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The French company Zapata has introduced the AirScooter, an advanced ultralight single-seat multicopter aircraft with a patented hybrid-electric power plant. The AirScooter is a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft integrated with 12 propellers on top of an eight-boom vehicle with a high-boom rear tail fin. It is equipped with eight electric motors and four thermal […]
The U.S. Air Force engaged JetZero to build a mixed-wing prototype aircraft to demonstrate the capabilities of a technology that could lead to a new class of military transport aircraft. The US Air Force estimates that transport aircraft consume 4.5 billion liters of jet fuel annually. In order to reduce costs, the Air Force, together […]
Few people know that F-16 fighters have already been in Ukraine. In 2011, the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted Safe Skies exercises in Myrhorod with the participation of American pilots. For two weeks, F-16C/D aircraft regularly took off from the Myrhorod airfield, along with Su-27s and MiG-29s. Unlike the United States, Ukrainian airfield runways are […]
This is the second time in three days that unidentified drones have attacked Russian X-22 bombers, and the first time it was a complete success. A few days ago, on the morning of August 19, an attack by an unknown drone at the Sholtsy airbase, more than 650 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, destroyed […]
This was stated by the spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat on Radio Liberty. According to him, this number is prescribed in the vision of the Air Force model adopted in 2020. “We are relying on this number. It is clear that the war can make its […]
Poland has placed an order for the supply of Sniper XR containers designed for reconnaissance and targeting. They are manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The report published by the Polish Defense Ministry in X shows that the subject of the agreement included 34 suspended containers. They will be installed on F/A-50 aircraft. The contract with Lockheed […]
Answers to the questions of when F-16s were produced for Ukraine, what modernization they have undergone, which directly affects their combat capabilities and how long they can fly The Netherlands and Denmark have officially announced that they will reinforce Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, which means more than a significant resource for the transfer of […]
To answer this question, we will need, in particular, the experience of China’s exercises held in 2015 During the visit of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Sweden on August 19, 2023, it became known that our pilots are already undergoing “introductory training” on JAS 39 Gripen fighters, which the Swedish government announced in May this year. […]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Netherlands. The topic of the visit was the fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets that Ukraine needs. Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte confirmed that the Ukrainian Air Force will receive F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from the Netherlands and Denmark. The shipments were approved by the U.S. State Department […]
More than 20 countries use Israeli Heron Mk II drones. India is among them. It intends to use drones in the north, where the border with China and Pakistan runs. The Heron Mk II is a reconnaissance-class unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The Indian Air Force plans to use four drones […]