do with this.
Boeing has signed the first contract for the supply of H-47 (ER) Chinook helicopters to the British Armed Forces
Boeing has announced the signing of a contract with the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the supply of 14 H-47 (ER) Chinook extended-range helicopters for the British Air Force.
Russian aviation conducted combat training flights over the Black Sea
The exercises of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet together with the aviation of the Southern Military District were held against the background of NATO maneuvers. More than 10 aircraft were involved in them
The naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet, together with the aviation of the Southern Military District (SE), conducted combat training flights over the Black Sea against the background of the exercises of NATO and the partner countries of the Sea Breeze-2021 alliance. This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.
The US is concerned about the new Chinese fifth-generation fighter J-35
The Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA Navy) has taken another step towards eliminating the last advantages over the US Navy, receiving a new deck-based stealth fighter known as the J-35, Breaking Defense writes.
The exercises of the Russian military in the Black Sea were removed from the board of the US Navy ship
An American journalist filmed the exercises of Russian ships and aircraft that took place in the Black Sea against the background of the international maneuvers of NATO Sea Breeze.
A former American military officer compared the Russian army to the "Zaporozhets"
Former US military captain of the first rank of the US Navy, retired Harry Tabach, compared the Russian army with the "Zaporozhets", and the NATO forces with Tesla. This was announced on Saturday, July 3, according to InoSMI.
The Americans are building cruise nuclear missiles with a range of 2500 km
American strategic aviation will be able to destroy enemy targets with nuclear weapons without response. With the new cruise missiles, missile-carrying bombers will be inaccessible to enemy air defense systems. On June 2, the press service of Raytheon Technologies announced the signing of a new contract with the US Air Force for the development of a Long Range Stand-Off missile (LRSO).
In Ukraine, they threatened to "open fire to kill" against Russian ships
Ukraine can "open fire to kill" on Russian ships that threaten the passage of Ukrainian ships through the Kerch Strait, in particular, the boats of the Rosgvardiya, writes Defense Express.
In the United States, they told about the unmanned Chinese Su-27
China is engaged in the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in manned fighter jets, which turns the latter into partially or completely unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), says the American edition of The Drive.
China has taken 15 fifth-generation J-20 fighters into the air at once
In Beijing, 15 fifth-generation J-20 fighter jets were immediately lifted into the air at Tiananmen Square during a festive event dedicated to the centenary of the Communist Party of China, the South China Morning Post reports.
Against the background of the military victories of the Taliban in Afghanistan, large exercises of Russian troops were held in Tajikistan
Five tactical exercises with motorized rifle, tank, artillery, reconnaissance units and calculations of S-300PS anti-aircraft missile systems of the 201st Russian military base stationed in the Republic of Tajikistan took place last week as part of the combat training cycle in the summer period. In total, about 3 thousand servicemen were involved in the exercises.
The assembly of Diamond DA42 aircraft for the full production cycle has begun at UZGA
As reported by the web resource ATO.RU JSC "Ural Civil Aviation Plant" (UZGA) has assembled the first Diamond DA42 aircraft for a full production cycle. This was stated on July 2, 2021 by Evgeny Sergeev, director of the Aircraft division of this plant. For the first time, the company independently produced composite parts of the fuselage of this aircraft on machines supplied by the developer of the machine - the Austrian company Diamond Aircraft.
Virgin Orbit has successfully launched seven satellites into Earth orbit
The California-based private company Virgin Orbit has successfully launched seven medium-sized satellites into orbit using a LauncherOne rocket, according to the company's broadcast.
