I photographed this model of a Tu-142MSD on the Beriev stand at Gelendzhik in 2008…….

I don’t think anything has come of it though ?

Ken

PS – There was also a model of a Tu-142MRE variant…..

Nice pictures of the Tu-95MSD Ken, anyone know why it was not put into production if that were the case?

U.S. Air Force Said Poised to Award Bomber Contract Tuesday

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-26/air-force-poised-to-award-bomber-contract-tuesday-officials-say

At last, the LRS-B contract award is going to be announced.

I don’t think that the Chinese will ever order the Su-35 because of their own Fifth generation fighter programs.

Saw the video of the crash on Youtube makes it more harrowing that one pilot survived.

1; First link is from 2010. From some random site. From an article that was created days after first flight… And it says “Guesstimates on Performance”. That is not a source of any kind. I can pull plenty of numbers out of my **** too.

2; Meh, again, not a believable source. Russian media has also repeated 2500 km/h speed ad nauseum while in same breath claiming it is 500 km/h faster than F-22. So yeah, not exactly believable either to say the least.

3; That statement is NOT from Radioscanners. It first appeared in some random article on sdelanounas claiming it was from radioscanners. It has never been confirmed in any way. Second hand source at best. I would *like* it to be true, but that does not mean it is.

I don’t get the 500 Km/h faster than the F-22s top speed since I alway’s thought the maximum never exceed speed of the F-22 was Classified Top Secret anyway.

http://lenta.ru/news/2015/05/26/mi28hm/

Mi-28NM testing to start soon. Article doesn’t really state anything interesting, past data linkage and communication with other helicopters, planes, UAVs and ground assets as part of the modernization….also a new glass cockpit apparently.

http://lenta.ru/news/2015/05/26/ka226/

Serial production of the Ka-226T will start @ KumAPP in 2016.

Will the Mi-28NM feature a millimeter wave radar that was originally shown on the Mi-28M prototype many years ago?

How long and wide is the internal bay on the P-8?

I thought that the P-8 internal bay was as wide and long as the P-3s internal bay.

Lets get back on topic. Anyone know if any PAK-FA prototype’s took part in the VE-Day parade in Moscow? Just seen the news reports on the BBC News Channel but all they showed were marching soldiers.