Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Alexander Dolotovsky, who previously held the position of Deputy Director General for Development at Regional Aircraft, has been appointed Deputy Director General of […]
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MiG-31 remains the backbone of Russia’s air defence aviation. To the anniversary of the first flight
Photo by © Sergey Ablogin / russianplanes.net The development of the MiG-31 fighter-interceptor began at the Mikoyan Design Bureau in 1968. The MiG-31 was built according to the scheme of […]
The Karakurt drone has become part of the Legionnaire outfit
Photo by: © Kalashnikov Concern Kalashnikov Concern, the main supplier of combat equipment to the Russian Armed Forces, has included the Karakurt drone in the third-generation Legionnaire combat equipment under […]
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Tu-204/214. Wing, winglets and fuel efficiency
Photo by © Tupolev Design Bureau press service In the mid-80s, when creating the Tu-204 aircraft in the Tupolev Design Bureau, the design process was already automated, it allowed to […]
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The first serial Ka-32A11M helicopter took to the air in Kumertau
Photo by © Russian Helicopters A production model of the Ka-32A11M firefighting helicopter made its first flight at the flight test station of the Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise. The crew […]
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To the 90th anniversary of the record-breaking flight of Mikhail Gromov’s crew on the ANT-25 aeroplane on a closed route
12 September 2024 will mark the 90th anniversary of the completion of the ANT-25 crew flight consisting of commander Mikhail Gromov, co-pilot Andrey Yumashev and navigator Sergey Danilin, which set […]
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New Su-57 fighters were handed over to the Russian Air Force in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Photo by © UAC Press Service The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has handed over the first batch of new Su-57 fighters to the Russian Air and Space Forces in 2024. […]
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Geoscan has prepared a textbook on unmanned aerial systems for schoolchildren
Photo by © Geoscan Holding press service By the beginning of the academic year Geoscan Group of Companies has developed the first textbook on unmanned aerial systems (UAS), created in […]
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MC-21-210 will allow airlines to operate the aircraft more efficiently
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service The flagship project of the Russian civil aircraft industry, the MC-21 medium-haul aircraft has been facing challenges since 2014 due to Western sanctions […]
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In 2024, the number of fuselage touches on runways – tail strike has increased dramatically
Photo from the archive of PJSC Ilyushin Aviation Complex Rosaviatsia has issued a special regulation in which it expressed concern about the increasing number of cases of aircraft fuselage touching […]
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