Aviation news
The date of the beginning of regular flights of "planes of the XXI century"has been named
The head of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, called the start date of regular flights of the newest civil aircraft MS-21 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century"). This is reported in the story of the TV channel "Russia 1".
Shoigu said that the number of drones in the Russian army will exceed 2 thousand by the end of the year
According to the Minister of Defense, the supply of serial UAVs to the army has been established
The Russian Armed Forces will have two thousand unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the end of this year. This was announced by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live", the footage of which was shown on the TV channel "Russia-1".
The Northern Fleet conducted exercises in the Barents Sea to rescue submariners
The exercises of the search and rescue support forces to assist an emergency submarine have ended in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet (SF) said on Sunday.
The Mi-28N helicopter will be armed with a three-in-one missile
The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter can be armed with the latest unguided S-13B missile. The S-13 combines the capabilities of several unguided 122 mm caliber missiles. The new missile has a switch of the initiation unit for instantaneous detonation of the warhead and two decelerations: small and large.
The UAC plans to start creating a squadron of Be-200 amphibious aircraft in 2021
According to the corporation, about 10 aircraft will extinguish fires all year round
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) plans to start creating Be-200 amphibious aircraft in 2021, which will be included in the squadron for extinguishing fires. This was announced by the first Deputy General Director of the UAC Sergey Yarkov.
Boeing held the ceremony of rolling out the first F-15QA fighter of the Qatar Air Force
On August 25, Boeing announced the roll-out ceremony of the first F-15QA (Qatar Advanced) fighter of the Qatar Air Force held jointly with the command of the US Air Force and the Qatari Air Force at the enterprise in St. Louis.
A multi-purpose rocket in one bottle
To use the rocket on various types of carriers: airplanes, helicopters, its registration is required, a complex of special flight tests for each machine.
The US Navy refused to upgrade the Super Hornet
The US Navy has abandoned plans to equip F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft with conformal fuel tanks. Boeing does not plan to supply the military with upgraded F/A-18E/F Block III aircraft with conformal fuel tanks (CFT), The Drive reports.
Pilatus Aircraft will begin delivery of the PC-21 TCB to the Spanish Air Force in September
The Spanish Air Force Command expects to receive the first new PC-21 training aircraft (national designation E.27) produced by Pilatus in mid-September 2021.
The designer told about the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter
Sergey Chebykin, Deputy Chief Designer of the Rostvertol Helicopter Plant, told about the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter on Friday, August 27.
Shoigu was shown the cockpit of a modernized Tu-160 bomber
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu highly appreciated the resumption of production of Tu-160 strategic bombers at the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ). He visited this place during his visit to the capital of Tatarstan.
Don't shine the radar: the Americans launch a series of new missiles
The Americans are expanding their capabilities to defeat enemy radars and communication centers. August 26, portal janes.com He reported that the US Navy has ordered the production of two installation batches of AGM-88G missiles.
The Israeli Air Force attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip
Israeli Air Force planes on Sunday night struck targets of the Hamas group in the central part of the Gaza Strip, the Yediot Ahronot newspaper reports, citing the Israeli army.
Six accidents with Russian planes were counted over the past month
Over the past month, six accidents have occurred with Russian aircraft, the Military Observer channel calculated in Telegram.
The Ministry of Defense: the Russian airborne forces for the first time in the world landed an equipped military hospital
The Russian military during the exercises for the first time in the world landed a fully equipped military hospital from airplanes, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
The aviation expert told about the death of test pilots during the creation of the Su-24
The Su-24 tactical front-line bomber that crashed in the Perm Region is a complex, but time-tested machine. Vadim Lukashevich, an aviation expert, a former designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, told about this in an interview with Radiotochka NSN.
Flights of the Chinese UAV TW328/TB-001 in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean
In recent days, the Japanese military has reported two flights of the Chinese TW328/TB-001 UAV from Tengden Technology, first in the East China Sea, and then in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. And for the second time, together with the Y-9JZ radio intelligence aircraft and the Y-8Q base patrol aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China.
The US wants to build a new transport based on the Soviet "sea monster"
The Office of Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense plans to create a new vehicle based on the Soviet ekranoplan "Lun", nicknamed "sea monster". This is reported on August 27 by Popular Mechanics.
Anti-aircraft missile troops of the Russian Federation arrived in Belarus to form a joint training center for the Air Force and air defense forces
Units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Russian Federation have arrived in Grodno to form a joint training center for the Air Force (Air Force) and air defense forces (air defense) with Belarus.
The Drill aerial bomb will be highly accurate
The planning aerial bomb "Drill" will be highly accurate, which will completely exclude its hitting peaceful objects. This was announced on the sidelines of the Army-2021 forum by the executive director of NPK Techmash (part of the Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Kochkin.
