The US Federal Aviation Administration has granted Blue Origin a license to launch the New Shepard spacecraft with people on board. If nothing changes, the first such flight will take place on July 20.

The German Bundeswehr has officially launched the work of the" space " headquarters. This was announced on Tuesday, July 13, by the DW TV channel. The main task of the headquarters is to protect satellites and monitor threats in outer space.

The Chinese National Space Administration has published a number of new images of Mars taken by the Zhuzhong rover. Among them are the first multispectral images that allow scientists to roughly determine the composition of soil and stones, CNSA reports.

In the future, the Institute plans to start making bags for freeze-dried space food on a regular basis

JSC "Research and Design Institute of Chemical Engineering" (Niihimmash) plans to start manufacturing bags for freeze-dried space food on a regular basis. This is stated in the annual report of the Institute.

Such a system on board the manned station will allow collecting carbon dioxide and processing it by hydrogenation reaction, according to the annual report of the institute

The Research and Design Institute of Chemical Engineering (Niihimmash) will develop a system for processing carbon dioxide to ensure life in space. This is stated in the annual report of the Institute.

On July 7, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced the roll-out ceremony of the first of four MQ-9A "Reaper" UAVs of the Block.5 version ordered by the Dutch Air Force.

The X-56B unmanned aerial vehicle, which is able to suppress flutter, crashed during tests. According to the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, it was damaged in flight as a result of an anomaly, but no details were reported. No one was injured in the accident, but the drone was destroyed.

The US aviation regulator has discovered a new problem with Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. It is reported that the production defect was found in the machines that were not put into operation. During a system-wide inspection, a defect in the nose was revealed, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The issue of edits in already flying Boeing 787s is being considered. It is unknown whether the planes will be sent for revision. Representatives of the Boeing company have so far refused to give any comments.

Almost six billion dollars will be overspending of the Pentagon's funds for the maintenance of fifth-generation F-35 fighters by 2036, if the military cannot reduce spending on this budget item.

The assembly of the drive unit box for the VK-1600V advanced helicopter engine demonstrator, which will be presented for the first time at MAKS-2021, has been completed at the Salyut production complex of UEC JSC.

Due to the abnormal heat, the fire-dangerous situation in Yakutia has sharply worsened. On behalf of the President of Russia, the Ministry of Defense, in cooperation with local administrations, is actively fighting forest fires.

During the presentation flights for representatives of Colombia and Mexico, for the first time in South America, the ZALA VTOL unmanned vertical take-off and landing complex was demonstrated and put into operation.

In the current decade, Russia is ready to begin active operation of a number of drones, some of them are at the development stage, some are at the production stage. This will allow Russia to overtake the United States, China, Iran, Israel and Turkey.

A Russian Su-30 fighter jet drove a US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft away from the Russian border over the Black Sea. On the air of Sputnik radio, the director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, Alexey Podberezkin, called the Americans ' "super task" in this situation.

Pilots-graduates of higher military aviation schools in 2020 have started mastering the MiG-31BM interceptor fighters of a separate aviation regiment of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia.

Improving the combat effectiveness of the Tu-160M strategic missile carriers is the most important task that the new NK-32 aircraft engines of the second series will help to solve, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a conference call on Tuesday.

The aircraft engine-demonstrator APD-500, created on the basis of the motor of the car of the government class Aurus, was installed on the Yak-18T aircraft for display at the International Aerospace Salon MAKS-2021, the press service of the developer of this power plant-the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering (CIAM, part of the SIC "Zhukovsky Institute") named after Baranov told RIA Novosti.

Sergei Shoigu discussed on Tuesday with his generals the production of Tu-160M strategic missile carriers and the testing of training aircraft for VKS universities. The Minister recalled that there is a plan for the supply of engines for the Tu-160M.

Speaking about the state of military training aviation, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, noted that the presence of qualitatively trained graduate pilots allows us to effectively use the potential of aviation complexes.

The publication by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) on Twitter of an image with a soaring chess knight may indicate the creation of a new aircraft by Russia, which will be shown at the International Aviation and Space Salon 2021 (MAKS-21), explains The Drive.