Image CC0 license (Public Domain) The Sukhoi Su-17 completed its maiden flight on 2 August 1966, becoming the first Soviet combat aircraft to incorporate a variable-geometry wing and establishing a […]
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Category: Military aviation
Second Yak-130M Prototype Begins Flight-Test Campaign In Irkutsk
Photo credit United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The second prototype of the Yak-130M advanced trainer and light combat aircraft has begun flight testing at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ), […]
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Russia Introduces ‘Seeker’ Variants of Geran Loitering Munitions
AI-generated illustration / CC0 Public Domain License Russia has begun publicly disclosing the operational use of a new generation of Geran loitering munitions equipped with what it calls the “Seeker” […]
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Russian Naval Aviation Marks 110 Years Since First Baltic Air Combat
Photo © Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry Russia’s Naval Aviation has marked 110 years since the first air combat engagement involving Russian naval aviators, […]
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UAC Delivers First Su-30SM2 And Su-34 Aircraft Of 2026
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has delivered the first batches of Su-30SM2 multirole fighters and Su-34 strike aircraft to the Ministry of Defence in […]
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ZALA Claims Expanded Autonomous Engagement Capability for Lancet
Lancet Izdelye 51 / Image: © ZALA Aero Group press service Russian unmanned systems developer ZALA has disclosed the introduction of an upgraded onboard target-processing capability for its Lancet loitering […]
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Yak-130M Flies for First Time on AI-222-25 Engines
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Yak-130M advanced trainer has completed its maiden flight powered by a pair of AI-222-25 turbofan engines. The aircraft represents a modernised configuration of […]
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Yak-130M modernised trainer makes first flight from Irkutsk
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The Yak-130M advanced jet trainer has completed its first flight, marking the start of the flight-test programme for the upgraded variant at the Irkutsk […]
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Russia Expands Su-35S Fleet With New Fighter Delivery
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Russia has taken delivery of another batch of Su-35S fighters, continuing a steady production run of the heavyweight multirole aircraft for the country’s Aerospace […]
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Su-57D Two-Seat Variant Makes First Flight in Moscow Region
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The two-seat variant of Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation fighter conducted its maiden flight on 19 May 2026 at the Gromov Flight Research Institute airfield in […]
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