Dangerous "five". What is armed Su-57
Speculations about the armament of the fifth-generation Russian fighter fairly agitate the aviation world. Let's try to figure out what the data presented may be true ...
The thorny path of development of airships. Dead end?
Airships of rigid and semi-rigid structures performed various tasks: reconnaissance, bombardment, anti-submarine defense, search and rescue, and cargo transportation. What now?...
Aviatank or flying tank
The idea of a flying tank seems absurd: there are transport planes capable of transporting a tank from one point of the world to another. However, in the 1930s of the last century, everything was completely different ...
SCAF, or Dreams of Europe about the fighter of a new generation
The news of the agreement reached between France and Germany on the development of the fighter was taken literally by many. In fact, everything is more complicated: on the way of the birth of a new winged car ...
Tu-22M3 will sink your aircraft carrier
Russian plans for the modernization of technology seriously excited the foreign press. Particularly worried analysts project update Tu-22М3М. Experts have tried to predict something ...
Combat use of MBR-2 seaplanes in the defense of the Soviet Arctic
The serial production of the MBR-2 (the second marine intelligence officer of the second) was carried out at Aviation Plant No. XXUMX (Taganrog). The first aircraft was built in July 31, and the peak of release fell on 1934 and 1937 years ...
MiG-35: a mountain of surprises for the enemy. Best in class!
The United Aircraft Corporation has launched state acceptance tests of the MiG-35 (a multi-generation tactical fighter of the 4 ++ generation). Factory tests were successful ...
New means of Russian control. Aircraft observation aircraft Tu-214ON passed!
In the near future, the Russian aerospace forces will be able to use a new means of control. The special aircraft Tu-XNUMHON passed the first stage of the survey, which brings the expected start ...
New stage of modernization of aircraft: IL-20M is undergoing testing
One of the current projects of modernization of aviation equipment has entered a new phase. The upgraded IL-20M integrated reconnaissance aircraft now has to undergo further tests, according to the results ...
Project PAK DA: behind a veil of secrecy
The most interesting projects, such as the PAK DA program, are always secret, and most of the information about them remains secret. However, from time to time some news is still published and ...
“Drying” against F-35A with “trump” ammunition: a dangerous alignment in the Far Eastern sky
The defense department of Japan painfully embraced the embargo on the export of X-Numx generation fighter F-5A. The situation with the Raptors provoked the government to build a multi-purpose sample ...
War in the air: deadly Su-57 versus unobtrusive J-20
Comparing modern tanks, The National Interest decided to explore the potential of promising aircraft. The Su-57 and the Chinese J-20 became participants of the “air war” ...
Rocket X-22 returns to service
Russian aerospace forces are planning to return to operation the outdated cruise missiles X-22. This weapon will have to undergo a certain modernization, which will lead to the growth of the main ...
MiG-31: a look from the UK
One of a kind. Foreign experts talk about the Russian heavy fighter-interceptor MiG-31 ...
Threat to videoconferencing: How the old F-15 will destroy the newest Su-57
Usually new models of equipment are compared only with new ones. And if you compare a promising aircraft with an obsolete machine? How old F-15 will be able to destroy the newest Russian Su-57? ...
Triumph of deck aircraft in the sky of Vietnam
Questions about the use of US carrier-based aviation in Vietnam with answers ...
Polish military expert: hypersonic "Dagger" - a serious threat to NATO countries
The Polish edition Defence24.pl, which specializes in defense issues, devoted an article to the Russian rocket under the heading Hypersonic Dagger - a Threat to Europe ...
Non-162 Salamander - jet "people's fighter" of the Third Reich
Fighter Non-162 Salamander (Salamander) today causes many people to respect the incredible efforts that made the German aircraft industry in a rather scary for her conditions ...
Glen Curtiss First Falcon
What usually comes to mind at the mention of America of the twenties - early thirties? Someone the war of the Chicago mafia, someone Ford automobile empire, the majority just pop up the images ...
Su-57 and dancing with the wallet
Su-57, more precisely, FGFA, according to Hindus, is a useless non-fifth generation aircraft. Is it so?...
Search and rescue seaplane "Sin Maive" US-1 (Japan)
During the tests, the future anti-submarine aircraft PS-1 proved to be a good platform. In this regard, the development of a new modification of it, intended for search and rescue ...
Lady dragon U-2 soars in the sky
The reconnaissance aircraft U-2 intends to continue its almost 60-year service: the US Air Force plans to keep this platform in active operation for the coming years ...
Su-33, MiG-29K and Yak-141. Battle for the deck. H. 2
Let us try to answer the question: which fighter would be the most effective and would most closely correspond to the tasks of our TAKR? ...
SPE "Star": the cradle of domestic ejection systems
October 1952 of the year. A pilot plant №918 is being organized in the suburban village of Tomilino to create means to ensure the safety of crews and increase the survivability of combat aircraft ...