Aviation news

The Mi-25 combat helicopters remain the backbone of the Syrian Army's air strike force. A video of the attack by a pair of "flying tanks"appeared on social networks. It is interesting that one of the crew members - the pilot-operator-filmed what was happening.

The proposal to NATO to carry out flights near the Russian Crimea is a blatant provocation, the alliance and everyone else should remember how the provocation of the Ukrainian military in the Black Sea near the peninsula ended a few years ago, Sergei Zheleznyak, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, told RIA Novosti.

In the United States, the process of transferring the new hypersonic weapons to the first division of the Ground Forces has started. In combat, however, it can be fully used in at least a few years.

The Ivanovo 98th Guards Amphibious Division conducted the first large-scale exercises this year. They involved soldiers and officers of two regiments of the Airborne Forces from Kostroma. And the fighting was played out in three regions of the Center of Russia - Ivanovo, Kostroma and Yaroslavl.

If there is life lurking somewhere on the Red Planet, it is only under the surface at a depth of more than one and a half meters, says Oleg Korablev, scientific director of the Russian part of the project, head of the Department of Physics of Planets and small bodies of the Solar System of the ICI RAS.

The newly created New Horizons Studios division of Hyundai has published a detailed description of the new car, which it plans to work on. It became the ideological successor to the Elevate concept, a vehicle with a combined chassis that can drive and walk. The new product is called TIGER – "Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot".

Rostec State Corporation has received a certificate from the Federal Air Transport Agency for the serial production of PD-14 engines for the Russian MS-21 passenger aircraft. This is reported on the website of Rostec.

The concern of the East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey" has tested an upgraded interceptor drone "Wolf-18", designed to automatically intercept other drones. According to RIA Novosti, now the company plans to present an unmanned vehicle for state tests. They are expected to begin before the end of 2021.

In particular, we are talking about secret research that concerns aircraft, missile design and cyber weapons

British security services are investigating nearly 200 scientists in the United Kingdom suspected of passing secret information in the field of advanced weapons to China. This was reported on Monday by The Times newspaper, citing an informed source.

According to the data provided, the first deeply modernized Ka-52M helicopters may enter the army in 2022. Recently, the Aerospace Forces received the first Mi-28NM.

The Italian military-industrial complex is aimed at maintaining its share in the global arms market

In the 80s, the Italian military-industrial complex continued to develop, which allowed the country to reduce arms imports and increase exports. However, in France, several thousand ATGMs "Milan" were purchased, in Germany – aviation PKR "Cormoran".

According to the head of the Defense Ministry, the potential of non-nuclear deterrence forces, primarily high-precision weapons, is being strengthened

The basis of the non-nuclear deterrence forces will be made up of hypersonic complexes of various bases. This was stated on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the opening of the annual operational mobilization meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces.

The Russian Armed Forces will rely on the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies in modern weapons. This was announced on Tuesday, speaking at an operational mobilization meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.

Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-160 made a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents, Greenland and Norwegian Seas. This was reported on Tuesday, February 9, by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Aviators and engine builders are working on increasing the combat capabilities of the Russian fighter of the fifth generation su-57, said in an interview to "Interfax" the head of Minpromtorg Denis Manturov.

American and British engineers have created a nozzle for laser cutters that allows them to create drones — the cutter cuts out the body, and the nozzle moves components onto it, applies contact tracks and sinters them. After that, the drone can take off directly from the cutter and get to work. The paper will be presented at the CHI 2021 conference.

The Russian 5G network interferes with NATO spy planes, the Vedomosti newspaper writes, citing reports from the International Telecommunication Union at the United Nations. Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, which is not a member of the alliance, objected to the use of the 4.8-4.99 GHz band by Russian operators.

JSC "UEC-Aviadvigatel", part of the United Engine Corporation of the State Corporation Rostec, received an addition to the PD-14 Engine Type Certificate.

Russian military scientists have proposed a variant of the combat use of the Aerospace Forces( VKS), which will provide guaranteed protection against a possible multi-sphere operation of NATO, a new approach is presented in the journal "Aerospace Forces. Theory and Practice", published by the Military Training and Research Center of the Air Force (Air Force).

While on duty on the island of the Southern archipelago, the pilots were able to work out training flights to intercept a simulated enemy

The first change of flight personnel and MiG-31BM fighters during the pilot combat duty took place at the Northern Fleet airfield Rogachevo on Novaya Zemlya. In the modern history of Russia, this is the first time that this is being practiced, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on Monday.