Aviation news

A unit of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian military base of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in South Ossetia has received modern domestic Tachyon complexes.

As the press service of the Central Military District reported on June 22, 2021, by the end of this year, eight modernized Su-34M fighter-bombers of the "4++"generation will be put into service with the mixed aviation regiment of the Central Military District (CVO) in the Chelyabinsk Region.

Textron Aviation Defense is entering into a contract for the supply of T-6C Texan training aircraft for the Tunisian Air Force under the Foreign Military Sales program.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense published a video demonstrating the capabilities of an air-based combat laser system. The tests, according to the agency, were successful, and the drone was shot down.

The American-made Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by supporters of the Yemeni movement "Ansar Allah" (Houthis). The drone was used to perform reconnaissance missions over the province of Marib.

The widespread use of unmanned vehicles: flying, surface and underwater, is an important part of the modernization of the Russian Navy. Drones will rid the ships of some intelligence tools, providing in return more advanced and powerful tools for monitoring the situation, and will allow the fleet to successfully resist new threats - for example, hypersonic weapons.

The Civil Aviation Service of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (CAAV) has validated the Mi-171A2 helicopter Type Certificate.

The British destroyer Defender provoked the Russian military and border guards to a warning fire by entering the territorial sea of the Russian Federation near Cape Fiolent (Crimea), the former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, told Interfax.

British and American fighters of the shortened take-off and vertical landing of the fifth generation F-35B Lightning II, based on the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, can begin to be used to spy on Russia in Syria, writes The Drive.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation regards the dangerous actions of the destroyer URO "Defender" of Great Britain in the Black Sea as a gross violation of the UN Convention. The agency called on the British side to conduct a thorough investigation of the actions of the ship's crew.

A Russian Su-30SM fighter jet escorted a US spy plane over the Sea of Okhotsk on Wednesday, June 23. This was reported in the National Center for Defense Management (NCDF). Russian radar stations have detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the Sea of Okhotsk.

Soldiers of the elite Preobrazhensky regiment have been sent to Venezuela for a parade dedicated to the Independence Day of this country, the Western Military District said on Wednesday.

The Russian military called the violation of the Russian border by a British destroyer a provocation

On June 23, a Russian Su-24M bomber carried out a warning bombing along the course of the British destroyer Defender, which violated the state border of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea. After that, the British turned around. How the military and experts assess the actions of the Russian military, - in the material "Gazeta.Ru».

The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, June 23, published a video of a Russian plane and a drone tracking a British destroyer in the Black Sea.

Rostec reported that the product is twice as superior to foreign analogues in terms of operating time, radiation strength and the degree of protection of the aircraft

The new L376-2 "Yagel" trap cartridge for the protection of combat aircraft will be presented at the International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021 in Minsk. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.

Eight upgraded Su-34M fighter-bombers of the 4++ generation will enter service with the mixed aviation regiment of the Central Military District (CVO) stationed in the Chelyabinsk Region by the end of the year, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

The Thai Defense Ministry has placed an order for the delivery of an additional BTA C-295W aircraft from Airbus Defense and Space for the country's Army Command.

The largest contractor of the Pentagon, the American military-industrial corporation Lockheed Martin, offered Ukraine to buy from it the fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters, according to Defense Blog.

Anonymous representatives of the Japanese government on June 19 told national media that Japan is considering abandoning previously announced plans to purchase American long-range anti-ship missiles to equip the F-15 fighter jets of the Air Self-Defense Force.

The Israelis conducted a series of tests of a powerful laser system installed on the aircraft. With its help, it was possible to destroy the drones.