Chinese "Jilong" first took off from the water
Chinese "comrades" continue to bring to mind the pride of the national aviation industry, in the form of the largest amphibious aircraft AG600 "Jilong". Since August 27, 2018, it has been located at the Zhanghe Hydro Airfield ...
China is preparing to put into orbit the "artificial moon"
By 2020, the "Celestial" is going to send the first reflector satellite into the orbit of our planet. This is the "artificial moon" that will shine, at night, on the large city of Chengdu. Its area ...
Russia created the first aircraft engine PD-14
In Russia, the development of the PD-14 aircraft engine, launched in 2008, has been successfully completed.
Flying will be worse: TOP 5 airliners of the future
We present to you a selection of the five most original in our opinion modern concepts of the future airliners ....
The heavy ekranoplan returns: tests are underway in Russia
Even a cursory glance at the map of Russia is enough to understand that you can’t build up this entire territory with autobahns. But even if you set such a goal, then it will be extremely difficult to maintain ...
On the engines of the project "Cortege" planes fly
It is no secret that the engines (motors) of the Cortege automobile project are the most modern in the Russian Federation. Now they want to adapt them to airplanes. This was reported by Mikhail Gorlin, ...
The smallest Android smartphone in the world created
A team of California startups acquired the rights to use the Palm name for the smartphone created by this team from the Chinese company TCL (TM Alcatel, BlackBerry).
Robot will make a speech to Parliament for the first time
What progress has come to. Before we had time to report on the unprecedented achievement of American robotic engineers, the United Kingdom was already in a hurry to please the world community with its know-how ....
The collapse of the "Union": what happened and what to do next
On October 11, 2018, Russia's reputation as a leading space power was dealt a severe blow ....
The Americans taught the robot elements of parkour
Google-owned Boston Dynamics, an American company, is known for its amazing ability to absorb any amount of cash. So this time these ...
Russian high technology: should we expect a breakthrough?
It will not be news to anyone that Russia is far ahead of the rest in the field of high technology. This is not only about the absence of at least some kind of complex electronic devices completely ...
American super-rocket BFR: too good to be true
SpaceX is increasingly promoting the idea of a super-rocket and a super-ship BFR. She is contrary to the strategy of Elon Mask ....
Ancestor of MS-21: why the Tu-154 is so important for the Russian aircraft industry
Exactly half a century ago, on October 3, 1968, the debut of the legendary Tu-154 took place. This aircraft has repeatedly become a real champion ....
The French will begin to build airliners from an artificial web
It became known about the plans of the French aircraft manufacturers to start experiments with the artificial web next year ....
Americans create lunar landing modules
The owner of the fortune of 160 billion dollars announced to journalists his plans for the exploration of the moon ....
Hyperloop becomes reality: first prototype shown
The American company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies presented a capsule assembled in Spain for an ultra-high-speed vacuum train ....
After RD-180: is there a future for Russian engine builders?
It is time to breathe out and calmly think about how Russia will be able to answer this serious challenge for this very five-year period ....
Russia is ahead again: TsAGI is developing a hypersonic passenger liner
The Russian aircraft industry has long and firmly mastered supersonic speeds and seeks to conquer hypersonic (supersonic speeds above 5 Mach numbers). Moreover, not only in the military sphere, but also in ...
Russia loses “battle rocket engines”
The Americans themselves are abandoning the RD-180, but for some reason Russia now seems to be the loser in this situation. How did it happen? ...
The revival of Baikal: what is wrong with the Russian reusable missile?
Recently, a promising Russian reusable missile was called - “Wing-SV”. Remarkably, this fact alone raises uncomfortable questions ....