Category: Encyclopedia

Airplane SU-30SM

Airplane SU-30SM

The Sukhoi Su-30 (Russian: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weath
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Airplane Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II

Airplane Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions.
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Airplane Canadair CF-18 Hornet

Airplane Canadair CF-18 Hornet

The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) variant of the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft.
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Helicopter Bell AH-1 Super Cobra

Helicopter Bell AH-1 Super Cobra

The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engined attack helicopter based on the United States Army's single-engine AH-1 Cobra.
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Helicopter Z-9 Haitun

Helicopter Z-9 Haitun

The Harbin Z-9 (NATO reporting name "Haitun", Chinese: 海豚 for Dolphin) is a Chinese military utility helicopter with civilian variants.
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Helicopter AW129 Mangusta

Helicopter AW129 Mangusta

The AW129 multirole combat helicopter is the latest variant of the A129 Mangusta (Mongoose) helicopter in service with the Italian Army.
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Drone Boeing X-48B

Drone Boeing X-48B

The Boeing X-48 is an American experimental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built to investigate the characteristics of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft. Boeing designed the X-48 and two examples were built by Cranfield Aerospace in the UK.
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Drone Dozor 600

Drone Dozor 600

The existence of the draft UAV "Dozor-600" became known in 2009. In the course of the international air show MAKS-2009, the company "Transas" first showed layout (according to other data, the flight model) a new unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Airplane Atlas Cheetah

Airplane Atlas Cheetah

The Atlas Cheetah is a South African fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aviation company Atlas Aircraft Corporation (later Denel Aeronautics). It was developed at the behest of, and principally operated by, the South African Air Force (SAAF).
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Airplane Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000-5

Airplane Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000-5

The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engined, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force (Armée de l'air
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SEPECAT Jaguar IM Shamsher

SEPECAT Jaguar IM Shamsher

The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet attack aircraft originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Air Force in the close air support and nuclear strike role. It is still in service with the Indian Air Force.
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Airplane IAI Lavi

Airplane IAI Lavi

The IAI Lavi (Hebrew: לביא, "Young Lion") was a single-engined fourth-generation multirole jet fighter developed in Israel, by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), during the 1980s. The decision to develop the Lavi was controversial, both with the Israel
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Helicopter Bell OH 58D Kiowa Warrior

Helicopter Bell OH 58D Kiowa Warrior

The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine, single-rotor, military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support. Bell Helicopter manufactured the OH-58 for the United States Army based on its Model 206A JetRanger helicopter.
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Helicopter MBB-Bo-105-PAH-1

Helicopter MBB-Bo-105-PAH-1

The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 is a light, twin-engine, multi-purpose helicopter developed by Bölkow of Ottobrunn, West Germany. It was the first light twin-engine helicopter in the world, and the first rotorcraft that could perform aerobatic man
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Helicopter MD-530MG Defender

Helicopter MD-530MG Defender

The McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems MD 500 Defender is a light multi-role military helicopter based on the MD 500 light utility helicopter and OH-6 Cayuse Light Observation Helicopter.
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Typhoon-K-Kamaz

Typhoon-K-Kamaz

Kamaz Typhoon (Russian: Камаз-63968 Тайфун) is a family of Russian multi-functional, modular, armoured MRAP vehicles manufactured by the Russian truck builder Kamaz. The Typhoon family is part of Russia's Typhoon program.
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Helicopter Boeing AH 6 USA

Helicopter Boeing AH 6 USA

The Boeing AH-6 is a series of light helicopter gunships based on the MH-6 Little Bird and MD 500 family. Developed by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems, these include the Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) demonstrator,
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Mark VI patrol boat

Mark VI patrol boat

The Mark VI is a class of patrol boat in service with the United States Navy, designed to patrol riverine and littoral waters. The first two Mark VI boats were delivered to Coastal Riverine Group TWO in September 2015. Two boats were forward deployed to..
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Patrol boat Project 58155 Gurza M

Patrol boat Project 58155 Gurza M

The Project 58155 Gyurza-M class is a series of small armored gun boats in service with the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznya na Rybalskomu (previously Leninska Kuznya) shipbuilding plant in October 2012.
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М110 Howitzer

М110 Howitzer

The 8 inch (203 mm) M110 self-propelled howitzer is an American-made self-propelled artillery system consisting of an M115 203 mm howitzer installed on a purpose-built chassis. Before its retirement from US service,
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Patrol boat Shaldag-class

Patrol boat Shaldag-class

The Shaldag-class patrol boat (Hebrew: שלדג‎, Kingfisher) is a small but fast class of patrol boats developed for the Israeli Navy and launched in 1989, it has since seen service with several other navies.
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IAR-317 Airfox helicopter

IAR-317 Airfox helicopter

The IAR 317 Airfox was an attempt by IAR to make an attack helicopter out of the IAR 316. Equipped with the same license-produced Turbomeca Artouste IIIB turboshaft, the IAR 317 featured....
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STINGRAY III light tank

STINGRAY III light tank

It was originally developed as an entry for the U.S. Army’s Armored Gun System (AGS) competition in the 1980s., which called for a new light tank with the firepower of a main battle tank on an air-transportable chassis
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Buyan-M class

Buyan-M class

The Buyan class, (Russian: Буян, lit. ‘Buyan’), Russian designations Project 21630 Buyan and Project 21631 Buyan-M, are series of corvettes (small artillery and missile ships in Russian classification) developed by...
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LAH Lancer Helicopter

LAH Lancer Helicopter

In 1990s, HAL has developed a light attack helicopter “LANCER”. The Lancer Helicopter is a light attack helicopter developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited as a cost-effective airmobile area weapon system.
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