Combat aircraft. Front-line fighters. Rating with readers
Joint analysis of aircraft of the Second World War ...
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Modernization of German Eurofighter: a holiday with tears in his eyes?
Recently it became known that Airbus received a contract to install the latest Captor-E radar station on the Eurofighter Typhoon fighters of the German and Spanish Air Force ...
Hide due to highlighting. Active Camouflage System Yehudi Lights (USA)
The search for new camouflage options during the Second World War led to very interesting results. One of them is the Yehudi Lights camouflage active lighting system for aircraft ...
Carry more cruise missiles or UAVs: U.S. Air Force wants arsenal
The US Air Force is once again returning to the idea of an arsenal aircraft. It is planned to conduct research work, determining the optimal appearance and real prospects of such a machine ...
Combat aircraft. The winged horse for Dracula
Fighter IAR-80 ...
Ka-29 return to service
Work continues on the modernization and return to operation of transport and combat helicopters Ka-29. In the near future, this technique will protect the northern borders ...
Experienced fighter Grumman XP-50 Skyrocket (USA)
In the late thirties, Grumman simultaneously developed two fighters for different departments. The U.S. Army Air Corps was offered the XP-50 Skyrocket ...
Combat aircraft. This evil Carlson ...
Fighter Ripablik R-47 Thunderbolt ...
Attack UAVs changed the course of hostilities in Syria and Libya
Details on the practice and tactics of using shock drones on the example of conflicts in Syria and Libya. It also analyzes the air defense capabilities to counter UAVs ...
Foreign-made unmanned “flying wings”
Foreign aircraft manufacturers are well acquainted with the “flying wing” scheme and are quite actively using it in UAV projects. Consider the main examples of this technique and determine the benefits achieved ...
Helicopters on the fronts of World War II
The fact that during the Second World War helicopters were made and were in service is not a secret. But where and how were they used in the course of hostilities? ...
Game Rules of the GBU-53 / B StormBreaker Bomb
In the USA, the integration of the GBU-53 / B StormBreaker guided bomb into tactical aviation weapons systems continues. Deck F / A-18E / F confirmed its capabilities as its carrier ...
Air "Blitzkrieg": rotorcraft of the future in the service of the US Army
The Americans are aimed at obtaining fundamentally new, ultra-high-speed helicopters and convertiplanes. At least part of the projects presented earlier can be realized ...
"Aileron", "Hunter" and others. Domestic UAV scheme "flying wing"
In Russia, ultralight drones of the Eleron series are operated and the heavy S-70 Hunter is tested. Despite the mass of cardinal differences, they have a common aerodynamic design - a flying wing ...
Bypassing competitors. New success for the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant
The promising Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant helicopter set a new “personal” speed record. Flight tests are ongoing and new successes are expected in the near future ...
B-52 Bomber: One Hundred Years Flight
The basis of US strategic aviation are Boeing B-52H bombers. According to current plans, they will remain in operation for several decades, for which various measures are being taken ...
Status and prospects of the global market for MALE drones
UAVs MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) have changed the conduct of hostilities, performing the tasks of reconnaissance and surveillance, direct air support and relay ...
A gift from a likely adversary: UAV D-21 in the Soviet Union and China
In 1969, the CIA and the US Air Force began operating the reconnaissance UAV D-21. Already in 1971 she was stopped, and before that they made two “gifts” to their probable opponents, the Soviet Union and China ...
Hornets Nest. Why are the US buying the F / A-18 instead of the extra F-35C?
Recently completed its first flight the prototype of the F / A-18 Block III Super Hornet. The production aircraft will serve side by side with fifth-generation fighters ...
AIDC XT-5 Brave Eagle training and combat aircraft reached the stage of flight tests
The Taiwan AIDC XT-5 combat training aircraft project has reached the stage of flight tests. After completion of such events, the machine will go into series and replace obsolete samples ...
American super fighter who never flew
In the history of aviation, you can find many very ambitious, but never implemented projects. The American superfighter XF-108 Rapier, which was supposed to accelerate to three Machs, just ...
V-22: interesting, but in some places illogical
For an experienced pilot, this is a very good machine, with additional features that are absent from both the aircraft and the helicopter. But for a beginner, this is a difficult car ...
Great future and long life for the Yak-152
Russian Aerospace Forces are waiting for a new Yak-152 training aircraft. It is not long to wait, this machine is being tested and will soon be ready for operation ...
B-58A Hustler bomber: dangerous even in a parking lot
The bomber must be dangerous for the enemy. But with improper use, it can be dangerous for the technical composition. For example, the American B-58A Hustler had immediately ...
Combat aircraft. Flying IS-1
Stalin fighter of unusual design ...
Project IL-114-300: crucial 2020
Work continues on the promising passenger aircraft Il-114-300. In 2020, several major events are expected that will determine the future of this project ...
A start. When will we see the PAK DA strategic bomber?
According to the data presented, the construction of the first experimental bomber developed in the framework of the PAK DA program began in Russia. What really happens with the program when we can ...
PAK YES program: halfway to success
Russian enterprises have begun construction of an experienced PAK DA bomber. Much about him remains unknown, but there is already very interesting information ...