Date Posted
02 July 2010
Russian Airplanes May Fly at Speeds of 20,000 KPH
They are considering the possibility in Russia of carrying
passengers on an aerospace airplane with a liquid rocket engine. It will be launched
with the aid of a subsonic carrier airplane and cover a distance of 16,000 -
17,000 kilometers in 50 minutes.
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute specialists have done preliminary research
for a future aerospace system that radically decreased flight time to far
distances. As the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute press service reports,
their specialists have done preliminary research for a future aerospace system
that radically decreased flight time to far distances. As the TsAGI press
service reports, the system consists of a subsonic carrier airplane and an
aerospace airplane (VKS) with a liquid rocket engine.
The system developed will allow carrying passengers and cargo to
intercontinental distance at a very high speed - nearly 20,000 kilometers per
hour. For a 16,000 - 17,000 kilometer distance, active insertion, space flight
from near-orbital speed and VKS gliding in the atmosphere does not exceed 50
minutes in total.
The alternation of increased and zero G-loadings is named as a characteristic
feature of VKS flight. "They may use an Il-76MF or Il-96-400T as a carrier
airplane. One of the key problems for creating the VKS is the development of
the airframe's design with a weight that does not exceed seven percent of the
takeoff weight," it notes in the report.
Source: 02.07.10, Infox
Il-476 Transport Deliveries Begin in 2012
Completion of the assembly and first flight of the new
Il-476 transport airplane, in whose purchase Russia's defense ministry is
interested, is intended for the end of 2011 and the certification and delivery
of the first aircraft to the customer - for 2012, Lenta.RU reports and the vice president for corporate management and development of
the Unified Aircraft Building Corporation, Vasiliy Prutkovskiy, has announced.
The main customer for the Il-476, which is a heavily upgraded Il-76 transport, is
Russia's defense ministry. The military leadership has provided for the purchase
of 50 such airplanes in two versions, transport and tanker, within the framework
of the new state arms program for 2011 - 2010. The state program still has not been
approved and the number of airplanes planned for purchase may change. It is planned
to open series production of the Il-476 at the Aviastar-SP plant.
Source: 02.07.10, Avia.RU
Date Posted
29 June 2010
Kazakhstan's Air Force Upgrades Su-27 Fighters
Kazakhstan's air force has upgraded Su-27 and Su-27UB
fighters to the Su-27M2 and Su-27UBM2 version, TsAMTO reports with a reference
to Jane's International Defence Review.
((Not further translated as report is
from an English-language source.))
Source: 29.06.10, Lenta.RU
Date Posted
28June 2010
Russian Fighters Protecting India's Peaceful Sky
India's government will allocate 3.2 billion dollars to
purchase 42 Russian Su-30MKI fighters. At the same time, the results of a
tender for the delivery to the India air force of 126 more medium multirole
combat airplanes for a total of more than 10 billion dollars will become known,
a representative of the country's cabinet of ministers announced to Indian
media.
India's air force tender for the delivery of 126 fighters was announced in
August 2007, RosBalt reminds us. The conditions of a contract with the tender's
victor presume reinvestment in the Indian economy of 50 percent of the deal's
total cost. The American companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing, the European
Eurofighter, French Dassault and Russian RSK MiG applied to participate in the
competition.
In the opinion of experts, the main aspirants for victory are the American and
Russian fighters.
We note that the American companies generally may be excluded from the tender. The
reason for it is the United States' intention to transfer F-16 fighters to
Pakistan. In order to avoid exclusion from the tender, the American company
Lockheed Martin announced in 2010 that the F-16 fighter will be sold to India's
air force in a much better modification than for Pakistan's air force.
Source: 28.06.10, Russkiy Obozrevatel' ((The Russian Observer))
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