Aviation news

Russian aircraft are carrying out intensive strikes on underground shelters and firing positions of the Daesh terrorist group (IS – banned in the Russian Federation) in the Syrian desert.

According to the Israeli Air Force command, on April 25 at the Nevatim air base, having made a flight from the Lockheed Martin enterprise in Fort Worth (PC.Texas), another batch of three F-35I Adir fighters landed.

According to the Turkish company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), soon it expects to sign the first export contract for the sale of light combat/ training aircraft "Hurkus-C" to an unnamed state.

The United States can send lethal weapons to Ukraine that can be used against Russia, RIA Novosti writes. The equipment that Kiev can get from Washington includes, in particular, "air defense (air defense), anti-ship and anti-tank missiles, operational and tactical strike systems," the agency writes, referring to the American edition of The Wall Street Journal.

The Government of Argentina has officially announced the purchase of 10 C-12B "Huron" aircraft from the US Air Force, the cost of which is estimated at $ 16.67 million.

To the borders of Russia in the Black Sea again rushed reconnaissance aircraft belonging to the United States. This was reported on Wednesday, April 28, by the Telegram channel "Military Observer" with reference to the data of the Flightradar portal.

The promising strategic low-visibility B-21 Raider bomber of the US Air Force, called the killer of the Russian S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile systems, is a ray of light in the Pentagon budget, the American magazine Popular Mechanics admits.

The K-Max transport sky tractor of Kaman (USA) has a difficult fate. His first job in 1994 was logging, where, thanks to his unusual design with crisscrossing rotors (synchrocopter), he successfully performed the functions of a flying crane, transporting up to 2.7 tons of wood at a time on an external suspension.

The company demonstrated to the representatives of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission the implemented methods of mathematical computer modeling, with the help of which it is possible to almost halve the debugging and testing processes of aircraft components and components.

The Russian Defense Ministry plans to create a special department for the development of artificial intelligence in its structure. This was reported on the website of the Russian government on April 26.

The use of star navigation will allow you to bypass the blocking of the Global Positioning System (GPS) by potential US adversaries like Russia and China, writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

The crews of the Mi-8AMTSh-V "Terminator" transport and combat helicopters and the MI-24 attack helicopters of the Central Military District returned to their permanent deployment points in the Novosibirsk region after tactical flight exercises, the press service of the Central Military District reports.

The crews of the Su-25 "Grach" attack aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, performed night training flights.

Near the borders of the Crimea in the north of the peninsula, the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle was spotted. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to the data of the Flightradar portal.

The start of testing of the prototype of the domestic light aircraft "Baikal" is scheduled for the end of 2021. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.

Russia's withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty (DON) will be a logical step that will not lead to risks in the field of defense and security, former head of the international treaty Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, retired Lieutenant General Yevgeny Buzhinsky, told Interfax on Tuesday.

At the request of the French Navy, the companies Naval Group and Airbus Helicopters have expanded the range of flight modes of the VSR700 helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicle demonstrator during recent tests.

As the practice of many modern local conflicts has shown, even the simplest civilian drones equipped with improvised explosive devices can become an effective weapon in the right hands – which, by the way, is not so easy to resist.

Turkey has signed a contract with Ukraine for the supply of aircraft engines for the new T-929 ATAK II heavy-duty attack helicopters being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

To defeat China in the event of a war over Taiwan, the United States will have to use about 80 percent of its naval and air power, the South China Morning Post newspaper writes, citing the findings of analysts surveyed.