The Russian airline Aeroflot has announced the resumption of flights to the Egyptian capital, Cairo. This is reported by the TASS news agency with reference to the carrier’s press service. Aeroflot clarified that the flights will be operated daily starting from November 12, 2022. Tickets have already appeared on sale. On October 1, Aeroflot also
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia for the first time showed the Russian PD-8 aircraft engine, which will replace foreign engines on SSJ-100 and Be-200 aircraft. Work on the creation of a Russian engine with a thrust of 8 tonnes has been underway since 2019 and has been intensified taking into account the
Scientists of the Chemical Faculty of Tomsk State University (TSU) have developed the first ozone converter in Russia, which will be installed in the domestic MS-21 (MC-21) aircraft. According to the acting dean of the Faculty, Alexey Knyazev, at an altitude of 11 thousand meters, the plane enters an area where the concentration of ozone
Russia’s newest A-100 Premier long-range radar surveillance and guidance aircraft made its first flight with the onboard radio engineering complex turned on, according to the Rostec State Corporation. As part of the tests, the aircraft took off from the airfield in Taganrog on February 9, 2022. “The tests confirmed the regular operation of special equipment,
The built from scratch Tu-160M Russian strategic missile carrier made its first flight today, on January 12, 2022, as reported to journalists by the press service of the Rostec Corporation. “On January 12, the first newly manufactured Tu-160M strategic missile carrier made its first flight from the airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant – a
Russian perfumers have developed perfumes with the smell of the 5th generation fighter Checkmate with notes of glass and metals, as reported by the press service of the Rostec State Corporation. The fragrance was created especially for the international premiere of the prototype aircraft at the Dubai Airshow 2021. The 50 ml perfume bottle is
The internal equipment of the Russian Aurus Business Jet was shown at the Dubai Airshow International Exhibition in the UAE. The jet created on the basis of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft was first presented to the international audience during the event that takes place from November 14 to 18, 2021. As specified, the interior
Russian radars tracked over 50 foreign aircraft that conducted air reconnaissance near the country’s state borders over the past week, as stated by the Defence Ministry’s official newspaper ‘Krasnaya Zvezda’. According to the infographics provided, 37 foreign spy planes and 19 drones conducted air reconnaissance over the indicated time. Fighter jets of Russia’s air defence
On November 9, from 2.15 pm to 7.28 pm, an E-8C ground target reconnaissance and strike control aircraft of the US Air Force was detected over the Black Sea, as stated by the Russian Ministry of Defence. All this time it was accompanied by Russian radar. The plane, which took off from Ramstein Air Base in
For the first time, the Rostec Corporation will present a new Russian ‘Checkmate’ single-engine fighter of the fifth generation at the Dubai Airshow 2021, which will be held from November 14 to 18 in the UAE. It is said that the ‘Checkmate’ has aroused great interest abroad, so it is planned to hold a number
The Russian MiG-31 fighter jet escorted a US Air Force B-1B strategic bomber over the Sea of Japan on Sunday, October 17, according to the Russian Defence Control Centre. As specified, the Russian airspace controls detected a target approaching the border over the neutral waters of the sea and lifted a MiG-31 into the air
Production of the first jetliner jointly designed by Russian and Chinese engineers CR929 has been launched in China, RT reports. The new aircraft is expected to rival Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. It is reminded that the China-Russia Aircraft International Corporation (CRAIC) was launched in 2017 with the goal of producing a jetliner to compete with the
The Russian ‘MiG’ aircraft-building corporation is developing a fifth-generation carrier-based fighter, RIA Novosti reports. At the moment, the project is at the stage of computer modelling. According to the source of RIA Novosti, the aircraft is being designed with extensive use of stealth technologies. Like other machines of the fifth generation, this fighter will be
