ZALA Aero reported that the new barrage munition has successfully completed state tests

Serial deliveries to the troops of a new attack drone - the KUB-UAV barrage ammunition, developed by ZALA Aero (part of the Kalashnikov Group of companies), may begin in 2022. This was reported by the company's press service.

A video was posted on the YouTube channel "Alexander Rogatkin Studio" showing the destruction of a helicopter-type drone by a new Russian Orion UAV.

Flight tests of a drone-radar reconnaissance of various ground targets are being conducted in Russia

Tests of a drone with an onboard radar station for reconnaissance of ground targets have started in Russia. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The Russian Defense Ministry showed how the Lancet destroyed Syrian militants in April 2020

The Rossiya-1 TV channel published video footage of an airstrike on the positions of Syrian formations, which was made in April 2020 with the help of a Lancet barrage ammunition.

Russia has developed a new guided aviation missile X-UAV, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

Turkish Bayraktar attack drones ("Bayraktar") have entered service with the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the press service of the Kyrgyz president reported on Saturday.

19FortyFive: Finland's purchase of the F-35 will deter Russia from invading Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Finland has decided to purchase fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters manufactured in the United States because of the danger emanating from Russia, explains the reasons for the deal between Helsinki and Washington, the American publication 19FortyFive.

Defense Blog: BAE Systems has received a contract to modernize the electronic warfare system of F-35 aircraft

BAE Systems has received a contract for the modernization of electronic warfare equipment of fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The aircraft will receive upgraded jamming equipment. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

The Procurement Agency of the Armed Forces of Peru (ACFFAA) has signed a contract with Global Business Logistics Inc. (Florida, USA) for the supply of the Beechcraft T-34C-1 Turbo Mentor for the command of the country's Navy.

British Defense Ministry: Typhoon fighter jet shot down an air target in Syria for the first time

The British Typhoon fighter used weapons for the first time to defeat an aerial target in combat. The plane shot down a drone over Syria. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal with reference to the British Ministry of Defense.

On December 14, a BTA C-130H Hercules aircraft, donated to the Romanian Air Force by the US government, landed at the Aurel Vlaicu Bucharest Banyasa International Airport.

China has increased production of fifth-generation Chengdu J-20 fighters

Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group has announced an increase in the pace of production of fifth-generation aircraft. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the demand for Chengdu J-20 fighters from the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) increased. This is reported by Military Watch.

The Americans are expanding the program of converting transport aircraft into missile carriers. December 17, portal flightglobal.com He reported that the US Air Force had worked out the defeat of a surface target by cruise missiles dropped by pallet from a C-130 aircraft.

The decision to resume flights of European astronauts on Russian Soyuz spacecraft within the framework of the cross-program will be made by the American side, the executive director of Roscosmos for manned programs Sergey Krikalev told Interfax.

Roscosmos and NASA have not yet come to a final agreement on the date of the resumption of flights of American astronauts on Soyuz within the framework of the cross program, Sergei Krikalev, executive director of the state Corporation for manned programs, told Interfax.

Roscosmos and NASA have not yet approved Anna Kikina's candidacy as the first representative of Russia to the crew of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, Sergei Krikalev, executive director of the state Corporation for Manned Programs, told Interfax.

Two non-professional participants of the flight are currently on board the ISS - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov did not rule out that he could become the next pilot to fly into orbit with space tourists.

The Roscosmos State Corporation has concluded contracts with the Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company for the creation of the Skif and Marathon satellite groupings. This was announced by the CEO of ISS JSC Nikolay Testoyedov at the Russian Scientific and Technical Congress "Directions of the national scientific and technological breakthrough 2030".

Now the device is already assembled and is being tested

The first navigation satellite of the new generation "Glonass-K2" may be launched in the second quarter of 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

SpaceNews: China will launch a rocket in 2026 to send taikonauts to the moon

China in 2026 has planned to launch the first rocket that can be used to send taikonauts to the moon by 2030, SpaceNews reports.