Aviation
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As part of the 2010 Farnborough International Aerospace Show in the UK, Lockheed Martin's Business Development Director Bill McHenry said at a press conference that the latest modifications of the F-16 fighter are the most advanced in the world
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How the fighter aircraft of the Baltic Fleet was destroyed … How often we are convinced of the truth of the Russian proverb: "The less you know, you sleep better." Especially when we find out THAT, from which sleep disappears altogether. Recently in the Russian press and on TV there has been a lot of talk about
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The US Air Force intends to destroy enemy air defense systems with the help of a massive attack with inexpensive kamikaze drones. Reconnaissance and combat drones have become perhaps the most actively used type of weapon in the fight against extremist militants. But this way of fighting is far from
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Russia is in a hurry to find new customers for the export of the latest Su-35 fighters. The Russian Air Force will receive the first production aircraft at the end of this year, and it was also promised to organize the production of aircraft for export in the near future. But there are some problems. The fact is that in the foreign market there is a very strong
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The translation of "SWATS" and "Russian Knights" near Lipetsk could benefit our BBC News that the Ministry of Defense is going to sell a military airfield in Kubinka generated a strong emotional outburst in Russian electronic and print media, as well as on the Internet. Leitmotif of most comments
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The La-7 fighter was developed at the Lavochkin Design Bureau in 1943. It is a further development of the La-5FN fighter. Since it was not possible to install a more powerful engine, it was possible to improve flight performance only by improving aerodynamics and reducing weight. Together with
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416.82 km per hour! The world speed record among helicopters, broken by the Sikorsky X2, was set on August 11, 1986 at the Westland Lynx by the 800 G-LYNX. The previous achievement was equal to 400.86 km / h. The new record set by X2 in West Palm Beach (Florida, USA) is intermediate. As reported
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On July 12, the authoritative military magazine Jane's Defense Weekly published an article on the state and prospects for the development of fighter aircraft of the world's leading aviation powers, including Russia. Russia's once mighty military industry has been downsized and absent for several years
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Shortly before the war, some air regiments of the Red Army Air Force received new MiG-3 fighters. The next aircraft of Mikoyan and Gurevich, which entered the army, was the MiG-9 in 1946. And what did this design bureau do throughout the war? The story about the atom would have to start from afar! With the MiG-1, which before the launch in the series was called the I-200
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The Russian fifth-generation fighter should be significantly cheaper than the American F-22, but surpass it in combat capabilities, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation, said at a meeting at the Central Institute of Aviation
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The evolutionary development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is proceeding by leaps and bounds. More recently, we wrote about the "Hawk", designed for environmental monitoring of the heavens, the next step is a more "down-to-earth" technique. The Air-Mule from the Israeli company Urban Aeronautics is conceived as
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The Sukhoi company is completing preliminary tests of the new Su-35 multifunctional fighter and plans to submit the aircraft for state joint tests (GSI) this fall. The Su-35, as well as the promising front-line aviation complex (PAK FA), will provide
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India is getting closer to making a decision to buy 126 fighters. The MMRCA tender has been called “the mother of all deals”, which involves six types of fighters from the world's leading aircraft manufacturers, but the final decision can be made based on political considerations
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On Saturday, August 14, Air Force Commander-in-Chief Colonel-General Alexander Zelin, speaking on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station about the plans to re-equip the Russian air force, mentioned the new fifth-generation fighter T-50. The company is currently developing a new aircraft
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The American company Lockheed Martin, probably stung by publications in the Indian press that its F-16 fighter "has no future", has published a response, which is quoted in the blog Livefist.com. … Although the F-16IN Super Viper is an exclusive version for the Indian Air Force, it will be the starting
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On June 6, 2010, the first test flight of the first prototype of the Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier-based fighter took place. The flight duration was 57 minutes. According to company representatives, the first F-35C aircraft will enter the US Navy in 2016 June 10, 2010 Colonel
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On April 19, 2010, the US Navy announced the issuance of a "request for information" - a proposal to the aviation industry to participate in the program to create an unmanned carrier-based reconnaissance and strike system UCLASS (Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike system)
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The Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Colonel-General Alexander ZELIN, has become a guest of the next issue of the Military Council program, which is aired on the Echo of Moscow radio station and the Zvezda TV channel. - Alexander Nikolaevich, let's start our conversation with a small excursion into the history of the Air Force
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The AH-64 Apache is the first army combat helicopter designed to interact with ground forces on the front lines, as well as anti-tank operations at any time of the day, in poor visibility and in difficult weather conditions with a high degree of conservation
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The Irkut Corporation is completing flight tests of the first production model of the Yak-130 trainer and light combat trainer. Next month it is planned to take the second production aircraft into the air, and in 2005 the third flight model will join the tests. Besides, in
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Hyundai Aviation Industry Corp. (HAIC - Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation) completed the development of a two-seat supersonic jet TCB / UBS L-15 and began preparations for the small-scale production phase. This, as reported by RIA Novosti, was reported by the Xinhua news agency
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Photoblogger Rusos on his way to Crimea stopped near an abandoned airfield in Ukraine to spend the night in tents. Early in the morning, filming of the airfield, which amazed by the number of aircraft and vehicles, began. We continue our expedition to the Crimea. In a day we crossed the customs and half of the way through Ukraine
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Finally it happened! The Turkish Air Force received the first unmanned aerial vehicle of its own production, Anka. However, the Turks are not going to refuse to purchase Israeli and American drones. Ankara's growing influence in the Middle East region reflects its desire to produce
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Iran solemnly launched the country's first bomber, the Messenger of Death. During the presentation, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave the name of the Messenger of Death to the new apparatus. The head of state said that specialists will intensively develop the military industry until those
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The project of the single long-range jet twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft Ar 234A was completed at the end of 1941 (the initial designation of the project was Ar E.370). The RLM's terms of reference did not provide for a group launch of these aircraft, therefore, for the convenience of placing fuel and reducing the weight of the machine
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A solemn event dedicated to the start of serial production of the new Ka-52 Alligator two-seater combat attack helicopter was held in Arsenyev at the Progress aircraft plant, RIA PrimaMedia reports. The guests of "Progress" were shown the production workshops of the enterprise
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On August 31, in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, a demonstration of the new Russian advanced frontline aviation complex (PAK FA) took place to representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Indian Air Force, as well as the Indian aircraft building corporation HAL
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According to many Western media outlets, an attempt by the Chinese to create a fighter made only from parts of Chinese-made J-11B multipurpose aircraft without outside help was crowned with success. The J-11B outperforms its predecessor J-10 in all respects and is an indicator of serious
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The PAH-2 Tiger helicopter was developed by the Eurocopter consortium, which includes the German company MBB and the French Aerospatiale. According to an agreement adopted in 1987 by representatives of Germany and France, two versions of a combat helicopter were being developed - an anti-tank one, the same for both countries and
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Russia and Israel are discussing the possibility of equipping Israeli aircraft with Russian laser technology. This was stated by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The Russian prime minister did not specify what kind of aircraft and lasers
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According to the August issue of Kanwa magazine, citing an authoritative source in the Russian aviation industry, the Russian side became aware of the fact that the first carrier-based fighter J15 and the second batch of J11B fighters were produced in China at the end of 2009. During acceptance tests
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The North Caucasus is a troubled region. The hotbeds of hostilities have flared up here many times, and the attacks of the militants have not stopped in recent years. The local nature of clashes, the transience and maneuverability of combat require surgical precision when striking disparate groups of bandits
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The total volume of export deliveries of Russian fifth-generation Sukhoi fighters may exceed 600 units, Igor Korotchenko, director of the World Arms Trade Analysis Center (TsAMTO), told RIA Novosti on Wednesday
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India and Russia intend to invest in the development of a fifth-generation fighter with $ 6 billion each as collateral. This fighter jet should be one step ahead of the American F-22 Raptor, which now dominates the skies
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Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the successful testing of a unique distributed aperture electro-optical system (EOS) AN / AAQ-37 (DAS) for the 5th generation F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. The system installed on the stand aircraft successfully detected the launch and accompanied
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The Beriev company, together with TsAGI, began the development of a gigantic super-transport aircraft called Project 2500. The creation of the aircraft, according to the designers, may take 15–20 years. What technical characteristics it will have is not reported
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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 the world.The D-30F6 engine, like the MiG-31 fighter, is a unique development of Soviet designers
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US President Barack Obama, as evidenced by the Pentagon's Nuclear Policy Review, published on April 6, 2010, indicated a decline in the role of nuclear weapons in ensuring national security. Declared that the United States will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons
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The US buys more and more Mi-17s for a young democracy According to the October issue of the authoritative Air Forces Monthly, on July 8, the Afghan Air Force delivered two new Mi-17 helicopters, which arrived in Kabul aboard the An-124 military transport aircraft. These helicopters belong to a batch of 10
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The development of a promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA) will take 15-20 years, new aircraft will be built in Kazan, the newspaper "Vzglyad" reports. This was stated by the President of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Alexei Fedorov. “We have already begun to think together with our