Aviation news

The crew of a diesel-electric submarine (DAPL) during the exercise carried out the setting of a mine barrage of torpedo tubes in a submerged position, said on Saturday the Baltic Fleet (BF).

The number of the latest fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II multirole fighters stationed at Ailson Air Force Base in Alaska has reached 20 units, the US Air Force said.

artificial intelligence for the first time during the flight replaced the co-pilot of the us air force aircraft

This week, the artificial intelligence artuid, created on the basis of an algorithm for playing chess, acted as a co-pilot during a training flight of the U-2 aircraft. The US Air Force expects that this AI can be modified for use on other models of combat aircraft. The development of artificial intelligence has already become one of the key areas of the Pentagon's innovation programs.

The President spoke about the "antidote" at the annual press conference

At the final press conference on December 17, Vladimir Putin said that Russia is "actively working" on an "antidote" to the future hypersonic weapons (GZO) of other countries. The President did not specify which systems are in question, but information about some of them has previously appeared in open sources. Experts note that protection against such weapons is an extremely difficult, but feasible task. how it is going to be solved in our country-izvestia understood.

The Ministry of Defense of Israel, together with the Directorate for Defense Research and Development, completed a series of tests of the David's Sling anti-missile system as part of the layered missile defense system. According to the Israeli Air Force, during the tests, the complex successfully intercepted a target simulating a missile.

The richest man in the world, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and a group of investors have invested in a startup with Russian roots ZeroAvia, writes Bloomberg.

Air Force (Air Force) The United States on the basis of Anglin (Florida) conducted exercises Emerald Flag ("Emerald flag"), which as a simulator of the target of a potential enemy was used anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) military air defense (air defense) "Cube ""Russian production", writes Defense Blog.

Tests of the latest system of automatic illumination of the surface situation developed by the Research Institute of Long-range Radio Communications (NIIDAR), began on the Black Sea. about it on thursday, december 17, reported in a press-service of the company.

ni believes that the "old" russian weapons are capable of "destroying the world" [/b]

The four-engine Tu-95MS propeller bomber was created in the USSR in the middle of the last century, but it is still capable of" destroying the world", according to the material of The National Interest magazine. This aircraft was compared to the American B-52, while noting that most of the Tu-95 was developed in the 1980s, so the Soviet aircraft are relatively young.

The agency plans to continue purchasing such machines

the first 10 mi-8amtsh-vn attack transport helicopters for special forces will enter service with the russian army in 2021, deputy defense minister alexey krivoruchko said.

On December 15, 2020, the US Air Force conducted tests of the artux neural network algorithm on the U-2 Dragon Lady strategic reconnaissance aircraft. according to flightglobal, in flight, the algorithm controlled the radar station of the radar and was responsible for detecting missile launchers.

The American edition of National Interest evaluated the characteristics of the Russian Su-35 "4++" generation fighter and called it a "universal war bird".

in japan, plans have been unveiled to create a new generation multi-purpose fighter with lockheed martin corporation, designed to gain air supremacy and fight ground targets.

as reported by spotters, at the airport in zhukovsky in the fall, another il-76md-m military transport aircraft of the russian aerospace forces with the registration number rf-76545 (factory number 0033443266, built in 1983), which became the fourth il-76md that was upgraded to the level of the il-76md-m appearance of "full configuration", is undergoing flight tests. The work was carried out on the technical base of JSC "Aviation complex named after S. V. Ilyushin" in Zhukovsky.

During the demonstration, a swarm of several remotely piloted aircraft equipped with BriteCloud active electronic trap technology developed by Italian Leonardo was used to confuse and suppress test radars that mimicked the enemy's air defense system.

the new regional passenger aircraft il-114-300 made its first test flight on wednesday, the press service of rostec reported.

Purchases of the "Hunter" will be included in the state armament program for 2024-2033

Serial deliveries to the troops of strike drones "Hunter "will begin in 2024, said in an interview with" Interfax " First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov.

New Doomsday aircraft to replace the Il-80 will be created on the basis of the Il-96 airliner, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

The Russian MS-21 aircraft made its first flight with domestic PD-14 engines. This is a great victory for the Russian aviation industry, which allows Russia to return to the world elite of civil aviation. And although the Russian engine is slightly inferior to the American one in terms of efficiency, it also has a number of undeniable advantages over its overseas competitor.

The line of new aircraft will be created on the basis of the Il-114-300, which made its first flight, and the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter can get a two-seat version, First deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission Andrey Yelchaninov said. In an interview with Interfax, he spoke about working on a new "strategist", a sixth-generation fighter and strike drones.