DefenceTalkMOSCOW: Russia’s MiG Aircraft Corporation has completed factory trials of its next-generation MiG-35 multirole fighter jet, the corporation’s press office told TASS on Friday. “The factory trials of the MiG-35 multirole fighter jet produced in the interests of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation have been completed. The certificate of the trials completion was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mig-completes-trials-of-new-generation-fighter-jet-71485/

DefenceTalkDeputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov checked the implementation of missions of the Ministry of Defence at the Irkutsk aviation plant. “This year, the program of production includes 24 aircraft: 10 YAK-130, 12 aircraft for Aerospace Forces and for the Navy Forces – 2 SU-30SM”, said Yuri Borisov in an interview with reporters during a visit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-armed-forces-to-receive-14-su-30sm-fighters-and-10-yak-130-aircraft-71449/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Su-57 fifth-generation stealth air superiority fighter, also known as T-50, had performed its first test flight with a new-generation engine, a source in the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry told reporters on Tuesday. “Russia’s newest fifth generation fighter, T-50, performed its maiden flight with the second stage engine on December 5, 2017, at the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-su-57-fifth-generation-fighter-makes-first-flight-with-new-engine-70975/

DefenceTalkThe cutting-edge interceptor aircraft, which has been under development for several years, will be able to reach space and even potentially operate without a pilot, according to the CEO of the MiG corporation working on the project. The research and development of the PAK DP (perspective aviation complex of long-range interceptor) was launched by the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-russian-mig-41-interceptor-will-be-able-to-operate-in-space-70375/

DefenceTalkRussian warplanes last week flew a series of missions near Alaska, prompting the North American air defence agency to scramble US and Canadian jets, officials said today. The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) and the Pentagon said Tu-95 Bear bombers were spotted in international air space on three occasions – twice near the Aleutian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-flies-multiple-bomber-missions-near-alaska-pentagon-69804/

DefenceTalkThe serial production of the upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M2 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack) strategic bomber will begin in 2020, a source in Russia’s defense and industrial sector told TASS. There are plans to produce two or three Tu-160M2 planes annually, the source added. “Work to manufacture the plane has begun. Under the contract signed between the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-launch-serial-production-of-upgraded-tu-160m2-strategic-bomber-69726/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Su-34 fighter-bombers, which proved highly effective in the fight against terrorists in Syria, will be upgraded with new avionics, military expert Boris Rozhin told Sputnik. “The share of modern weapons systems in our Aerospace Forces is about 66 percent now, and is slated to reach 70 percent by 2020,” Rozhin said. He emphasized the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-su-34-fighter-bomber-to-get-new-avionics-weapons-array-69468/

DefenceTalkIndia, Kazakhstan, Peru and other countries may place big-ticket orders for the advanced Mikoyan MiG-35 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-F) fighter jet, MiG Corporation Director General Ilya Tarasenko has told the Echo Moskvy radio station in an interview. “We are ready to enable our customers to gradually transit from the MiG-29 [Fulcrum] to the MiG-35. Now, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/major-mig-35-fighter-jet-orders-by-kazakhstan-and-peru-feasible-69434/

DefenceTalkNew pictures of the Russian cutting-edge T-50 prototype fifth-generation fighter jet have been published on the planemaker’s official website. The images were unveiled by the producing Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant and apparently show a first flight of a prototype model of the T-50 (T-50-8). The plane is being developed by one of Russia’s leading aviation companies, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eighth-prototype-of-russian-t-50-fighter-enters-flight-test-68710/

DefenceTalkThe upgrade of the Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack) strategic bomber fleet to Tu-160M2 standard is ahead of schedule, expert Vladimir Tuchkov writes in an article on the Svobodnaya Pressa news portal. Russian Aerospace Force Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Victor Bondarev has said the maiden flight of the Tu-160M2 is slated for 2018. He mentioned a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-tu-160m2-strategic-bomber-being-upgraded-ahead-of-schedule-68250/