Indian Foreign Ministry: the agreement on BRICS satellites was the beginning of cooperation of the "five" in space
The document will help accelerate cooperation in various sectors, including global climate change, agriculture, the ministry noted
The agreement on the exchange of remote sensing data of the BRICS, signed on Wednesday by the member countries of the association (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), was the first step in the cooperation of the "five" in space. This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, which this year chairs the "five", the BRICS Sherpa Sanjay Bhattacharya.
BRICS countries signed an agreement on the exchange of satellite data of remote sensing of the Earth - Roscosmos
The heads of the space departments of the BRICS countries signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of exchange of satellite data for remote sensing of the Earth (remote sensing), Roscosmos reported.
The Sula station can track space debris at a distance of up to 6 thousand km
The peculiarity of the" Sula " is the compact size of the antenna web, which allows you to track the movement of satellites, the Almaz-Antey concern reported
The newest radar station (radar) for observing space objects "Sula" developed by the company " Radiophysics "(part of the concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey") it is capable of detecting space debris at a distance of up to 6 thousand km.
A secret modification of the American UH-60 was noticed at the Kabul airport
The American UH-60 Black Hawk multi-purpose helicopter has been in service for more than 40 years. It is operated by the military of almost three dozen countries. During this time, a large number of different modifications have been created that can perform combat, search and rescue, sanitary, anti-submarine and other tasks.
An unmanned tailsitter will be developed a hybrid power plant
The promising reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle V-Bat will receive a hybrid power plant on heavy fuel. According to Janes, now the company Martin UAV is engaged in its development together with the US Marine Corps.
American combat drones have learned to track targets independently
The American company GA-ASI reported that the US Army drone "Avenger" is now able to track targets offline. It uses the Lockheed Martin Legion sensor system to detect military and civilian objects.
Planes and helicopters of the Afghan Air Force that escaped to Uzbekistan
On August 15, 22 military aircraft and 24 military helicopters of Afghanistan illegally crossed the airspace of Uzbekistan, carrying 585 armed servicemen of the neighboring country. The aircraft were forcibly landed at the international airport of Termez, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan reported on Monday.
China has started production of the fourth batch of J-15 carrier-based fighters
The Chinese company Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), apparently, has started production of the fourth serial batch of deck-based multi-purpose fighters J-15.
The US will classify the F-35 from its allies
US allies using the fifth-generation multi-role fighter F-35 Lightning II will not have access to complete information about the aircraft.
HAL has signed a contract for the purchase of 99 F404 aircraft engines for LCA "Tejas" Mk-1A aircraft
On August 17, the Indian state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a contract worth $ 716 million with the American GE Aviation, providing for the purchase of 99 F404 aircraft engines for LCA Tejas Mk-1A light combat aircraft.
The manufacturer of the Il-112B commented on the ban on the flight of the Il-114
No decisions were made regarding the flight of the Il-114 prototype aircraft at the VII International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021". Thus, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), which is the developer and manufacturer of the Il-112B and Il-114 aircraft, commented on the message of a TASS source about the ban on flights at the event.
No decision was made on the participation of the Il-114 prototype aircraft in the Army-2021 forum - UAC
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) refutes media reports about the cancellation of the participation of the passenger Il-114 in the Army-2021 forum after the Il-112B disaster.
Algeria intends to purchase four Be-200 amphibious aircraft to extinguish forest fires
Algeria intends to purchase four Be-200 amphibious aircraft to extinguish forest fires, RIA Novosti reports, citing the Algerian military department.
The black boxes of the Il-112B crashed in the Moscow region were found
The black boxes of the prototype of the latest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B that crashed in the Moscow region have been found. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source.
Source: IL-112B fell into a tailspin before the crash due to a broken weather vane system
The plane burned in the air for 30 seconds, the source told TASS
The Il-112B military transport plane fell into a tailspin before the crash in the Moscow region due to a non-functioning propeller vane system. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday in the law enforcement agencies.
Poland and Ukraine commented on the crash of the Russian Il-112B
The circumstances of the crash of the newest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B indicate "a serious accident that caused the death of the crew and the loss of a prototype, which is very important for both Russian military aviation and the aviation industry," writes the Polish portal Defence24.
Tests of the Il-112B are planned to continue after finding out the causes of the disaster
Despite the crash of the first Il-112B model, work on the creation of a new light military transport aircraft in Russia will continue. Other machines that are in the process of fine-tuning at the Voronezh Aviation Plant will be involved in flight tests.
The source said that the flight tests of the Il-112B will continue with new prototypes
The program of flight tests of the Il-112B light military transport aircraft will continue, despite the plane crash in Kubinka near Moscow, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
The new production line "UEC-Saturn" will provide automatic control of at least 300 thousand turbine blades per year
A modern production line for non-destructive testing of turbine blade castings for civil engines has been launched at the Rybinsk enterprise of the United Engine Corporation "UEC-Saturn", the press service of the UEC reports.
The American general called Russia the main military threat to the United States
Russia poses the main military threat to the United States, this opinion was expressed on Tuesday, August 17, by the head of the Northern Command of the United States Armed Forces, General Glen Vanherk.