In 2036, the operations of the US Air Force( Air Force), the Marine Corps (KMP) and the US Navy (Navy) with fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters will reach peak values, which may lead to difficulties with supporting these aircraft if the costs of their operation remain at the current level, Defense News writes.

Working in the format of life cycle contracts is convenient for both the customer and the manufacturer, said Vladimir Artyakov, Deputy General Director of the state Corporation

Rostec State Corporation has provided a full life cycle of Mi-8AMTSh and Ka-52 helicopters. This was announced by Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

The Hunter UAV continues testing, it will have a large combat radius, Vladimir Artyakov, first Deputy General Director of Rostec, said on Friday.

The concern Radioelectronic Technologies (KRET) of the Rostec state Corporation will present the universal air data module MVD-90-2 at MAKS-2021. The product is intended for conducting flight tests of experimental aircraft models. The use of the module during the first flight of the aircraft allows you to identify the slightest deviations from the reference values and make appropriate adjustments to the design of the test apparatus.

The Lithuanian authorities are trying to infect other countries with Russophobia and use staged tricks in the form of an imitation of an air alarm. This opinion was expressed on July 9 by Elena Panina, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Two strategic Tu-160 aircraft flew from the Anadyr airfield to a base in the Saratov Region during the exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Two Tu-160 strategic bombers, which are capable of carrying nuclear weapons, flew from the Saratov Region to the Anadyr airfield in Chukotka during the exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

The crews of Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Russian Kant air base in Kyrgyzstan conducted an exercise to search for bases of conditional militants, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Saturday.

In the context of the intensification of hostile actions against the DPRK and the People's Republic of China, the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the two Countries contributes to ensuring peace and stability throughout the world, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in a telegram to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A ceremony of the transfer of new weapons for the ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was held in Iran, at which a number of new models of weapons that recently went to the troops were lit up.

The probability of a war with Russia can no longer be called hypothetical, but the US government is not ready for it at all. This was stated in an interview with The Hill by former American intelligence officer Rebecca Koffler.

The policy towards Russia and China became one of the topics of the talks between US Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and France Florence Parly, the Pentagon chief promised to consult with his French colleagues on these issues.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has accused Russia of cyber attacks on the website of the country's naval forces and posting false information about the international Sea Breeze exercises. This was reported on Friday, July 9, on the department's website.

The Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defense will take part in the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" scheduled for September, the Western Military District (ZVO) reported.

According to the data presented, the first full-time carrier of the latest hypersonic missile will be the frigate Admiral Golovko. It is also known that, in addition to surface ships, submarines will use it.

US President Joe Biden, explaining the withdrawal of the US military from Afghanistan, said that he does not intend to send more and more soldiers there without good reasons.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar discussed issues related to ensuring the security of the Kabul airport after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.

The delegation of the Taliban movement * met with the special representative of the President of Russia for Afghanistan, director of the second Department of Asia of the Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov, according to a statement by the political secretary of the movement, which was made available to RIA Novosti.

An operational group headed by the chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, is working out measures to reduce tension on the Tajik-Afghan border, one of the sections of this border has been flown.

Tajikistan keeps its border "on a fairly good lock"

There is no need to increase the number of contingents on the Tajik-Afghan border at the expense of personnel from the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, so far Tajikistan only needs material and technical assistance, said Colonel - General Anatoly Sidorov, head of the CSTO Joint Staff.