According to the instructions of the head of the West Siberian Interregional Territorial Directorate of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Vyacheslav Fedorov, the Federal Air Transport Agency canceled its report on the investigation of the aviation incident with the Ural Airlines plane. In this story, an Airbus A320 made an...
Pratt & Whitney, an American aircraft engine manufacturer, will partner with NASA to develop new turbofan engines that are significantly superior in performance to all previously produced units. To achieve this effect, a hybrid thermo-efficient gas generator (HyTEC) will help. NASA allocated $13.1 million for the project. The new engines...
Most US military aircraft are not combat ready. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to the materials of the audit of the Accounts Chamber, conducted from 2011 to 2021. F-22 Raptor49 aircraft took part in the inspection, which, according to the representatives of the chamber, is a representative sample...
China has shown a new Wing Loong-3 (WL-3) drone with intercontinental range and the ability to attack targets in the air. The device was first demonstrated at the Airshow China 2022 air show, which is taking place these days in the city of Zhuhai (Guangdong province). UAV flight range –...
The Aviastar plant (a branch of PJSC Il, part of the UAC), which manufactures Il-76 military transport aircraft, is switching to round-the-clock work and re-equipping workshops to increase aircraft production. This was reported in the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). “In order to increase the production of aircraft, the branch of...
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus today began production of the A321 aircraft at Airbus’ Asian Final Assembly Line in Tianjin (FAL Tianjin) in northern China. This means that China is able to supply all models of the Airbus A320 family. This was reported by the Xinhua news agency. “The A321 is...
China’s Space Transportation has been working on a passenger rocket plane for some time now that could be seen as a replacement for current business jets. The developers for the Airshow China 2022 exhibition showed an interesting visualization of how the flight will take place. There are no new technical...
Chinese aviation lessor China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CASC) on Friday signed a framework agreement with Airbus to buy 140 aircraft. The holding announced this on its page on the WeChat social network. As specified in the statement, the cost of the order is $ 17 billion. The conclusion of...
The Chinese-designed Z-20 service helicopter has outperformed the American Black Hawk because it incorporates many advanced technologies that the Black Hawk does not have, the Chinese helicopter’s chief designer told state-run China Central Television (CCTV). Deng Jinghui made the remark on CCTV on October 29 when asked if the Z-20...
European aerospace corporation Airbus SE plans to ramp up production of its popular narrow-body aircraft next year despite continued supply chain challenges. In particular, the company intends to increase the production of A320 family liners to 65 per month by early 2024 from about 50 aircraft per month this year,...
Following Boeing, the financial report for the third quarter of this year was published by Airbus. Unlike the American company, the European one is doing well. Earnings before taxes and interest (EBIT) rose by 37% to 973 million euros. Revenue amounted to 13.309 billion euros, which is 27% higher than...
The net loss of the American concern Boeing, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of aviation, space and military equipment, for the first three quarters of the year increased by 72.9 times – up to 4.301 billion dollars (from 59 million a year earlier). These data were made public during...
A young Cuban pilot escaped from the “Island of Freedom” in the United States on Friday, flying about 460 kilometers in an An-2 aircraft, mostly over water. A 29-year-old pilot named Ruben Martinez stole an An-2 aircraft belonging to his employer, the Ensa airline, took off from the Sancti Spiritus...
The US Air Force said that it would not be possible to complete the latest Boeing KC-46 refueling aircraft until at least October 2025, but it is still possible to refuel anyway. It is reported by IA “Red Spring” with reference to the publication Breaking Defense. USAF officials said they...
The publication Breaking Defense reported that the American company General Atomics (GA) is developing a hybrid engine for a promising stealth drone MQ-Next. Image of a drone on the General Atomics booth at the US Air Force Association conferenceThe concept of a flying wing drone was presented at a conference...
Production of the Airbus A380, the largest passenger aircraft, ended in 2021, but this model is still in regular service. One of the issued copies with tail number MSN13, which belonged to the Emirates airline, was decided to be dismantled into parts and put under the hammer under the guise...
