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The Politics and Market of Military Aviation Materiel

By Yury Lyamin The market for modern military equipment has always been closely linked to big politics. In the case of military aviation, the influence of politics is even more significant, since the range of countries that are capable of producing military aviation equipment and especially fighter planes is very narrow. At the same time,…

22.01.2018

By Alexander Ermakov. This summer it will be 20 years since the maiden flight of Su-30MKI prototype, the most prominent representative of the most successful Russian family of fighters, took place. The foreign orders alone exceed already five hundred aircraft, and new contracts continue to be signed. The Su-30 program roots back to the…

31.01.2017

Research-and-Production Experimental Center Armint

BUILDING TECHNICAL FACILITIES OF OBJECTIVE CONTROL AND RESULTS EVALUATION OF COMBAT EMPLOYMENT OF AIR DEFENSE AND AIR FORCE MILITARY EQUIPMENT IS the BASIS FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF troops training IN THE FIRING RANGES OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF RUSSIA Research-and-Production Experimental Center Armint is the only Russian development agency and manufacturer of the range…

31.01.2017

Russian Airborne Guided Weapons. Current State and the Future

For the years that passed since the commencement of a large-scale military reform initiated in 2008, the Russian Aerospace Forces (RAF) have incredibly changed. They have received many new aircraft. Four wings of the Su-35S fighters, almost seven wings of the Su-30SM and Su-30M2 fighters, three wings of the MiG-29SMT fighters, a wing…

31.01.2017

Strategic Nuclear Forces of Russia and the USA. Today and Tomorrow

By Alexander Ermakov. Part III. Air Component The role and “philosophy” of the nuclear triad’s air component significantly differs from that of the land and naval components. Though this component is the oldest and the first one to be available for all the “old” nuclear powers, and many countries would now get rid…

29.11.2016

Author Pavel Rumyantsev. After the World War II, the progress in electronics, radio equipment, and development of automated control system allowed the leading world powers to develop the first prototypes of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) by the early 1960s. Shortly after UAVs appeared on the scene, they took a very important position in the field…

19.10.2016

Airbus A400M Atlas: Fatigued Before Start-Up. To be replaced with the Antonov An-70?

By Vladimir Dobrunin Last year, on May 9, 2015 the Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft crashed near Seville. This aircraft was Airbus Consortium’s pride and glory, the result of an ambitious development program that was meant to show everyone which company was able to develop the best aircraft in the world. The crashed aircraft…

17.10.2016

The Russian Air Force modernization process is boosted up in order to make up for lost time for the past 20 years. First of all, the tactical aircraft – the “first line” of Air Force - are undergoing refit. By Alexander Yermakov, independent military expert The production of combat aircraft is likely to reach…

18.05.2016

The importance of radio electronic warfare weapons (REW) is really tremendous in the contemporary air warfare. The radar stations (RS) form a core of any air defense system (ADS) being its “eyes and ears”. Particularly, the RS detect targets, track them for guidance of anti-aircraft missiles, etc. By Pavel Rumyantsev The task of aviation…

18.05.2016

As soon as people started to conquer “the fifth ocean”, or the sky, they made attempts to look behind the enemy lines, using air surveillance and reconnaissance vehicles. At first, such aircraft as hot-air balloons and airships were used to solve this problem but they failed to accomplish this task completely and, by the way,…

15.03.2016

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The Politics and Market of Military Aviation Materiel

Su-30. Russian Eagle Laying Golden Eggs

Research-and-Production Experimental Center Armint

Russian Airborne Guided Weapons. Current State and the Future

Strategic Nuclear Forces of Russia and the USA. Today and Tomorrow

Drones in Russian Army

Airbus A400M Atlas: Fatigued Before Start-Up. To be replaced with the Antonov An-70?

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