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2002-01-09, Serge Pod: Export Su-24MK Flight tests have been completed of the export variant of the Su-24MK tactical bomber. The old aircraft has obtained the qualities which respond to the requirements of the new century. The Su-24 tactical bomber with variable geometric wing was considered one of the best in its class and was delivered by the Soviet Union to dozens of countries. In all 1,300 such aircraft were produced in various modifications. A not too small quantity of them are in the inventory of the air forces of many states of the Middle East. Tests have confirmed the correct choice of the upgrade path for the airplane. The viability of the bomber and its combat capabilities have grown almost by a third while at the same time there has been a decrease in service costs. A satellite navigation system is being installed on the Su-24MK which is compatible with the Russian GLONASS and the American GPS. As The General Director of AVPK Sukhoy, Mikhail Pogosyan, declared to Interfax-AVN, the upgraded airplane can use a…

2002-01-08, Serge Pod: Middle East Tactical Report 7 January 2002 IRAN: Having admitted publicly for the first time that its Air Force is using the Mirage F-1s that Iraq rushed across the border for 'safekeeping' during Operation Desert Storm ten years ago, Tehran is now…

2002-01-07, Serge Pod: Airman Bails Out Yesterday, 23 December 2001, over the Moscow River flood plain during the test flight of a fighter - by all appearances it was an Su-30MKI, export variant, which the Sukhoy firm is developing for India - there was a bail out by the test pilot. Being left without control, the airplane headed in the direction of Bronnitsy. Eyewitnesses to the event confirm that before the airman abandoned the airplane, there was an explosion, a flash and a great puff of smoke in the vicinity of the cockpit. As they explained to ZhukInform at the Flight Test Institute, the ejection of the airman is not connected with an emergency situation. It was a planned test of the airman`s emergency rescue system. Before the ejection of the seat there is always an explosion of the charge located beneath the ejection seat and a puff of smoke. Source: 24.12.01, ZhukCity.RU Translated by Roy Cochrun /http://www.toad.net/cgi-bin/cgi wrap/royfc/today/acft_news.html/ AVIA.RU - Информационное агентство "Российская авиация и…

2002-01-07, Serge Pod: Russia sold MiG-29s to Sudan The Sudan People`s Liberation Movement/Army expressed its ``deep concern`` over reports that a Russian firm was selling MiG-29 jet fighters to the government of Sudan, saying it was obvious that Khartoum was using oil revenues to purchase these advanced combat aircraft to escalate the war in Sudan. Agreement on a deal between the government of Sudan and the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG /RSKMiG/ was sealed on 25 December, according to the Sudanese rebel movement, which cited the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in the Russian capital, Moscow, as its source. ``Reliable sources`` in Khartoum revealed that some of those aircraft had already been delivered, and were in El-Obeid (Al-Ubayyid), Northern Kordofan State /central Sudan/, close to the oilfields in southern Sudan, according to the SPLM/A spokesman, Samson Kwaje. He claimed that the new MiGs would ``undoubtedly be used to attack with impunity civilian targets, including markets, hospitals, schools,…

2002-01-07, Serge Pod: Application for Certification of T-101 ``Grach`` Aircraft to Be Filed in March 2002 As the General Director of FGUP MiG - Light Civil Aircraft, Evgeniy Kozyukov, has reported, in March 2002, it is planned to apply to the Interstate Aviation Committee /MAK/ for the certification of the light T-101 ``Grach`` single-motor multirole airplane. According to him, the certification of the T-101 airplane will take approximately up to 1 1/2 years. The completion of the certification is possible at the end of 2003 or in 2004. At the present time, the Russian Aircraft Building Corporation MiG /RSK MiG/ is continuing to look for investments for the completion of the design development /the airplane will receive a second designation/ and the certification of the T-101 airplane. There is great interest in the airplane in China, Canada and Latin America. The T-101 exceeds its well-known analogue - the Cessna Caravan airplane - in basic indicators. Besides that, its use on sod runways, of which the Cessna Caravan airplane is…

2002-01-07, Serge Pod: New Il-96-300 Aircraft Price Tag Will Exceed Price of Completed Aircraft by 200 Million Rubles According to data of the Deputy General Director of GosNII GA, Boris Romashkin, the price of the long-range 300-seat Il-96-300 passenger airplane of new construction at the Voronezh Aircraft Building Stock Company /VASO/ will be approximately 200 million rubles higher than the completion of airframes of those airplanes in the production reserve of the enterprise. B. Romashkin reported that VASO`s selling price of one of the six Il-96-300 airplanes at the enterprise is 1.320 billion rubles at the present time. According to the General Director of OAO Ilyushin Aircraft Company, Viktor Livanov, at the present time VASO has ``net`` debts totaling 900 million rubles /without penalties and interest/. Successful discussions regarding the restructuring of the debut for conditions acceptable to VASO are under way. As of today there still are six Il-96-300 airframes that have not been finished. The airplanes will be…

2002-01-07, Serge Pod: Sukhoi Totals up the Year The General Director of the Sukhoy Aviation Holding Company - Sukhoy OKB, Mikhail Pogosyan, held a briefing for journalists, at which he summed up the association`s year in the year now ending and discussed the prospects for the firm`s development in 2002. He noted that last year the Sukhoy aviation company developed dynamically in many directions. In turn, there was the technical reequipping of the enterprises, the introduction of new technologies, a deepening of cooperation with the leading branches of the scientific centers and institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the formation of a powerful scientific and engineering reserve for the creation of future aviation equipment. In 2001, the Sukhoy OKB flight test and development bases in Zhukovskiy and Akhtubinsk were reequipped technically, the OKB filial at the Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association /NAPO/ was reequipped fully, and at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Production Association an engineering center was…

2002-01-07, Serge Pod: MiG`s Orders Portfolio Rose Sevenfold in 2001 In 2001, the Russian Aircraft Building Corporation MiG`s orders portfolio on rose sevenfold and reached 977.3 million dollars, the General Director and General Designer of the FGUP RSK MiG, Nikolay Nikitin, reported. As Nikitin noted, in the current year, two prototypes of aviation equipment were created based on the MiG-29M aircraft: The multirole MiG-29M2 twin-place fighter and the MiG-29OVT airplane equipped with a vectored thrust engine, which is in the factory test stage. Demonstration flights have been held successfully of the MiG-29M2 airplane in Malaysia and Venezuela. According to the General Director, the design documentation also has been produced and preparation for the manufacture of the single seat and twin seat MiG-29K and MiG-29KUB ship-based airplanes is being finalized for India. Source: 04.01.02, Metalinfo Agency Translated by Roy Cochrun /http://www.toad.net/cgi-bin/cgi wrap/royfc/today/acft_news.html/

2002-01-07, Serge Pod: Rosvooruzhenie to Deliver New Su-30MKI Aircraft to Indian Air Force The state company Rosvooruzhenie will begin to deliver new Su-30MKI airplanes to the Indian air force within the framework of a contract signed in 1996 for the development and delivery of Su-30 fighters. The state company Rosvooruzhenie will begin to deliver new Su-30MKI airplanes to the Indian air force. On 28 December 2001, the first serial Su-30MKI, intended for delivery to the India air force, completed a test flight at the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Production Association, they reported at the OAO IAPO press service to SIA. The contract for the development and delivery of Su-30 fighters was signed in Irkutsk on 30 November 1996 by the Indian Ministry of Defense and GK Rosvooruzhenie. Within the framework of this contract, IAPO already has delivered two groups of Su-30K fighters to India. The multirole Su-30MKI is distinguished from them by the installation of thrust-vector controlled engines, which provide the airplane with unique…

2002-01-03, Serge Pod: Synthetic brains for advanced planes 2 January 2002 Engineers at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Centre at Edwards AFB in California are preparing to evaluate a flight control system that uses special neural network software. The project, known as Intelligent Flight Control Systems (IFCS), is designed to identify aircraft stability and control characteristics in order to provide stabilised flight control in the event of system failure. The idea is that future flight control computer software will be able to compensate for combat-damaged or failed aircraft control systems, enabling safe landings for disabled aircraft. One of Dryden's highly modified F-15B testbed aircraft is the IFCS research platform. Risk reduction flights of the F-15B IFCS are slated to begin about February-March 2002. Flight tests of a "self-learning" version of the IFCS software are tentatively planned for 2003, and an upgraded version is targeted for evaluation on a US Air Force C-17 test aircraft in 2005. REF XQQAS XQQAR DSD

2002-01-03, Serge Pod: Rosoboronexport increased pace, volume of 2001 defence sales 2 January 2002 "Rosoboronexport Corporation considerably increased the pace and volume of arms and defence equipment sales in 2001," Director General of Rosoboronexport Russian state arms…

2002-01-02, Serge Pod: Saturday December 29, 09:07 PM Russia bids farewell to Cuba spy centre MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started its farewells to its former communist ally Cuba as it prepares to close a big spy centre, ending four decades of Russian military presence on the Caribbean island. As Russian and Cuban officials held farewell ceremonies near Havana, Russian military officials were quoted as saying work to dismantle the Lourdes electronic spying centre in Cuba would start on January 15. Interfax news agency quoted the unnamed Russian defence ministry officials as saying three An-124 planes would be used to transport the centre back to Russia. President Vladimir Putin's decision to close the costly eavesdropping centre near Havana, from which Moscow listened in to U.S. secrets through the Cold War, has met resistance from veteran Cuban leader Fidel Castro but has won applause from U.S. President George W. Bush. A final Russian military pullout from Cuba will mark the end of a 40-year chapter in the Cold War in which…

2001-12-06, Bobo: Сертификат, оказывается, давно есть — 404 Not Found // liga.kiev.ua   и Супербомба | Аэроклуб Украины - всеукраинская ассоциация Об ассоциации: задачи (развитие авиационного спорта, авиационной любительской деятельности и др.), устав, список…

2001-12-06, Serge Pod: An-70T Transport Airplane to Be Build Using Funds of Foreign Customer In the opinion of the General director of the Medium Transport Airplane International Consortium /MK STS/, Leonid Terent`ev, a resolution has been adopted at the present time regarding the construction of the An-70T airplane for commercial sales to the airlines with the aid of the investments of foreign customers. Negotiations are on-going with a number of undisclosed states. At the same time, Leonid Terent`ev noted that negotiations with China for the An-70 airplane are being held separately along the way and their pace and results are not to be made public. Approximately 30 million dollars are needed to build the An-70T in the Russo-Ukrainian integration. However, several demands of the foreign investors about the airplanes integration and power plant using imported engines may actually raise the stated cost. The market size for the commercial sales of airplanes of the An-70T is estimated at 627 aircraft to 2008, with a total cost of…

2001-12-05, Serge Pod: Work Begins on New Contract between Russian and Ukraine within Framework of Program for Creation and Production of Tu-334 Airplane As an informed source at OAO Tupolev has reported, work is starting on the recently concluded new agreement /contract for the Ukrainian side/ between OAO Tupolev and the Ukrainian side with the participation of the Kiev aircraft plant for the continuation of work on the program for the creation and production of the Tu-334 short-range 100-seat passenger airplane. The completion of a second prototype Tu-334 airplane in Kiev and the inclusion of it in flight and certification tests in accordance with the program is envisioned by the contract. The source emphasized that 8 - 10 million dollars is needed for the completion of the second airplane in Kiev. Ukraine has moved significantly further in the realization of the program for the preparation of series production of the Tu-334 airplane than Russia. Since Ukraine right now is ahead of Russia significantly in preparation for…

2001-12-04, Serge Pod: PO Strela Completing Assembly of Ka-226 Helicopter The assembly of the Ka-226 helicopter for the Ministry of Emergency Situations ``MChS``, which will be used for medical purposes, is being completed in the PO Strela shops. As GTRK Orenburg reports, at the beginning of December there will be tests and the aircraft will be sent off to the recipient. This is the first helicopter that the Orenburg defense workers are manufacturing in series production. And a second helicopter is in the final stage of assembly, also a rescue variant for the MChS. The plant personnel have put five more aircraft on the assembly line for the rescuers. In future plans is the manufacture of helicopters for gas workers, for which there is a corresponding agreement. The Ka-226 light helicopter is popular because of its technical characteristics. The passenger capacity is 8 people, the payload is 8 tonnes, and the flight range reaches 620 kilometers. By Roy Cochrun /http://www.toad.net/cgi-bin/cgi wrap/royfc/today/acft_news.html/…

2001-12-04, Serge Pod: Woman Survives Mi-2 Helicopter Crash in Taimyr A woman has survived with grave injuries a helicopter crash in Taimyr on Thursday. A rescue team who opened up the helicopter at about 7:05 Moscow time on Friday found the other six passengers and crew dead. The survivor, Natalya Patsuk, an Energo-Tekh engineer, has been sent to the Dudinka hospital. The helicopter owned by Taimyr Turaviatrans company was en route from Valek to Pelyatka, 68 kilometers west of Dudinka. /Interfax/

2001-12-04, Serge Pod: Baikonur Payments Russia will pay off an unspecified amount of its $65 million debt to Kazakhstan for using the Baikonur space launch site with aviation supplies, Prime-Tass reported Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov as saying. A protocol on the debt repayment has been signed by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin and Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Shkolnik, Kasyanov said Wednesday. Kasyanov said the list of goods to be supplied to Kazakhstan to pay the debt has yet to be finalized. /MT/ AVIA.RU - Информационное агентство "Российская авиация и космонавтика"

2001-12-04, Serge Pod: Il-76 Plane Explodes in Midair Over The Far East Up to 18 people were feared dead Sunday after an Il-76 cargo jet apparently exploded in midair as it tried to make an emergency landing, a senior Emergency Situations Ministry official said. The military plane came down near the city of Okhotsk in the far eastern Khabarovsk region shortly after the captain told air traffic control he was making an emergency landing due to an onboard fire. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear. ``According to our information from the Okhotsk region, the plane exploded in midair. People heard the sound of two explosions and saw flashes,`` Valery Sukhoborov, deputy chief of the Emergency Situations Ministry`s far eastern region, told TV6 television. The Il-76 was en route from Bratsk in the Krasnoyarsk region to Anadyr, Chukotka, the Federal Border Guards Service said. It was carrying more than 30 tons of cargo, including food, construction materials and an engine. The people on board included a crew of eight, led by…

2001-12-03, <Zed>: Russia launches new satellites to modernize military's navigation system December 3, 2001 MOSCOW (AP) - Russia has successfully launched three satellites, which are intended to maintain the shrinking space navigation system of the nation's armed forces. The three satellites, which were put into orbit Sunday by the Proton-K booster, became part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system of the Russian military, the Russian space forces said in a brief statement. The system, developed during the 1970s, originally had 24 satellites but their number dwindled to six before Sunday's launch, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Monday. A representative of the company that manufactured the Uragan satellites told a conference in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Monday that the military would bring their number to 10-12 and maintain it at that level through 2003. The official with the Scientific-Industrial Company of Applied Mechanics, whom ITAR-Tass did not identify, said the GLONASS system needs at least 16…

2001-11-28, Serge Pod: BAE SYSTEMS gets out of regional jet business 27 November 2001 Blaming the aftermath of the 11 September terror attacks on the World trade Centre and the Pentagon, BAE SYSTEMS has decided to pull out of the regional jet business altogether. The company is closing its Avro RJX programme immediately and closing the Avro RJ production line when the four aircraft in production are completed. The decision will mean 1700 job losses and BAESYSTEMS will take a Ј250 million charge in 2001. The job losses announced today relate only to BAE SYSTEMS' wholly owned businesses and exclude any impacts of 11 September falling within the Airbus integrated company. Announcing these decisions today John Weston, Chief Executive, BAE SYSTEMS, said, "...operating profit expectations for Airbus next year have been reduced significantly and the outlook for regional aircraft has deteriorated sharply. Regrettably it has been concluded that our regional jet business is no longer viable in this environment." He said the decision drew…

2001-11-27, Serge Pod: GE90 engine establishes new thrust record during tests 22 November 2001 During its initial ground tests, a GE90 engine a new thrust record for a jet engine, reaching 120,316 pounds of thrust. The record-setting thrust level was established on November 19 during tests of a GE90-115B development engine at GE Aircraft Engines' outdoor test complex near Peebles, Ohio. The engine reached 120,316 pounds of thrust and then ran at a steady state of 117,446 pounds of thrust. During the first phase of ground tests this autumn, the engine is targeted to complete 150 hours of testing to measure thrust, performance, cross-wind capability, and fan blade stress levels. "We first put the engine to test on Friday, set a new thrust record on Sunday, and broke it again on Monday," said Chaker Chahrour, general manager, GE90 Project Department. "This achievement is a testimony to the effectiveness of GE Aircraft Engines' new engine development team and its methodology." The GE90-115B, the world's most powerful turbofan engine,…

2001-11-26, Serge Pod: Aviastar Relaunches Manufacture of Tu-204 Freighter Construction of a Tu-204 freighter has been restarted at the Ulyanovsk Aviastar aircraft plant. Assembly of the airplane was suspended in May 2001 because of a disagreement over questions of cost between the plant`s management /the New Commonwealth team/ and the customers - the Moscow Aviastar-Tu airline. After the arrival of a new head, Aviastar-Tu paid the basic share of the articles obtained from the suppliers. Right now work on assembly of the liner is on-going in the main part of the the airplane production facility - in the final assembly hall. Some day soon, the first of two PS-90 engines which will be installed on the Tu-204 should be brought to Aviastar. And toward the end of 2001, according to the timetable, the airplane should be relocated to the flight test complex. If the manufacturing process is not halted, the Tu-204 freighter will be the second airplane coming out of the Aviastar jigs in 2001. As Mozaika IRA reports, the first liner,…

2001-11-26, Serge Pod: Ruslan Will Bear Two There are great changes in the marketplace of aerial transportation. And one of the largest cargo airplanes in the world - the An-124-100 Ruslan - has found itself in the focus of the attention. The Ukrainian and Russian users of the aerial trucks finally have understood that it is somewhat better to be friends than to clash. The Volga-Dniepr airline, which is the primary owner of the Ruslans, has agreed with Kiev`s Antonov ANTK and the Progress design bureau on the joint upgrade of the ultra powerful aircraft. Europe's threat to close its air space for airplanes which didn`t comply with international ecological and noise norms pushed the sides into coming together. If at the present time the Ruslans still comply with these requirements, then beginning in 2006, when chapter 4 of the ICAO Convention enters into force, one of the most lucrative markets may by lost completely. As they reported to the Vremya MN newspaper at the Volga-Dniepr company, so that this doesn`t happen, for all…

2001-11-26, Serge Pod: Rosoboronexport to be Transformed into Investment Agency The prime objective for the Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport is to turn from a trade mediator into an investment agency for the Russian defense industry and a shareholder in newly established military-industrial concerns, Rosoborobexport General Director Andrei Belyaninov said in an interview with the Monday edition of Vedomosti. When Rosoboronexport was created, it inherited a $60-million debt to enterprises from its predecessor, Rosvooruzheniye, while at the moment this debt has shrunk to only $9 million, Belyaninov said. At the second phase of the Rosoboronexport reform, it should seek to actively increase its stakes in Russian defense industry enterprises, Belyaninov said. ``A state mediator without its own production base is at risk of being exposed to various fluctuations. It might simply fail to survive,`` he said. Among enterprises Rosoboronexport is eyeing at the moment is the Sukhoi aircraft holding company, which controls about…