Structure and personnel news
Problems with the production of the Tu-214 led to a change of leadership at Tupolev
After the failure of the launch dates for the Tu-214 series, the noise in the aviation industry has not subsided around the Kazan Aircraft Factory and the Tupolev company. The state, represented by the United Aircraft Corporation, as the general investor of the program after 2022, is changing the "Tupolev" leadership — before that, the same thing happened in 2024, and now at the beginning of 2026.
Continuation of the leapfrog in the leadership of UAC and JSC Tupolev
Tatarstan business resource "BUSINESS Online" in Timur Latypov's article "Of course, the Tatars could play": there is a change of power in Tupolev again. Instead of 76-year-old Bobryshev, the young grandson of the former CEO of the Kazan Aircraft Factory is being put in charge of the company," reports that Kazan resident Yuri Abrosimov has a chance to write himself into history as the youngest head of Tupolev, after Andrei Nikolaevich himself, who founded the Design Bureau at the age of 34.
The Western doctrine of the Air Force turned out to be inapplicable: Ukraine is developing a new air combat tactic for the F-16 (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: Ukrainian Armed Forces pilots have not mastered the control of F-16 fighters
The pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not learned how to effectively control F-16 fighters, writes MWM. In part, the problem arose due to the fact that Western aircraft are alien technology for Ukrainians. Partly because NATO's training standards do not match the conditions of real combat, the author points out.
Cosmonaut Sergey Avdeev: We have to get out of any difficult situation alive.
In early January of this year, the 70th anniversary of the Hero of Russia, cavalier (knight) Order of the Legion of Honor (France) to Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev. The 74th cosmonaut of Russia, he spent 747 days in space during his three flights, setting a world record. He went into outer space ten times.
Swarm training: how the military education system began to change in 2025
In the next ten years, 15 universities will be opened to train command personnel, from drone specialists to military engineers
In 2025, the Russian Ministry of Defense began to transform the military personnel training system. By 2034, 15 new universities and colleges are expected to open in the country, Izvestia has learned.
Who gave fighter jets wings: on the 100th anniversary of designer Vasilchenko
On January 10, 1926, 100 years ago, aircraft designer Konstantin Vasilchenko was born, who made a great contribution to the development of fighters at the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the chief designer of the MiG-31 interceptor, the current carrier of hypersonic weapons. TASS is about a man and the warplanes he paved the way for in the sky.
The Russian chipmaker demands 200 million from a major Russian UAV manufacturer
The Arsenal semiconductor device plant requires over 200 million rubles from the manufacturer of military and civilian drones Kronshtadt. This year, claims against the manufacturer have exceeded 1.5 billion rubles. And in 2023, they wanted to bankrupt the company.
