Aviation news

The crews of the Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF) during the exercises in Kamchatka worked out the destruction of a simulated enemy submarine. This was reported to journalists on Monday, September 13, in the press service of the TOPF.

The Mi-35 and Mi-24 helicopters of the Army aviation of the Western Military District provided cover for the practical actions of the ground forces within the framework of the Zapad-2021 exercise, using the "helicopter carousel" tactics.

The United States has reached an agreement with Uzbekistan, under which a group of Afghan Air Force pilots who arrived in this country, along with their families, will be transferred to an American military base this weekend, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

The Ministry of Defense is working on the issue of equipping not only helicopters, but also combat aircraft with the latest guided missiles of the LMUR.

On September 10, the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko visited the Beriev Transport Aviation Plant (part of the transport aviation division of PJSC UAC of the Rostec State Corporation) as part of a working visit to the Rostov Region.

The US Marine Corps (KMP) has used its new heavy helicopter for the first time in a non-medical mission. September 12, portal thedrive.com He reported that the CH-53K King Stallion evacuated the MH-60S helicopter, which made a hard landing in the mountains.

The Malaysian Air Force will continue operating the F/A-18D Hornet and Su-30MKM fighters until 2035 and 2040, respectively.

The Turkish company Roketsan has developed a new 122-mm rocket ammunition with a laser guidance system. The munition was first presented in August at the IDEF-2021 exhibition under the designation TRLG-122.

The Terminator tank support combat vehicles and the Pacer and Outpost attack drones at the Zapad-2021 exercises supported the offensive of the motorized rifle division and tank brigade of Russia and units of Armenia and Belarus with fire and air strikes.

The strike drones have received a sight that allows them to hit ground targets with unguided ammunition from a high altitude with ultra-precision.

Russian developers have tested sighting and navigation systems on drones that allow the effective use of unguided ammunition.

In the current century, it is planned to deploy 13 permanent air bases in Europe with 450 fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters, follows from the presentation of the American corporation Lockheed Martin, presented at the 27th international exhibition MSPO 2021. The corresponding slide was posted on Twitter by the user @Maciej_Szopa.

At the Baranovichi airfield in the Brest region of Belarus, as part of the creation of a training and combat center for joint training of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Belarusian Air Force and air defense forces, the crews of Russian Su-30SM fighters took up joint combat duty to protect the air borders of the Union State. This was announced on Friday, September 10, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The flight time was more than 12 hours

The first Russian UAV with a hybrid power plant ZALA 421-16E5G, developed by the Russian company ZALA Aero (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies), flew at a distance of more than 1 thousand km from Izhevsk to Yoshkar-Ola and back. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of ZALA Aero.

In the Astrakhan region, the military personnel of the Southern Military District trained in repelling air raids and unmanned aerial vehicles of a conditional enemy. Special attention was paid to the fight against attack drones and kamikaze barraging drones.

As several anonymous sources told Defense News, the command of the Indonesian Air Force without publicity signed a contract with Lockheed Martin Corporation for the purchase of BTA C-130J "Super Hercules" aircraft.

According to the Taiwan News resource, the United States will supply Taiwan with the first 155-mm tracked self-propelled howitzers M-109A6 "Paladin" in 2023.

India is updating its fleet of military transport aircraft. September 9, portal defenseworld.net He reported that the Security Committee of the Cabinet of Ministers of India approved the purchase of 56 C-295MW aircraft.

In the United States, pictures of an aircraft with an unusual appearance have appeared. The designers crossed the nose of the F-16 fighter with the Bombardier CRJ-700 business jet to test the new radar. This is reported by The Drive.

At the Zapad-2021 exercises, Platform-M shock robotic complexes armed with grenade launchers were used for the first time at military training grounds near Kaliningrad, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

Another model of a guided drone has been developed for the US Air Force. Despite the fact that it was previously reported that the company dropped out of the tender on September 10, the press service of Northrop Grumman published a render of a promising combat drone under the Skyborg program.