Helicopter "Three-eight" to replace the "Eight"

Helicopter "Three-eight" to replace the "Eight"

The development of helicopters observed in recent years, by the middle of this decade should bring this industry to second place in terms of world military exports, according to the Analysis Center ...
Return to the homeland of the fighter He-162

Return to the homeland of the fighter He-162

Recently, one of the surviving fighter jets, the He-162, arrived at the Technical Museum of Berlin. In all, no more than ten vehicles of this project survived. About the jet fighter it is known that he ...
American air raider "S-97" - new "Sikorsky"

American air raider "S-97" - new "Sikorsky"

The company Sikorsky is preparing a new combat helicopter for waging war in southern latitudes. According to media reports, in the American helicopter corporation "Sikorsky" is developing a new ...
Military transport IL-476 will be tested

Military transport IL-476 will be tested

A section of the fuselage and a wing of an improved IL-476 military transport aircraft were delivered to Zhukovsky near Moscow. In this suburban town with a delay of almost a year, the resource ...
China began to develop two types of strategic bombers

China began to develop two types of strategic bombers

17 September the website china-defense.com in its own forum posted information about the Chinese developments of two types of strategic bombers of the newest generation. From the article is not clear ...
FGFA: PAK FA for India

FGFA: PAK FA for India

In the fighter aircraft at the moment the most advanced is the so-called. fifth generation. Although its roots go back to the 80 of the last century, this newest generation of aircraft has not yet received ...
AHRLAC - new combat aircraft

AHRLAC - new combat aircraft

Not long ago, 27 of September of this year, two South African companies Paramount Group and Aerosud, at the Centurion Aerospace Village in Pretoria, was presented a light ...
Almost fifth generation for india

Almost fifth generation for india

At the MAKS-2011 salon in August, many contracts were signed and more statements were made. There are so many of them that we can discuss until the next exhibition, but for now let's stop at one, ...
McDonnell ХP-67. Fighter for Batman. USA. 1941

McDonnell ХP-67. Fighter for Batman. USA. 1941

Back in 1939, the US Air Force announced a competition to create a modern high-performance interceptor fighter. The specification (technical requirements) was released on November 27, 1939 ...
Yak-130 again will not stand in operation

Yak-130 again will not stand in operation

Once again, the Ministry of Defense had serious difficulties in concluding a contract, which was supposed to be part of the state defense order for the 2011 year. Despite the fact that the prime ...
Foggy future of the MiG-35

Foggy future of the MiG-35

Russian military experts are worried about the planned US and its allies procurement of more than fifth-generation F-2000 35 fighter aircraft of various modifications. Domestic designers will not be able to quickly create ...
The standoff, Su-35 against ...

The standoff, Su-35 against ...

The press service of the company “Sukhoi” has recently officially declared that the tests of the newest Russian fighters Su-35 confirm all the theoretical calculations of the design team and even surpass ...
Russian Air Force waited for a new aircraft

Russian Air Force waited for a new aircraft

Joint tests of the SU-34 front-line bomber were successfully completed. Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Alexander Zelin, signed the September 19 test act, which recommends taking the new car to ...
Far fighter escort. Project. Dry. THE USSR. 1948

Far fighter escort. Project. Dry. THE USSR. 1948

At the end of 1948, a preliminary draft design of a two-seat escort fighter for the VK-2 turboprop was completed at the Sukhoi Design Bureau. In the explanatory note to the project ...
Catch up the West, ahead of China

Catch up the West, ahead of China

Helicopter construction, which has more than half a century history in Russia, remains one of the few domestic high-tech industries, whose products retain steady demand in the world ...
Dangerous sky

Dangerous sky

On September 7, near Yaroslavl, a Yak-42 plane crashed with the Lokomotiv hockey team on board, which was leaving for Minsk for its first game of the new KHL season. As a result ...
Stalin's fighting autogyros. Kamov A-7-3. the USSR

Stalin's fighting autogyros. Kamov A-7-3. the USSR

It all started with the fact that at the beginning of 1938, during the evacuation from a drifting ice floe near Greenland, ID Papanin's group by the Ermak icebreaker was actively used first for search, then for evacuation ...
What the coming day prepares for us

What the coming day prepares for us

Aircraft manufacturers are not perplexed by the instability of the global economy and continue to implement promising developments. Yes, that's right! After all, the future is always for those who care about it in advance ....