J-10 fighter production in China is limited to supplies of AL-31FN engines from Russia
The forum site china-defense.com discusses the connection between the production in China of J-10 fighters with the volumes of supplies from Russia of AL-31FN engines (with the bottom gearbox, in the photo). Engine thrust ...
Be-200 aircraft efficiency questioned by French weekly Er Er Cosmos
The French weekly "Er e Cosmos" published an article by Pyotr Butovsky devoted to the analysis of the efficiency of the Be-200 aircraft under the heading "Questions about the Be-200 aircraft."
Hawk Eye for an aircraft carrier
Aircraft E-2C Hawkeye was adopted in 1973, and is an integral component of carrier-based aviation AUG, whose task is to early detection and assessment of threats from potentially dangerous ...
SU-33 back in operation
Sukhoi is conducting ground and flight tests of Su-33 ship-borne fighters, according to the company's press service. Works on the repair and modernization of aircraft are carried out at the holding company ...
Fighters of the fifth generation from around the world
The Indian Air Force 5 October 2010 announced that they intend to spend on the purchase of fifth-generation fighter 25 billions of dollars. These aircraft will be created by India together with Russia on the basis of T-50 ....
Sukhoi conducts ground and flight tests of modernized Su-33 fighters
Work on the repair and modernization of the aircraft are carried out at the holding company Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation production association. Yu.A.Gagarina (KnAAPO) within the framework of the state ...
Will have to make room for An-124?
The United States Air Force may order the Lockheed Martin to upgrade the American Ruslan, the C-5A Galaxy military transport aircraft. This previously voiced idea again became relevant in the context of the launch ...
Fifth generation fighter on time to go into service with the Air Force
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation timely and fully finances the work on the creation of a promising aviation complex of front-line aviation (fifth-generation fighter), said on ...
Prospects for the Russian aircraft engine industry
The development and production of aircraft turbojet engines today is one of the most knowledge-intensive and highly developed in the scientific and technical respect of industrial sectors. Besides ...
To the anniversary of В-52: a dead end of technical progress
The US Air Force intends to modernize its fleet of B-52 strategic bombers. Improvements in onboard equipment and weapons will allow aircraft created almost 60 years ago to remain ...
Aircraft of the sixth generation F / A-XX
The American corporation "Boeing" in the framework of the F / A-XX program of the US Navy continues R & D to develop a promising fighter of the sixth generation, which, as planned, will replace F / A 18Е and R ...
The demon-demonstrator coped with the flight without aileron
Is it possible to control the movement of the aircraft without using a single moving plane? The solution of this problem offers a number of benefits, but on the way to the cherished goal, the designers have already stuffed a lot of bumps. But here...
Chinese magazine compares the characteristics and perspectives of the FC-1 / JF-17 and LCA Tejas fighter jets
The forum of the china-defense.com website has published material posted in the September issue of the Chinese military magazine "Weapon Knowledge" (article in Chinese, an approximate translation is given ...
Iran rivets squadron of iron stealth boats flying
The Iranian state TV reported that powerful ultra-modern weapons had entered the arsenal of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This is a flying iron boat Bavar-2 (Confidence in ...
New light helicopter "Ansat"
Perhaps the international exhibition "Africa aerospase & defense", which recently opened in South Africa, falls short of the French, English or Middle East aerosalons. However, for the state ...
Based on strategic surprise
US President Barack Obama, as evidenced by the Pentagon’s April 6 2010 nuclear review, outlined the decline in the role of nuclear weapons in ensuring national security ....
Russia in the world market of new multifunctional fighters
The main trend of reforming the Air Force in most countries of the world in the period before 2015 and further perspective will be their quantitative reduction while striving to increase the combat ...
Thousand tons for one flight
In Taganrog, they again recalled the idea of creating a transoceanic screen-flying vehicle. At the final press conference of Gidroaviasalon-2010, held in Gelendzhik from 9 to 12 in September, the general director ...
PACK YES will be developed no earlier than 2025 of the year.
The development of a promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA) will require 15-20 years, new planes will be built in Kazan, the newspaper Vzglyad reports. This was stated by the president ...
Silent airplane
American aerodynamicist Leonard Green patented the design of a silent supersonic aircraft. This news made a bombshell among specialists. Engineers ...
New Afghan Air Force
The United States buys more and more Mi-17 for young democracy As the October issue of the authoritative magazine Air Forces Monthly reports, on July 8, two new Mi-17 helicopters were delivered to the Afghan Air Force ...
35 years ago the MiG-31 fighter made the first flight
September 16 marks the 35th anniversary of the first flight of the MiG-31 interceptor fighter. Until now, in many respects, this aircraft with Perm-made D-30F6 engines is considered the best in ...
Heavyweight
The Beriev company together with TsAGI began the development of a gigantic transport super-aircraft, called the 2500 Project. On the creation of an aircraft, according to the designers, can ...
Indian and Russian experts agreed on a fifth-generation fighter's overall design.
India and Russia intend to invest in the development of the fifth generation fighter in 6 billion US dollars as collateral. In terms of its level, this fighter must be one step ahead of the American ...