Aviation news

The fifth-generation fighter of the shortened take-off and vertical landing F-35B Lightning II, which flew next to Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea, in particular, the Admiral Makarov patrol frigate of project 11356R, is not armed with anti-ship missiles, says the American magazine Forbes.

The Swiss Federal Council has decided to purchase fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters from the United States, Defense News reports.

Virgin Orbit launched the LauncherOne rocket. Seven spacecraft were put into orbit for different operators.

The American fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II, due to its low visibility, has an advantage over the fourth-generation F-15EX Eagle II aircraft, which is considered an analog of the Russian Su-57. A comparison of fighters is given by the American magazine The National Interest.

About 20 aircraft and helicopters, several divisions of the S-400 and Pantsir-S air defense systems conducted a training test in Crimea against the background of the Sea Breeze exercises launched on the eve of Ukraine, the United States and other NATO countries.

The British F-35, following the exercises of the Russian Federation in the Mediterranean, was filmed on video. The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video of joint exercises of the Navy's operational unit and the VKS aviation in the Mediterranean.

The pilots of the united Russian military base Kant in Kyrgyzstan for the first time performed combat training tasks using the new complex "Electronic polygon".

The Ukrainian state Enterprise "Kharkiv State Aviation Production Enterprise" officially employs 1,580 people, but more than a thousand of them have not appeared at the plant for a long time.

Rosoboronexport, part of Rostec, will demonstrate the latest Il-112B and Il-114-300 transport aircraft at the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS-2021). This was reported on Tuesday, June 29, in the press service of the company.

On Tuesday, two-day exercises of the air forces of NATO countries and their partners Ramstein Alloy started in the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the main purpose of which is to test the security of the Baltic airspace.

Leonardo Group reported on the ceremony of the adoption of the new HH-139B helicopter by the Italian Air Force, held at the enterprise in Vergata (Italy) in the presence of Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini and Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force General Alberto Rosso.

MiG-31K fighters capable of carrying hypersonic missiles and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers flew over the Mediterranean Sea as part of the exercises. This was announced on June 29 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

MiG-31K hypersonic weapons carriers and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers performed flights over the Mediterranean Sea

Russian ships conducted training to repel an air attack by a simulated enemy in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

Russia is making up for lost time in the market of combat unmanned aircraft. On June 28, the Izvestia newspaper reported that Rosoboronexport began promoting its first export attack drone Orion-E to the world weapons market.

The International exhibition of arms and Military Equipment "MILEX–2021"has ended in the Belarusian capital. One of the most popular expositions of the exhibition, held from June 23 to 26, 2021 in Minsk, was the products of the Russian Aerospace defense Concern Almaz-Antey. The guests of the exhibition were shown anti-aircraft missile systems of the Tor family, the Buk-M2E medium-range complex, the Antey-4000 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as the Adjutant universal target training complex and the operation of a number of new radar stations.

Russian fighter jets created "unsafe situations" by flying too low over the Evertsen frigate in the Black Sea. This is stated on Tuesday, June 29, on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands.

According to the estimates of the US Air Force command, one of the components of the US strategic nuclear shield – the Minuteman III land-based ICBM needs to be replaced, since many of them have already passed half a century, and their service life is already expiring. After all, they were adopted back in 1970.

The American company Collins Aerospace has completed the design and started manufacturing an electric motor for the Airlander 10 aircraft - the largest aircraft in the world. According to Hybrid Air Vehicles, the engine power is 500 kilowatts. Its flight qualification tests are scheduled for 2023.

The fifth-generation fighter of the shortened take-off and vertical landing F-35B Lightning II, which took off from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean Sea, has worked out an attack and further "conditional destruction" of ships of the Russian Navy, the Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express says.

The Russian Armed Forces see the development of strategic nuclear forces and robotic equipment as their priority.

Financing of the supply of weapons and equipment within the framework of the State Defense Order to the army and navy is proceeding at a faster pace. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the board of the military department. Shoigu said that already now the rate of placement of the state defense order is higher than last year and is 95 percent.