On Tuesday, 5th October 2021, at 08:55:02 UTC, ´Soyuz-2.1a´ carrier rocket launched successfully with ´Soyuz MS-19´ spacecraft. Its crew consisted of three people – cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (´Soyuz MS-19´ crewed spacecraft commander and ISS-66 mission […]
Strategic joint exercise ´Zapad-2021´, that was held between 10th and 16th September at nine training areas in Russia and Belarus, included several airborne operations carried out by both the Russian Airborne Forces (Воздушно-десантные войска России) […]
This year´s edition of Airshow China – one of the largest aviation exhibitions and fairs in the world – is currently ongoing in Zhuhai. Regrettably, due to covid-related restrictions that are still in place, official […]
At the beginning of September two squadrons of Russian attack helicopters were deployed to an airfield in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Operating from that location, the Army Aviation rotorcraft were assigned a mission of providing support […]
On 4th September 2021, this year´s edition of International Air Crew Training Competition ´Aviadarts-2021´ was officially concluded. For two weeks, aviation crews from the Russian Federation, Belarus and China were completing assignments of the contest, […]
During the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) trade exhibition, held between 2nd and 4th September 2021 in Vladivostok, the latest projects being developed by the Russian Helicopters holding company were presented for the broad public. They […]
During the Eastern Economic Forum that was held between 2nd and 4th September this year in Vladivostok, Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAZ), being a part of the Russian Helicopters holding, has signed an agreement with the […]
In the last days of August, a joint tactical and specialised exercise of medical personnel and army aviation crews was held at Pushkin airfield, in Leningrad Region. The training, organized by the Western Military District […]
Russian Helicopters holding and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation have signed a contract for delivery of yet undisclosed number of modernized Ka-52M attack helicopters. The agreement was signed this week, during the […]
The final, international phase of this year´s International Air Crew Training Competition ´Aviadarts-2021´ was officially opened yesterday, on 22nd August 2021. As usual, the live-fly part of the contest is held at Dubrovichi training ground, […]
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