The US Air Force has lost the MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone. The American drone fell on the territory of Romania, the fall of the "Reaper" was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the country.

At the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region, the installation of all seventeen levels of the cable refueling tower for the Angara family launch vehicles has been completed. This was told by the press service of Roscosmos.

According to the American resource "Breaking Defense" in the Teresa Hitchens material "Newest sats launched by DoD include jammer-evading, classified payloads" ("The latest satellites launched by the US Department of Defense include a secret payload to avoid interference"), on July 2, 2022, Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne air launch vehicle It has placed seven small experimental military satellites with promising secret payloads into low-Earth orbit as part of the US Department of Defense space testing program.

Canada has decided to join its allies with plans for space and create a special space unit that will be responsible for operations on earth and space. As stated in the Ministry of Defense, the military appreciated the importance of space troops for the security of the country.

The Russian Army will receive new complexes of automated fire control of military air defense (air defense) "Magister-SV" in 2023. The complex was developed by specialists of NPP "Rubin" (part of the holding "Roselectronics"). This was reported in the press service of the holding, reports TASS.

Dmitry Litovkin — about what is known and what can be assumed about the missile system being developed for the Russian Navy

The Russian military-industrial complex continues to surprise with new developments. As it became known to TASS sources, a new Serpentine missile system with a hypersonic striking element is being developed in the country.

In Ukraine, they are not satisfied with the range of missiles delivered by the Americans to the HIMARS MLRS, in Kiev they called on Washington to supply longer-range ammunition capable of hitting targets at a range of over 150 km. This was stated in the Verkhovna Rada.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine demonstrated the use of multiple rocket launchers "Vampire" Czech production. Some time ago, several such MLRS were supplied by Czech sponsors of the Kiev regime. According to some reports, they were transported to the border by rail, and from there – on their own to one of the military units.

The ex-commander of the Airborne Forces, General Georgy Shpak, called the advantages of the combat robot "Arbalet-DM"

During the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian army and Rosgvardiya use a robotic machine-gun combat module with remote control "Arbalet-DM". This system is installed on Tiger-M armored vehicles, but can also be used on other vehicles. "Newspaper.Ru" together with experts, I understood the specifics of the work of the "machine gun robot".

Several top managers have left Tesla - including the head of Congratulations, who is engaged in the development of autopilot. This is reported by the publication The Information.

The agency plans to recover more than 500 million rubles for non-compliance with the conditions for the development and production of microchips for satellites

The Kommersant newspaper found in the file of arbitration cases that on June 30, the Ministry of Industry and Trade filed a lawsuit for 512 million rubles against the Russian microelectronics design center of JSC SPC Elvis.

The ice-resistant platform "North Pole" has completed all tests and has already begun preparations for the launch of the first flight, which is planned for the very beginning of autumn. Alexander Makarov, Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AANI), told about the plans.

A protocol between the Russian Federation and Belarus on extending the operation of the radio station of the Vileika naval strategic nuclear forces has been submitted to the State Duma for ratification, the document is available in the Duma database.

The Pacific Fleet continues to prepare for the reception of new nuclear and diesel-electric submarines. According to the press service of the fleet, new floating berths are being installed at the base of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet in Kamchatka.

On July 13, the French company Naval Group announced a steel cutting ceremony for the second multi-purpose frigate FDI HN (Belharra class), intended for the Greek Navy, held at the enterprise in Lorient.

Below are the ratings of the CAMTO of the positions of the BRICS countries in 10 regional markets for the supply of VIVT in the period 2013-2020.

A landmark foreign visit of the president was announced in the Kremlin – in a few days Vladimir Putin will meet in Tehran with the leaders of Iran and Turkey. Almost simultaneously, Biden's adviser said that Iran was allegedly ready to transfer several hundred drones to Russia. Is this really the case, why are ties with Iran of particular importance to Russia now and who is trying to sever them?

Director of the Department of International Organizations (DMO) In an interview with Interfax, Russian Foreign Minister Pyotr Ilyichev spoke about efforts to resolve the "grain" issue, including in contacts with Turkey, Ukraine and the UN, assessed the role of the UN in resolving the Ukrainian crisis, including the possible involvement of the UN as an intermediary, about the difficulties with obtaining American visas by Russian officials.

A discussion unfolded on the Web about the actions of the domestic Aerospace Forces (VKS) to suppress the Ukrainian air defense and why the Ukrainian air defense still retains part of its combat capabilities.

The Ukrainian leadership loudly declares the preparation of a large–scale counteroffensive - and first of all, in the south, in the direction of Kherson and Mariupol. Is it worth believing these reports, does the Ukrainian army have the necessary forces – and where does Kiev have such ambitions?