Category: Notizie Estero

Latest aircraft carrier concept from Russia

Russia’s Nevskoe design bureau has unveiled a new aircraft carrier concept dubbed Varan. Graphic: Nevskoe The ship has a displacement of 45,000 tons and can go up to 26 knots. It can carry up to 24 fixed-wing aircraft, six helicopters and up to 20 unmanned aerial vehicles. For more information, hit the Source below Source
Six Russian Air Force An-124s flew together for the first time

Six Russian Air Force An-124s flew together for the first time

Six An-124 airlifters assigned to the Russian Air Force’s 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment at Seshcha Air Base, Bryansk took off together for a joint training mission on Jan. 15. This is the first time six of these aircraft were airborne and flying together. For more information, hit the Source below Source

Ukraine wants to revive production of An-74

The Ukrainian government has indicated over the weekend that it wants to resume production of the Antonov An-74 cargo aircraft. Oleg V. Belyakov – AirTeamImages, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons News reports from Ukraine says the intention is to produce 8 aircraft with four going to the Navy. For more information, hit […]

Netherlands to replace Goalkeeper CIWS with RIM-116 and DART

Netherlands has laid out its plan to replace the aging Goalkeeper close-in weapon system (CIWS) with a new solution that consists of the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) with the Leonardo DART (Driven Ammunition Reduced Time of flight) 76 mm guided ammunition. Photo: LA(Phot) Amanda Reynolds/MOD, OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons The new system will […]

Slovenia to buy one C-27J

Slovenia is set to be the newest operator of the Leonardao C-27J transport aircraft as the country’s Ministry of Defense announced the purchase on Jan. 15. Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The country had found that it needed a modern transport aircraft after the outbreak of COVID-19. It […]
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