Problems of military transport aviation
It is known that before 2020, the Russian air force will receive about 600 new aircraft. Of these, about a hundred are accounted for by the military transport aviation (VTA). And if in the case of fighters ...
Fighter-bomber Q-6 with a variable sweep wing (draft)
The history of the Chinese aircraft industry is in many respects a history of borrowing from other countries, both legal and not entirely. This is especially true of military aviation. Until recently, all Chinese ...
Battle sky simulator Yak-130
November 2011 of the year. An agreement was signed with OAO Irkut for the supply of 55 units of combat-training aircraft of the new Yak-130 until the end of 2015. The old L-39 no longer satisfies the Russian Air Force with its capabilities, because ...
The long way to the letter "M": the plane "106"
In August 1958 of the year, just a couple of months after the first flight of the Tu-22 bomber-bomber, at a meeting of the top military-political leadership of the USSR A.N. Tupolev made a very bold and ...
The first English combat jet fighter "Meteor FI"
The beginning of the creation of the first English jet fighter was the end of the 30s, when the Power Jets company was founded. It was in her that the first bench jet engine was created, which showed thrust ...
“Interim measure” pending T-50
According to current plans, the first production copies of the new fighter T-50 will go to the troops only in 2013 year. It is also worth adding a few years to this, during which parts of the Air Force will receive a new ...
Ka-xnumx has the right to life!
A ship-based medium transport helicopter designed for use on Mistral-class amphibious assault dock ships, what should it be? Seems like the answer to this ...
Tenders, supplies and other helicopter successes
The rearmament of the Russian armed forces is gaining momentum. Gradually, it includes more and more new technology classes. Thus, in the past few years, the military leadership has begun to devote more ...
The appearance of the Russian Air Force on 2020 year
In connection with the plans of the government to develop a strategy for promising weapons for several decades to come, and with plans to re-equip the Russian armed forces, I present an approximate ...
Invisible and important side of the T-50
From the very beginning, the project of the Advanced Aviation Complex of Frontal Aviation (PAK FA) was surrounded by rumors and disputes. Most of them dealt with only two or three directions, such as ...
Chilean Air Show FIDAE-2012 - debut performance of European military transporter A-400M
Airbus Militari presented military transport aircraft A-2012M at FIDAE-400. This copy of the European transport worker arrived at the air show in Santiago from Latin America, where he ...
In the spring of 2012, the United States will test and evaluate the capabilities of the DRLO E-2D AH aircraft
In the second quarter of this year, the planned operational tests of the DRLO E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, which is planned to be used in the naval forces of the United States, are scheduled. Results ...
Reich miracle weapon: Me.323 Gigant military transport aircraft
A possible operation against Great Britain called “Sea Lion” demanded non-standard solutions from Germany. Before the Wehrmacht sharply raised the issue of the transfer of troops across the English Channel ....
Unknown lord of heaven - Kalinin transcontinental aircraft "K-7"
The history of the aircraft begins in 1925, with the idea of creating a transcontinental aircraft by designer K. Kalinin. It was then that his own work on this plane began. Implement ...
Raytheon's towed decoys in ALE-50
The system of towed decoys / traps / false targets of the active type (or LC-repeaters) ALE-50 "little buddy" (Little Buddy) for protection against anti-aircraft missiles and missiles of the class ...
What is the future of attack aircraft?
During the one hundred years that the aircraft conducted over the battlefield, it has changed several times. Methods of use were revised, new concepts were developed, new weapons were introduced. As a result, the speed ...
F-35. Doubtful
Who needs it? Nobody needs ... Folk song Now it is very early to say which episodes of the combat use of the new Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter will remain in aviation history. But...
Export option for Turkish aircraft - MBV Ka-50-2 Erdogan
1997 year. Turkey announces the start of a tender for a promising helicopter for its armed forces. The tender was held in the framework of the ATAK program, according to which, the military were supposed to get into service ...
French light fighter SO.9050 "Trident"
The beginning of 50's. The French are starting to create a series of fighter-interceptors with different aerodynamic schemes, different configuration of wings and various jet-type engines. The first ...
Experimental high-speed aircraft "Bell X-1"
According to the high-speed research program for military aircraft flying in 1944, Bell signs an agreement to design and build an experimental aircraft. Program...
Autogyro A-002M: a new representative of the almost forgotten class
Unfortunately, after the rapid growth in the number of designs of autogyros, which was observed in the thirties of the 20th century and partly at a later time, this class of aircraft turned out to be almost ...
Americans will arm fighters with laser guns
The Department of Advanced Studies DARPA of the US Department of Defense is developing a wearable system of laser weapons HELLADS, which resembles a prop from a science fiction film. Laser,...
In Torzhok showed new helicopters Mi-35 and Ka-52
Ka-52 - command vehicle of army aviation and marines, carrying out reconnaissance, target designation and coordination of actions of a group of combat helicopters ...
The "Take-off" team: presentation of the Ukrainian modernized Mi-24P
A presentation of the new Mi-24P helicopter took place in Crimea. If it is absolutely accurate, then, of course, it is not quite new - it is an upgraded combat vehicle, which is already 40 years old. Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, ...