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Post by TsarSamuil on Jan 26, 2016 14:31:25 GMT -5
Russian 5G fighter to go into serial production in 2017 – top brass.
RT.com
24 Jan, 2016 13:51
The final primary batch of PAK-FA fighter jets is almost complete and tests will be finished in 2016, top military officials told the media. The Russian Air Force hopes to start regular production of the new 5G jets soon, with the first planes coming in 2017.
The PAK-FA (Perspective Air Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jets are being manufactured by the KnAAPO (Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association) in the Russian Far East. Part of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation, the KnAAPO is the country’s largest aircraft-manufacturing company, producing both military aircrafts and civilian planes like the Sukhoi Super Jet.
Air Force Commander-in-Chief Viktor Bondarev, who recently visited the KnAAPO production facility, has told RIA Novosti he is extremely pleased with the pace of the PAK-FA’s (also known as the T-50) development.
“The eleventh T-50 aircraft is on berth and is 60-70 percent ready. This aircraft is going to be the final one in the test series,” Bondarev said, adding he is 100 percent sure the jets will pass government testing by the end of 2016.
“Next year the aircraft goes into serial production,” he told RIA.
Bondarev said that the PAK-FA’s operational engine will be ready for testing next year and is likely to go into production in 2018. At the moment, the PAK-FA is powered with two AL-41F1 engines which enable it to fly at a supersonic cruise speed, have a 2,600 km/h top speed, and a range of 5,500 kilometers (with two drop tanks).
The next-stage engine, currently dubbed ‘Type 30,’ is expected to have better speed and fuel economy characteristics.
The Air Force commander recalled the incident in which a PAK-FA #5 caught fire at Zhukovsky Airfield near Moscow, where the 5G (fifth generation) fighters are being tested.
“The aircraft has been restored and it is flying. This serves as proof the aircraft is highly maintainable, we do need such machines,” Bondarev said.
The PAK-FA, the first Russian military aircraft developed from scratch since the fall of the Soviet Union, performed its maiden flight in January 29, 2010.
In 2016 Russian aerospace forces expect to make operational over 140 aircraft and helicopters, and receive supplies of 200,000 units of air-delivered ordnance. In 2015 aerospace forces gained over 190 aircraft and helicopters, and some 30,000 air-launched weapons, Bondarev reported.
The commander also revealed that Russia’s future bomber PAK-DA (Perspective Air Complex of Long-range Aviation) could make it into the air earlier than previously expected.
“Design works for the PAK-DA are underway and we’re satisfied with the pace. The task is to make a test machine fly in 2021, but if the work continues the way it is now, this could happen earlier,” Bondarev noted.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Feb 10, 2016 22:16:20 GMT -5
Russia: Is this missile-firing military DRONE the future of aerial warfare?
Ruptly TV
Feb 10, 2016
Russia's Ministry of Defence released footage Wednesday, of United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation's latest military drone, as the aerial bot went on show at the Robots Exhibition near Kubinka in the Moscow Region.
The drone is able to reconnoitre, transport loads, and hit enemy targets with the help of the built-in flamethrower unit. The company's Maxim Skokov described its capabilities: "it is military drone. It can shoot both vertically and horizontally."
It is also reportedly being developed to fire RPGs according to company representatives. Allegedly, the machine can fire an anti-tank rocket launcher RPG-26. United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation are also testing other products now for example the anti-tank rocket launch systems the RPO-A Bumblebee and 2-RShG.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Feb 12, 2016 22:36:03 GMT -5
Russia, India Resume Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft Talks.
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE 01:58 11.02.2016
Russia and India have resumed talks on the joint Sukhoi/HAL Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project after nearly a year of stagnation, The Times of India reports.
MOSCOW(Sputnik) – "We have got the clearance to restart the talks. Accordingly, a Russian team is here and cost negotiations began yesterday," a high-level defense source told the newspaper on Wednesday.
Russia made a new offer, under which India would have to pay $3.7 billion, instead of $6 billion, for the technological know-how and three prototypes of PAK-FA fighters, The Times of India said.
According to the newspaper, the Russian delegation will also hold negotiations on the production of 200 Kamov 226T helicopters. The contract to produce the helicopters for India's Air Force was signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's December 2015 visit to Moscow.
The FGFA project came about following a Russian-Indian cooperation agreement signed on October 18, 2007. The estimated total cost of the project in 2008 amounted to $11 billion, which was to be covered through equal investment by India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Russia’s Sukhoi Company.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Feb 15, 2016 15:22:45 GMT -5
Unique Russian Aircraft Undergoes Test Flight (VIDEO)
Sputnik
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE 19:10 14.02.2016
Russia’s new forward-swept wing jet trainer SR- 10 has made its first flight.
The Russian private design bureau ‘Modern Aviation Technologies’ has developed a single-engine, all-composite aircraft SR-10.
Developed by a private Russian design bureau called KB SAT, the aircraft features a moderate forward-swept wing (FSW) scheme. This feature allows the plane to be more compact, improves stability at low speeds and takeoff and landing performance.
The SR-10 is quite suitable for learning the basics of flying. Flight tests of the prototype are being tested at the Oreshkovo airfield in the Kaluga region. Judging by the video, the tests are successful. The forward swept wing helps improve the maneuverability of the aircraft, making the SR-10 not only a trainer jet but also as sports aircraft.
Some social media users expressed their delight with the new jet saying that it is impressive and if it goes into production it would be a ‘bomb’.
“It is impressive. Due to the low price the project could be a hit,” Dmitry Ft-Telnyashke wrote.
“I was surprised with the number of alarms although it may be good for the initial training. The thrust-seems ok. In general, it is a good bird,” user narkom_cccp wrote on social media.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Feb 23, 2016 18:07:28 GMT -5
Russian Aerospace Forces Equipment Renewed by Over 50% - Deputy Commander.
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE 17:22 23.02.2016
According to Lt. Gen. Andrey Yudin, the Russian Aerospace Forces are rearming with modern multi-purpose aircraft.
ARMAVIR (Russia), (Sputnik) — Equipment of the Russian Aerospace Forces has been renewed by more than a half, the forces deputy commander, Lt. Gen. Andrey Yudin, said Tuesday.
"We are rearming with modern multi-purpose aircraft, in particular here in the south of Russia, with Su-30SM, Su-35S, new helicopters. In general, the aviation fleet has been seriously renewed and can successfully perform any tasks," Yudin told reporters at the Armavir aviation school in southwestern Russia.
He added that the share of modern equipment at the Russian Aerospace Forces amounted to 52 percent and the forces were expecting to obtain several hundreds of new equipment units by the end of 2016.
In 2015, the Russian Aerospace Forces obtained 10 modernized strategic bombers, over 240 aircraft, 90 anti-aircraft missile systems and complexes, as well as more than 200 radar systems.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 2, 2016 23:33:40 GMT -5
Russia designing 6G fighter jet – Air Force chief. RT.com 2 Mar, 2016 17:10 The Russian military is developing sixth- and possibly seventh-generation fighter jets, looking into the future of air warfare, an Air Force commander has told journalists. Without revealing details, he said the planes would be both manned and unmanned. While Russia’s state-of-the-art Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation fighter jet is undergoing trials and nearing entry into service with the Air Force, preliminary research and development work on a sixth-generation warplane is also underway, TASS reported Wednesday. “Work on sixth- and, probably, seventh-generation [fighter jets] is going on. I can’t say too much [about it],” Air Force commander Colonel General Viktor Bondarev told journalists. He stressed that if the research and development phase stopped now, it would “stop forever.” While not much is known about the fifth-generation T-50 jet, there is even less information about the sixth-generation fighter concept. General Bondarev said the 6G jet is designed in manned and unmanned versions, and “will become modernized in either variant.” The unmanned option seems to be a critical component to ensure breakthrough air superiority capabilities and the ability to outperform the competition. The Air Force commander added that the human body “has its limits,” while an unmanned airplane’s avionics and hardware “are much more functional and can withstand any G-force." “Can you ever imagine what capabilities an unmanned fighter, bomber or attack jet could have?” He did not specify a time frame for when a trial version of such a warplane could be rolled out, but said it is unlikely to happen within the next several years. Prior to General Bondarev’s comments, Dmitry Rogozin, vice-prime minister in charge of the military industry, told media that the first draft outlines for a 6G fighter jet “were briefly presented” by the Sukhoi design bureau.  |
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 5, 2016 4:04:23 GMT -5
Russia Defense Report – Mar.5, 2016: Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria and Beyond.
South Front
Mar 5, 2016
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 15, 2016 14:43:00 GMT -5
Hot Shot: American Detained for Photographing Planes at Airbase Near Moscow.
RUSSIA 10:32 15.03.2016
According to a source in the Russian Special Services, law enforcers have detained a US citizen near the Chkalovsky Airbase when he was attempting to photograph military and special task aircraft.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian law enforcers have detained a US citizen near the Chkalovsky Airbase when he was attempting to photograph military and special task aircraft, a source in the Russian Special Services said Tuesday.
“US citizen Paul Brian Filmer was detained in mid-March of this year near the Chkalovsky military airport in the Moscow region for using a radio scanner set on the flight center’s frequency and for photographing military and special task aircraft utilized at the [airport],” a source from the Russian Special Services told RIA Novosti.
The source said that information on the attempts by representatives of foreign countries, including accredited diplomats, of using illegal means to receive information on Russia’s Aerospace Forces has been attained from sources in the Russian Special Services.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 18, 2016 18:00:10 GMT -5
Russia: Advanced MiG-35 fighter jet shown under production.
Ruptly TV
Mar 17, 2016
Footage on Thursday showed the pre-series production of an advanced MiG-35 aircraft in Lukhovitsy, Moscow Region.
The multi-purpose MiG-35 fighter is classified as a 4++ generation jet fighter by the Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG."
SOT, Sergei Korotkov, Director General of Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (Russian): "MiG-35 - is a multifunctional aviation complex that solves a specific set of tasks. The aircraft can be operated for air-to-air, and air-to-ground and air-to-ship tasks. This is its main purpose. It has the necessary set of electronic equipment, which allows it to destroy all modern aircraft; air, ground and sea targets."
SOT, Anastasia Kravchenko, official representative of Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (Russian): "This is one of six shipborne aircraft MiG-29K/KUBs, which the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG plans to transfer this year to a foreign client - the naval forces of the Republic of India. In 2016 the corporation will complete the instant execution of the current contract with the Republic of India for supply of these aircraft. But we are optimistic about the future and expect to enter into new contracts for the supply of these aircraft with the Republic of India, as well as with other potential customers."
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 24, 2016 14:41:46 GMT -5
Frankenplanes: Croatian MiG-21 jets bought from Ukraine are made of old parts, unable to fly. RT.com 24 Mar, 2016 10:51 A scandal is unfolding in Croatia after it was revealed it had bought Soviet-era MiG-21 jets – now unable to fly – that were assembled from dubious parts by Ukraine. The Croatian defense minister has threatened to shoot himself if any wrongdoing in the deal is proved. Croatian security services and the Defense Ministry have launched an investigation into a 2013 military deal with a Ukrainian company, which is said to have undermined the air force’s combat capabilities. Under the contract, Croatia paid over $21 million to repair and modernize seven Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets at Ukrainian plants, and to purchase another five aircraft of the same type there. But those five MiG-21s were never sold by the Ukrainians “as such,” Jutarnji List newspaper has revealed. In fact, the aircraft were reportedly assembled from dubious obsolete parts coming from all over the world. According to the newspaper’s sources, there were serious indications that their fuselages came from Bulgaria and their wings from Algeria, while fuel tanks were reportedly of Soviet origin. Bulgaria previously reported to NATO that it had destroyed its MiG-21s, which raises questions how the Bulgarian parts made their way to Ukraine. The “Algerian” wings had markings in French and also some Cyrillic letters that allowed their origin to be tracked. Even worse, when Croatian officials came to inspect the five MiGs they wanted to purchase, the Ukrainians substituted the “Lego-like” fighters for jets owned by Yemen, according to the local media. The overhaul of the seven Croatian jets in Odessa also seemed suspicious from the outset. Under the contract, the air force’s test pilot – Brigadier General Ivan Selak – had to perform flight tests of the “repaired” jets before final handover. But the Ukrainians never allowed him to fly, using “bad weather” or “risk of flying over populated areas” as an excuse. Finally, when the jets were about to fly back to Croatia following the “overhaul,” the Ukrainians cited a “war situation” and instead returned them by truck in a disassembled form. The military sources told local media they now know for sure that the fighters were simply unable to reach Croatia by air. Back in Croatia, one of the "repaired" MiGs suffered engine failure while flying at an altitude of 13km, while another jet’s radar reportedly did not work at all. It was further revealed that all the jets still had Soviet-type communication equipment barely compatible with NATO standards. The aircraft also lacked Western-type Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF) equipment required by the Croatian Air Force to conduct NATO missions. All the MiGs that arrived from Ukraine have been destroyed as the air force does not know where they actually came from, a source close to the investigation told Jutarnji List, without elaborating. As a result, the country has essentially lost a key part of its air force, the newspaper notes. The Ukrainian deal triggered a scandal inside Croatia’s military elite. Defense Minister Ante Kotromanovic, who was in charge when the agreement was signed in 2013, insists the bidding process was transparent and denies any allegations of wrongdoing: “I’m accused of favoring [the Ukrainian bid]. I’ll shoot myself if anyone can prove that I did so.”  A Croatian MiG-21 © / Reuters |
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 27, 2016 17:45:55 GMT -5
Russia Defense Report: The MiGs Return.
South Front
Mar 26, 2016
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 30, 2016 16:01:30 GMT -5
Russia's Success in Syria Heralds Surge in Interest in Su-24 Bomber Jets.
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE 17:33 29.03.2016
Sergei Goreslavsky, a deputy director general of the Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, said that recent events in Syria had triggered several Middle Eastern states' interest in Su-34 fighter-bombers.
GOA (India) (Sputnik) — Several Middle Eastern countries are interested in acquiring Su-34 fighter-bombers, as Russia’s anti-terror air campaign in Syria has raised the popularity of the jets, a deputy director general of the Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Tuesday.
"The Russian Aerospace Forces operation in Syria has increased the interest in Su-34 fighter-bombers… Several Middle Eastern countries are currently showing the most particular interest in them," Sergei Goreslavsky told reporters, speaking at the Defexpo military exhibition in India.
Goreslavsky added that subsequent events in Syria had only confirmed Rosoboronexport’s decision to promote the aircraft for export.
Russia began its aerial anti-terror campaign in Syria on September 30, 2015, at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
On March 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to start the withdrawal of the Russian contingent from Syria, as its assigned tasks had been completed.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Mar 30, 2016 16:04:10 GMT -5
Russian-Indian PAK FA May Be Armed With BrahMos Cruise Missiles.
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE 11:51 28.03.2016
A supersonic BrahMos cruise missile may be installed on a Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) jointly developed by Russia and India, head of the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace enterprise, Sudhir Mishra, said Monday.
GOA (Sputnik) — The FGFA has stealth capabilities and is based on the Russian T-50 prototype jet. The FGFA project came about following the signing of a Russian-Indian cooperation agreement on October 18, 2007.
"We are presenting BrahMos to many Indian public and private defense companies, from some of them we get a technical job. We presented it also to developers of the FGFA — they asked to adjust the size of the missile, so it can be placed on board the aircraft. Such work is ongoing," Mishra told RIA Novosti during the exhibition Defexpo India 2016.
BrahMos is a short-range supersonic missile, which has been used by the Indian Navy since 2005. The missile has a range of 180 miles and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 660 pounds.
BrahMos Aerospace was formed by India’s Defense Research and Development Organization and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia. It produces weapons systems using Russian and Indian technology.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Apr 12, 2016 13:00:55 GMT -5
Български Су-25 на пределно малка височина / Bulgarian Su-25 at low level
Anton Balakchiev
Apr 8, 2016
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Post by TsarSamuil on Apr 16, 2016 3:49:01 GMT -5
‘Aggressive simulated attack’: Pentagon decries Russian jets zooming over USS Donald Cook (VIDEO) RT.com 14 Apr, 2016 02:06 The aerobatics skills of Russian pilots over the US destroyer Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea left the Pentagon and other US official running for cover in Washington over “aggressive close interactions” with Russian fighter jets. Releasing the footage of Russian jet flybys in the vicinity of the destroyer, the US Navy said that its vessel has encountered multiple “aggressive flight maneuvers ...within close proximity of the ship,” some as close as 30 feet (10 meters) on Monday and Tuesday. The set of incidents took place as the US ship, which had sailed from the Polish port of Gdynia, was conducting exercises with its NATO ally Poland in the Baltic Sea. The Navy announced that the SU-24 first flew over Donald Cook on Monday as US sailors were rehearsing “deck landing drills with an allied [Polish] military helicopter”. The numerous close-range, low altitude encounters were witnessed at 3:00pm local time, forcing the commander of the ship to suspend helicopter refueling on the deck until the Russian jets departed the area. The Donald Cook happened to be around 70km away from a Russian naval base when the Su-24 planes passed by, according to the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov. “On April 13, the pilots of the Russian Air Force Su-24 planes took part in a training exercise over international waters in the Baltic Sea. Their route took them to an area where the USS Donald Cook was present, around 70km from a Russian naval base,” he said, as cited by TASS. Konashenkov added that all flights undertaken by the Russian Air Force strictly follow all international rules when traveling over neutral waters. “Having located the ship in a zone of visual sight, the Russian pilots undertook a maneuver that was in accordance with all the necessary safety rules,” he said, while they Russian Defense Ministry questioned why the Americans were making such a big deal about the incident. The next day, the Navy said, Russia caused concern among US sailors when a Russian KA-27 Helix helicopter flew seven times over the ship at low altitude in international waters at around 5:00pm. Some 40 minutes later, two Russian SU-24 jets allegedly made a further 11 “close-range and low altitude passes”. “The Russian aircraft flew in a simulated attack profile and failed to respond to repeated safety advisories in both English and Russian. USS Donald Cook’s commanding officer deemed several of these maneuvers as unsafe and unprofessional,” the Navy said. Judging by the videos released by the US Navy, the sailors were nonplussed by the Russian aerobatic skills. They gathered on the top deck of the destroyer to watch the Russian pilots. “He is on the deck below the bridge lane...It looks like he’ll be coming in across the flight deck, coming in low, bridge wing level...Over the bow, right turn, over the bow...” the voiceover on the footage states in what looks more like an instructor’s advice on how to maneuver in open waters, rather than the panic that the central command presented it to be. At least on the video no one can be seen running for cover. According to a US defense official who spoke with Defense News, sailors aboard the Donald Cook claimed that the Russian jets’ low altitude stirred waters and created wake underneath the ship. US personnel on the American vessels, also claimed that Su-24 was “wings clean,” meaning no armaments were present on the Russian jets that could have posed a threat to US operations in the Baltic. Yet at the same time, the official noted, that this week's incidents are “more aggressive than anything we’ve seen in some time,” as the SU-24 appeared to be flying in a “simulated attack profile.” The Russian overflights have caused panic over in Washington, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest calling the actions of the Russian pilots “provocative” and “inconsistent with professional norms of militaries.” “I hear the Russians are up to their old tricks again in the EUCOM [US European Command] AOR [area of responsibility],” Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Steve Warren said during a briefing on Wednesday, adding that the US is “concerned with this behavior.” “We have deep concerns about the unsafe and unprofessional Russian flight maneuvers. These actions have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions between countries, and could result in a miscalculation or accident that could cause serious injury or death,” the US European Command said in a statement. Meanwhile, a White House spokesman said Thursday that the US has raised the topic with Russia, and the two sides are in the process of discussing mutual concerns. “The Unites States has raised our concerns with the Russians,” Josh Earnest told reporters at a daily press briefing. “I can tell you that communication has occurred, and we'll seek to resolve our differences through well-established military channels.” Speaking to the press in the port of Klaipeda, Lithuania, where the USS Donald Cook was docked on Thursday, the warship’s commander Charles Hampton has said that the US Navy will not cede space in the Baltic to Russian forces. He added that “the objection of the United States is not about fear but about safe and professional behavior between international militaries in international airspace and international waters. The US navy will continue to operate forward with allies.” “As you have seen in the media, the flybys were very low, very fast – and were inconsistent with the normal operations of international militaries in international waters and in international airspace,” the commander stressed, while noting that his ship, as a destroyer, was designed to combat this kind of threat if necessary. In the meantime Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, thanked the US crew for keeping their cool during the stressful situation. “Bravo Zulu to the crew of USS Donald Cook for their initiative and toughness in how they handled themselves during this incident,” the admiral said on Facebook. Russia has yet to comment on the incidents but most likely the Russian air craft flew from the Kaliningrad region, bordering Poland. Kaliningrad is the headquarters of the Russian Baltic Fleet, which also includes the Chernyakhovsk, Donskoye, and Kaliningrad Chkalovsk air bases.     A Russian KA-27 Helix helicopter - designed to sink submarines - took pictures of the US vessel as it made seven passes over the ship  The USS Cook was 70 miles (marked by dotted line) from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Its exact location has not been released   |
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