The United States called the main problems of Russian carrier-based aircraft. The insufficient combat load of the Su-33 and the low flight range of the MiG-29K prevent them from becoming the main tools for projecting force. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the 19FortyFive portal.

During the flight (more than 12 hours), the ZALA 421-16E5G hybrid UAV covered a distance of more than 1,130 kilometers.

The first hybrid UAV ZALA flew on the route Izhevsk-Yoshkar-Ola-Izhevsk.

The developers managed to implement a system of simultaneous use of an unmanned aircraft by two flight detachments.

A video is being distributed demonstrating the use of the tactical unmanned aerial vehicle "Outpost-R "in the strike version during the joint strategic exercises of the Russian Armed Forces" West-2021 " on September 11, 2021.

For the first time, Russia has used the Pacer and Outpost reconnaissance and strike drones, which are part of the Lastochka complex. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were used to support the advancing troops during the Zapad-2021 exercises, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Defense Ministry.

A video of the combat use of the Russian reconnaissance and strike drone "Outpost-R"appeared on the Network. The device performed bombing on a ground target.

In 2021-22, Ukraine plans to purchase four more complexes of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones (24 unmanned aerial vehicles), the commander-in-Chief of the country's Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny, said in an interview with the Eastern European bureau of Report.

The Tu-95MS strategic bomber worked out a breakthrough of the enemy's air defense zone during the Zapad-2021 exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Comac Corporation has almost assembled the first C919 airliner that will be used for commercial flights. Soon it will be delivered to the customer-China Eastern Airlines.

Ukrainian naval aviation pilots practiced missile launches and bombing during exercises in the Kherson region, which borders the Crimea. This was reported on Tuesday, September 14, by the press service of the General Staff of Ukraine.

At the Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the United States, unusual aircraft were noticed. A pair of decommissioned F-117 stealth aircraft arrived at the base of the 144th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force (Air Force). The planes will take part in the exercises as "aggressor planes", The Drive reports.

On September 12, French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly confirmed on her Twitter page that an agreement had been reached with Greece on the additional supply of six Rafale multi-purpose fighters.

The Philippine Air Force Command has completed the repair of six previously unused helicopters, which allowed expanding the capabilities for transporting troops and cargo.

All seats in the new council were taken by representatives of Roscosmos

Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia announced the early termination of the powers of the board of directors and the election of members of the new board.

With the available funding, it is impossible to increase the volume of research in low-Earth orbit, said Alexander Derechin, Deputy General Director of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, speaking at the international Gagarin Conference, TASS reports.

The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which launched into orbit on Tuesday with 51 Internet satellites of the Starlink project, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean, the developer company SpaceX said.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle successfully launched a batch of 51 mini-satellites into polar orbit on Tuesday, Moscow time, designed to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.

Virgin Galactic, a company controlled by British billionaire Richard Branson, has faced new problems, SpaceNews reports.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak announced the creation of his own space company Privateer Space. "A private space company, Privateer Space, unlike any other, is being created," Wozniak wrote on Twitter.

The Ministry of Defense noted that the crews of the VKS were approaching the area of responsibility of the air defense units of the ZVO from different directions, at different altitudes and speeds

More than 50 aircraft and helicopters of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) checked the work of the air defense forces on duty in the Western Military District (ZVO) at the joint exercises of the Russian Federation and Belarus "West-2021". This was reported on Tuesday in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Following the meeting with Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke about 28 cooperation programs. Among them, Minsk has ordered weapons worth more than a billion dollars: planes, helicopters, Tor-M2 anti-aircraft systems, and other equipment.