Russia’s effort to develop a domestically built competitor to the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo reached a significant milestone after the first serial production Yakovlev MC-21-310 successfully completed its maiden test flight.
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Russia’s civil aviation sector is facing renewed scrutiny after Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU) claimed the Kremlin is restructuring several aviation businesses to mask mounting operational and financial problems rather than resolve them.
Alleged GRU officer posing as Aeroflot employee leaves Japan, raising concerns over Russian technology procurement.
Turkey is pushing to sell its Russian S-400 air defense system to win back access to the American F-35, with Qatar and the UAE named as potential buyers.
GRU officer posing as an Aeroflot employee in Tokyo sourced Japanese dual use technology for Russian weapons production.
WDMMA ranks the world’s strongest air forces by TruVal Rating, with the US Air Force first and India sixth overall.
Russia uses civilian airlines and dual-use airfields to move troops and weapons, bypassing sanctions through shadow charter flights globally.
Norway scrambles F-35 fighters from Evenes to intercept Russian Il-38 patrol aircraft near its airspace in latest QRA mission.
Russian military aircraft activity near North America has increased beyond historical levels, prompting more NORAD intercept operations and heightened NATO surveillance across Arctic and Atlantic regions.
Serbia has integrated China’s CM-400 supersonic standoff missile onto its MiG-29 fighter fleet, significantly expanding its long-range strike capability and introducing one of Europe’s fastest air-launched weapons outside Russia.