Aviation 2024, November

On December 22, 1930, the TB-3 (ANT-6) aircraft took off for the first time, which became one of the highest achievements of the pre-war Soviet aircraft industry. The first serial all-metal four-engine bomber, made according to the cantilever monoplane scheme, was at the same time one of the largest

Immersion's VORTEX 250 drone collides with a jet from a water cannon. This anti-drone solution was developed by a group of engineers from the Robins airbase

Currently, preparations are underway for serial production of promising Su-57 fighters. As in the case of prototypes, the serial equipment will be equipped with engines of two models. The first production samples will receive the existing AL-41F1 engines (they are also "first stage engines"), and

Over the past several decades, the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress has remained the main long-range aircraft of the US Air Force. Such machines entered service more than half a century ago and will remain in service until at least the forties. Long-range bombers B-52H are regularly undergoing repairs and

Two years ago, the American aviation industry began to create the promising strategic bomber Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider. The first machine of this type will have to go out for testing only in a few years, however, some estimates of the future are already being expressed

November 2011. An agreement was signed with OJSC Irkut for the supply of 55 units of new YAK-130 combat training aircraft by the end of 2015. The old L-39 no longer satisfies the Russian Air Force with its capabilities, because the new Su-30SM and Su-35S fighters are entering service, and the new UBS Yak-130 is just

The directions in which UAVs will develop over the next couple of decades could be truly fantastic. The US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper, equipped with an extended range kit, prepares to take off at an airfield in the Afghan city of Kandahar

Not many people know that the first unmanned vehicles appeared at the end of the century before last thanks to the famous inventor, whom many are inclined to consider also a mystic scientist, Nikola Tesla. It was Tesla who was the first to design and demonstrate an object that was controlled using

This is a continuation of the previous article. For the sake of completeness, I advise you to read the first part. Continuing to compare the capabilities of the 4 ++ generation fighters with the 5th generation, we will turn to the brightest production representatives. Naturally, these are the Su-35s and F-22s. This is not entirely fair, as I said in the first part, but

Comparison of fighters of different generations has long been the most bottomless topic. A huge number of forums and publications tilt the scales, both in one direction and in the other

The very meaning of military aviation lay in the creation of bombers. It was the air attack of objects and groupings of troops that was the main goal. Later, the designers began to think about creating fighters to gain air supremacy. Before the advent of bombers, this domination was not for anyone

10/30/2015 on "VO" was posted an article "F-15E against Su-34. Who's better?" The author is the highly respected Sergey Linnik (Bongo), who pleases us with a lot of interesting material. Some of the aspects mentioned in the article literally touched me to the core. We will not touch on the use of technology in

April 18, 1944 V.K. Kokkinaki performed from the Central Aerodrome. M.V. Frunze on the Khodynskoye field in Moscow, the first flight on the Il-10 attack aircraft, the aircraft was built at the aircraft plant number 18 in Kuibyshev, and its final assembly was carried out at the plant number 240 in Moscow

The US Air Force intends to replace the existing T-38 Talon trainer aircraft with the promising T-7A Red Hawk. A contract has already been signed for the supply of several hundred aircraft and ground training complexes. Recently it became known that contractors have begun construction of the first production aircraft

Possible appearance of the promising H-20. Figure Scmp.com For many years, the Chinese industry, led by the Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, has been working on the creation of a promising strategic bomber H-20. Very little is known about this machine, and the available data does not differ

Tu-22M aircraft (NATO classification: Backfire) is a supersonic long-range missile-carrying bomber with variable wing geometry. The prototype Tu-22M3 performed its maiden flight on June 20, 1977. After the end of the program for flight and development tests of the machine, the Tu-22M3 aircraft from 1978 was launched in

The birth of such a milestone modern combat helicopter as the Mi-28 is inextricably linked with the history of the birth of its competitor, the Ka-50. The fact is that for the first time in the history of domestic helicopter engineering, when creating a new combat vehicle, a competition was organized between two design bureaus: Mil and

Some people in Europe really felt better. And the reason for this is not the work of super-spies, not some traitors from among the Russians, but the most that neither is the army functionaries. It is to them that those who happily broadcast today that it is possible to disperse, the Su-57 will not be referred to! In general, I wonder how they look there

Focke-Wulf won the tender for the production of a light reconnaissance aircraft. The Fw 189, a two-beam aircraft, proved to be more reliable, more comfortable and easier to manufacture than the original asymmetric design of Richard Vogt. Fw 189 entered service in 1940

Over 100 years of aviation development, many unusual aircraft have been created. As a rule, these machines were distinguished by avant-garde design solutions and were not mass-produced. Their fates were bright, but short-lived. Some of them had a significant impact on the further development of aviation, others

The United States wants to revive the active practical flights of the U-2 high-altitude aerial reconnaissance aircraft (ceiling over 21 km), which became famous during the Cold War years. Moreover, a squadron of such aircraft may well be deployed in Europe - in the immediate vicinity of the Russian borders. About this in

In the process of creating a nuclear submarine - a carrier of sea-based cruise missiles and special forces groups (SSGN), into which the first four Ohio-class SSBNs were converted, as well as littoral combat ships (LBK, recently, in accordance with changes in the classification, they became frigates) on

In Russia, new technologies have been developed for the manufacture of glazing of the cabins of military and civil aircraft from silicate glass. Such products turn out to be lighter and stronger than if they were created from previously used organic materials. Silicate glass is also used in other areas - from

Compared to an airplane, a glider has a number of disadvantages. First of all, this is the inability to take off on its own: the glider can be launched using another aircraft, a ground winch, a powder pusher or, for example, a catapult. The second negative is the seriously limited range

On April 24, 1946, the first two jet fighters in the USSR made their first flights: Yak-15 (test pilot M.I. Ivanov) and MiG-9 (test pilot A.N. Grinchik) Almost immediately after the end of World War II, scientific the technical elite of the Soviet Union at an accelerated pace of

The construction of its own fifth generation fighter by Japan was a landmark step for the country. The aircraft industry of the Land of the Rising Sun has risen to a qualitatively new level - and in this sense, Japan is trying to catch up with both Russia and the United States. From the point of view of military-political

In early March, it was announced about the modernization of the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ) im. S.P. Gorbunov and the beginning of work on the restoration of production of supersonic strategic bombers Tu-160 in a new modification. Cooperation agreement between the United Aircraft Corporation

On April 14, 1953, the first flight of the military Ka-15 helicopter - the first serial helicopter of the N.I. On April 14, 1953, test pilot Dmitry Konstantinovich Efremov in Tushino near Moscow took a new rotorcraft into the air. The tester Konstantinov during the war years was engaged

How significant was the "Russian trace" in the air battle with American fighters on April 4, 1965 The history of the participation of Soviet military specialists in the Vietnam War, which stretched for almost ten years - from 1965 to 1975 - remains largely unexplored. The reason for this is the increased

The operation in Syria showed the weaknesses of the Aerospace Forces Nevertheless, the president's decision to withdraw part of the forces and means from the Arab republic is the basis for summing up the first results

In March 2016, Japan plans to complete testing of the new generation Advanced Technology Demonstrator X aircraft, created using stealth technologies. The Land of the Rising Sun will be the fourth in the world to be armed with stealth aircraft

How the wings of a long-haul project were broken off This story began in 1990, when the first domestic wide-body passenger aircraft Il-86 with 350 seats for medium-haul airlines entered the airways of the Soviet Union. Later, given that the territory of the Soviet Union

Our new attack aircraft is designed to engage highly protected point targets day and night, as well as for round-the-clock search, detection, classification and destruction of surface and underwater targets in any weather conditions in the presence of active electronic countermeasures. Su-34

The announcement of the creation of a Russian fighter not only of the sixth, but even of the seventh generation has not yet been supported by specifics. Taking into account a number of objective factors, it looks more like a PR campaign than real intentions. How colossal is the amount of work on such machines can be judged by the example

Today, aviation is unthinkable without radars. An airborne radar station (BRLS) is one of the most important elements of the radio-electronic equipment of a modern aircraft. According to experts, in the near future, radar will remain the main means of detecting, tracking targets and

Talking about the "bomber of the future" PAK DA, the media often use images of an aircraft of fantastic outlines: with a very wide flat fuselage, retractable wings and widely spaced keels. There are no real images of PAK YES in the public domain - the plane is in the project

We used to think that our helicopters are some of the best in the world, and some of them have no equal. However, as we know, as a result of a long-term tender, the Indian Ministry of Defense ultimately decided to purchase the American AN-64D Apache Longbow helicopters

One of the most widespread radio systems (RTK) in the world, used as part of airborne early warning and control systems (AWACS), is the Erieye system, developed by the Swedish company Saab Electronic Defense Systems

American corporations begin the first work on the creation of the next, sixth, generation fighter. It is supposed to replace all other existing American fighters (except for the F-35) and will be able to guarantee the destruction of super-maneuverable Russian combat aircraft. Bid

In one of the previous issues, "NVO" spoke in detail about the history of creation and design and operation features of the FSR-890 "Eriay" radio-technical complex (RTK), developed by Swedish specialists. It was this complex that was chosen for installation on long-range aircraft