A demonstration sample of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker of the US Navy (Navy) performed aerial refueling of the fifth-generation F-35C Lightning II carrier-based fighter. The corresponding video was published by Boeing on YouTube.

The airspace and the area around Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri are closed after the emergency landing of a B-2 Spirit strategic bomber.

The heavy, unobtrusive B-2 Spirit strategic bomber is a "cool aircraft" that, unlike others, is " much more difficult to find and track," writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

The Ukrainian state Enterprise Antonov plans to complete the import substitution of the An-178 aircraft by the end of the year. By this time, the aircraft will lose Russian-made components. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to an interview with the Deputy General Director of the State Enterprise Alexander Vitushko.

The Inokhodets attack drones successfully carried out target designation and showed one hundred percent successful use of guided missiles at the joint exercises of the troops of Russia and Belarus "West-2021", a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS on Wednesday, September 15.

In Russia, it is proposed to use unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue at sea. They can deliver additional rescue equipment to the shipwreck site. Drones get on the route faster and are controlled from the shore.

The United Engine Corporation has opened a service center on the territory of the training base of the Russian Aerospace Forces for the maintenance of AI-222-25 engines, which are installed on Yak-130 combat training aircraft.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding to recover about 343 million rubles from PJSC Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company, it follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which demands to recover about 1.2 billion rubles from the Samara PJSC "UEC-Kuznetsov", which produces engines for aircraft and missiles, follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.

During a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Chong Yong, promised that Seoul will continue to make efforts aimed at ensuring peace with the DPRK, and expressed hope that these efforts will be supported by Beijing, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Washington, due to bureaucracy and fear of risks, is extremely slow to act in the military sphere in competition with Moscow and Beijing. This was stated by the American General John Hyten.

Russian President Vladimir Putin invited the members of the Russian Security Council to discuss Russia's participation in international organizations and security issues, taking into account the events in Afghanistan.

The military delegation of Kazakhstan has arrived in Dushanbe to participate in a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils, the press service of the Kazakh Defense Ministry reported.

The secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils agreed on the creation of a Coordinating Council on Biological Security issues. This decision was made on Wednesday in Dushanbe by the secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO member states in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev.

A joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils was held in Dushanbe. On the Russian side, it was attended by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, as well as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Almost 2.5 thousand military personnel were involved in practical actions

Specialists of the electronic warfare units of the Guards Tank Division of the Central Military District protected the columns of tank regiments from mine-explosive barriers with the help of electronic warfare systems during a practical episode of bilateral exercises of tank regiments in the Chelyabinsk region. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

The servicemen of the country's Combat Army Reserve (BARS) will master the tactics and use of all-terrain vehicles with machine-gun and anti-tank weapons. Training sessions for the crews of automobile "wheelbarrows" will be held at the Tarskoye training ground.

The closing ceremony was held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region

The closing ceremony of the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" was held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The barrel artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus destroyed the strongholds and critical objects of the conditional enemy on the territory of the Obuz-Lesnovsky combined arms range during the active phase of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the two countries "West-2021", the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

Tests of a new river boat for the border service of the FSB of Russia have been completed, it will soon begin service, the Vimpel shipbuilding plant (Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region) reported.