Aviation news

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec has successfully completed the first stage of testing the PD-8 gas generator for SSJ-NEW aircraft, the press service of Rostec reported.

In particular, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation inspected the final assembly shops of the NK-32 engines of the second series for the Tu-160 "White Swan" bombers and the deeply modernized Tu-160M

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev visited the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) and the UEC-Kuznetsov in Samara.

The new de-icing system sensors can be used on both military fighters and civilian aircraft

Advanced military aviation systems will be equipped with sensors of the de-icing system with elements of artificial intelligence (AI). Serial production of the new sensors has already begun, the press service of the Technomash concern (part of the control circuit of the Rostec Technodinamika holding) told TASS on Thursday.

Ukrainian engineers presented a mock-up of the ACE ONE multi-purpose low-visibility strike drone. In its class of combat drones, which can carry weapons up to one ton, ACE ONE is the number one, according to the developers, according to the publication Ligabinesinform.

Production of the T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft was delayed for at least a year due to technical problems during testing. According to Airforce Magazine, the aircraft was found to be unstable during roll when flying at high angles of attack.

During the exercise Africa Lion 2021, held under the leadership of the United States in the countries of North and West Africa, simulated attacks on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) S-400 "Triumph", writes The Drive.

According to French media, on June 7, 2021, during the visit of the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly to Indonesia, the military departments of the two countries signed an agreement of intent (Letter of Intent - LoI) regarding the purchase by Indonesia of 36 French Dassault Rafale fighters of new construction. At the same time, this agreement is not a firm contract, the conclusion of which is expected only by the end of 2022.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Sukhoi Design Bureau plan to develop a two-seat version of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in the export version, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Wednesday during a working trip to the Primorsky Territory.

Specialists of the TSNTU "Dynamics" of the holding "Technodinamika" of the State Corporation Rostec have installed technical training facilities of a new generation in the Syzran branch of the VUNC of the Air Force "Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin "(VUNC of the Air Force"VVA").

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) will receive four Su-57 fighter jets this year. This was reported to journalists by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the military-industrial complex in the government of the Russian Federation.

The project of the MS-21-400 aircraft, capable of carrying up to 260 passengers, is expected to be launched in 2024-2025. This was announced on Wednesday, June 16, by Ravil Khakimov, General Director of Irkut Corporation.

The Ministry stressed that all flights of aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces were carried out and are carried out in strict accordance with the international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters

Two Su-35 aircraft performed a planned flight over the Baltic Sea, without deviating from the approved route, the flights were carried out in strict accordance with international rules. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The machine can be used for training pilots, as well as for performing long flights over undirected terrain, the state corporation noted

Rostec confirmed plans to create a two-seat export modification of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, noting that the Russian aircraft may become the first of its kind in the world.

IRZ has opened another testing ground for innovative communication equipment. The oDAS RADIUS system is installed in the Karakulinsky district of Udmurtia.

The American company XTI Aircraft plans to obtain a type certificate and start production of the TriFan 600 three-fan aircraft by the end of 2024. According to New Atlas, a full-scale prototype of the TriFan 600 will be built in 2022.

The Russian Pacific Fleet conducted large-scale exercises on the high seas. The event was attended by various types of troops, including naval aviation.

Intensive flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces and naval aviation near Alaska are ruining American combat aviation. To counter it, it is necessary to constantly maintain F-22 Raptor fighters in combat readiness and send them into the sky for a long time, which costs the US Air Force very expensive, the US military complained.

As reported by TSAMTO, on May 24, the Polish Ministry of Defense announced the signing of a contract for the purchase of four sets of Bayraktar TB2 MALE class attack UAVs of Turkish production for the country's Armed Forces.

Ukrainian developers have presented the concept of an attack drone that can, among other things, hit air targets. In the presentation video, the device hits the Orion UAV rocket.

Two Russian Tu-160 strategic missile carriers conducted a patrol over the Baltic Sea. This was reported on Tuesday, June 15, by the Russian Defense Ministry.