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Newest Russian Baltic Fleet Frigate/Corvette FFG-531, Soobrazitelny, Catches Fire
On September 2, 2012 the Russian Guards corvette Soobrazitelny anchored off of Danish naval station Frederikshavn caught fire in its engine room. Thick dark smoke soon erupted from the vessel and filled the sky. The newest Baltic Fleet's warship was scheulded to attend the DANEX-NOCO-2012 large-scale joint naval exercise.
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These are decent new surface combatants from the Russian Navy. They weigh in at about 2200-2400 tons, have a 100mm main gun, two 30mm CIWS, 32 VLS cells for various missiles, torpedo tubes, a hangar fo a Ka-25 helo, etc., etc. They have built four of them thus far and have two more under construction. They say they plan 20 in total, but the production rate is slow due to funding and unless Russia's economy picks up drastically it is doubtful that 20 will ever be built. Maybe closer to eight.
On September 2, 2012 the Russian Guards corvette Soobrazitelny anchored off of Danish naval station Frederikshavn caught fire in its engine room. Thick dark smoke soon erupted from the vessel and filled the sky. The newest Baltic Fleet's warship was scheulded to attend the DANEX-NOCO-2012 large-scale joint naval exercise.
Read full story here:
These are decent new surface combatants from the Russian Navy. They weigh in at about 2200-2400 tons, have a 100mm main gun, two 30mm CIWS, 32 VLS cells for various missiles, torpedo tubes, a hangar fo a Ka-25 helo, etc., etc. They have built four of them thus far and have two more under construction. They say they plan 20 in total, but the production rate is slow due to funding and unless Russia's economy picks up drastically it is doubtful that 20 will ever be built. Maybe closer to eight.
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PAKFA patent
Patent for PAKFA T-50 intake design it says it allows for speeds up to Mach 3 Преимущественной областью применения изобретения являются самолеты с ТРДД с максимальным числом Маха не более 3-х and has reduced RCS Изобретение позволяет повысить газодинамические характеристики воздухозаборника, а также снизить его радиолокационную заметность. 3 з.п
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First Su-30SM for the Russian air force, this is the Russian variant of Su-30MKI
DefenseSecond Sukhoi Su-30SM Fighter Jet Joins Flight Tests
Sukhoi Su-30 fighter
© RIA Novosti. Maya Mashatina15:53 25/09/2012MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti)
Tags: Su-27, Su-30SM, Russia
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Su-30 Multirole Fighter
A second Sukhoi Su-30SM advanced multirole fighter successfully carried out its maiden test flight on Monday, the manufacturer said.
The first Su-30SM made its first flight on September 21 as part of a comprehensive testing program for the aircraft that has been upgraded for the Russian Air Force.
“The second fighter jet has joined the flight tests,” the Irkut corporation said. “The flight continued for an hour and 40 minutes and went smoothly.”
The Su-30SM is a two-seat version of the earlier Su-27UB and the MKI model supplied to India, and is capable of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions with a wide variety of precision-guided munitions.
The aircraft features thrust-vectoring engines to enhance maneuverability and meets the Russian Air Force's specific requirements.
Russia's Defense Ministry signed a contract with Irkut in March for the delivery of 30 Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft by 2015.
Sukhoi Su-30 fighter
© RIA Novosti. Maya Mashatina15:53 25/09/2012MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti)
Tags: Su-27, Su-30SM, Russia
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A second Sukhoi Su-30SM advanced multirole fighter successfully carried out its maiden test flight on Monday, the manufacturer said.
The first Su-30SM made its first flight on September 21 as part of a comprehensive testing program for the aircraft that has been upgraded for the Russian Air Force.
“The second fighter jet has joined the flight tests,” the Irkut corporation said. “The flight continued for an hour and 40 minutes and went smoothly.”
The Su-30SM is a two-seat version of the earlier Su-27UB and the MKI model supplied to India, and is capable of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions with a wide variety of precision-guided munitions.
The aircraft features thrust-vectoring engines to enhance maneuverability and meets the Russian Air Force's specific requirements.
Russia's Defense Ministry signed a contract with Irkut in March for the delivery of 30 Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft by 2015.
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The invention relates to heavier-than-air aircraft and is intended for use primarily in highly maneuverable multi-mode aircraft operating at both subsonic and supersonic speeds. The aim of the invention is to provide the necessary durability and rigidity of the frame of the airframe with only a negligible increase in the mass thereof and the inclusion of large cutouts in the lower part of the fuselage for cargo compartments. At the same time, the technical result of redistributing the stresses in the load-bearing members of the aircraft airframe which are caused by external loads is achieved as a result of the judicious arrangement of the load-bearing members of the frame of the airframe. The structural layout of the fuselage includes transverse and longitudinal load-bearing members in the form of fuselage bulkheads (17-25) and longitudinal walls (26-29), respectively. A set of longitudinal walls (26-29) passes through the entire middle part (3) and rear part (5) of the fuselage. The centre section (12) is arranged in the plane of the maximum structural heights of the wing (section D-D) and is formed by the bulkheads (17-25). Large longitudinal cutouts are provided in the lower part of the fuselage for the cargo compartments (10, 14). The structural layout of the cutouts includes the longitudinal walls (26), connected to the bulkheads of the centre section (12).
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Kazan Helicopters has demonstrated the first prototype of light multi-role civil Ansat helicopter with hydro-mechanical flight control system (GMSU) to the representatives of Russian and foreign mass media on April 27th 2012.
The management of Kazan Helicopters has decided to start development of light helicopter in late 90s – early 2000s. This was dictated by the desire to decrease risks, caused by manufacturing only one helicopter type – Mi-17, and expand the product line. It goes without saying that the best practices in the area of helicopter industry were studied. One of the most advanced technologies of that time was usage of fly-by-wire (integrated control system – KSU-A), It had no counterparts in the world helicopter industry back then.
The design bureau of Kazan Helicopters has chosen this way and the system was successfully implemented on Ansat helicopter. However, the success of Kazan Helicoters’ designers and their unique development have become the unexpected obstacle on the path to certification of Ansat. It turned out that neither Russia nor Europe or USA has developed certification requirements for such systems. Since the specialists of Kazan Helicopters were pioneers in this area, they had to travel a very long way along with Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC). As a result the type certificate was acquired. However, since the complete set of requirements for such systems has not been developed yet (neither in Russia nor in any other country), the certificate is limited – operators cannot transport passengers using these helicopters.
Follow us on: The enterprise believes that this control system is very reliable. The fact that Ansat-U helicopter has passed all the state tests in accordance with military requirements and the helicopter was put into operation by the Russian armed forces as the basic helicopter for initial training supports their position. Another batch of Ansat-U helicopters was delivered to Syzran branch of Military training scientific center of the air forces in 2011 (in accordance with the operating contract).
«Ansat» is the light multi-role helicopter with maximum takeoff weight of 3,5 tons. Since Ansat GMSU have not gone aloft yet, the enterprise’s test pilots have performed special demonstration flights on Ansat (KSU) and Mi-17-V5 helicopters. The employees of Kazan Helicopters noted that they have never seen such an impressive pilotage on these helicopters before. And I agree with them - you won’t see such a show performed by our helicopter pilots even at the world’s largest airshows.
September 7, 2012, 12:45 PM
Russian Helicopters, parent company of Russia’s two helicopter design bureaus and five helicopter-manufacturing plants, is moving forward with a new-generation helicopter that is intended to replace the hugely successful Mil Mi-8/17 series. The new project, dubbed Rachel (Russian advanced commercial helicopter), clearly has many military applications
The management of Kazan Helicopters has decided to start development of light helicopter in late 90s – early 2000s. This was dictated by the desire to decrease risks, caused by manufacturing only one helicopter type – Mi-17, and expand the product line. It goes without saying that the best practices in the area of helicopter industry were studied. One of the most advanced technologies of that time was usage of fly-by-wire (integrated control system – KSU-A), It had no counterparts in the world helicopter industry back then.
The design bureau of Kazan Helicopters has chosen this way and the system was successfully implemented on Ansat helicopter. However, the success of Kazan Helicoters’ designers and their unique development have become the unexpected obstacle on the path to certification of Ansat. It turned out that neither Russia nor Europe or USA has developed certification requirements for such systems. Since the specialists of Kazan Helicopters were pioneers in this area, they had to travel a very long way along with Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC). As a result the type certificate was acquired. However, since the complete set of requirements for such systems has not been developed yet (neither in Russia nor in any other country), the certificate is limited – operators cannot transport passengers using these helicopters.
Follow us on: The enterprise believes that this control system is very reliable. The fact that Ansat-U helicopter has passed all the state tests in accordance with military requirements and the helicopter was put into operation by the Russian armed forces as the basic helicopter for initial training supports their position. Another batch of Ansat-U helicopters was delivered to Syzran branch of Military training scientific center of the air forces in 2011 (in accordance with the operating contract).
«Ansat» is the light multi-role helicopter with maximum takeoff weight of 3,5 tons. Since Ansat GMSU have not gone aloft yet, the enterprise’s test pilots have performed special demonstration flights on Ansat (KSU) and Mi-17-V5 helicopters. The employees of Kazan Helicopters noted that they have never seen such an impressive pilotage on these helicopters before. And I agree with them - you won’t see such a show performed by our helicopter pilots even at the world’s largest airshows.
September 7, 2012, 12:45 PM
Russian Helicopters, parent company of Russia’s two helicopter design bureaus and five helicopter-manufacturing plants, is moving forward with a new-generation helicopter that is intended to replace the hugely successful Mil Mi-8/17 series. The new project, dubbed Rachel (Russian advanced commercial helicopter), clearly has many military applications