The Russian military received the first heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A this year, the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported.

Russian military and civilian aircraft will receive a search and sighting system "Kasatka". Elements of the system designed for reconnaissance, rescue operations and environmental monitoring are already being placed on Russian aircraft. This is reported by TASS with reference to the words of the executive director of the scientific and production enterprise "Radar mms" Ivan Antsev.

Russia is superior to the United States in some aspects of weapons. This was announced on Wednesday, September 8, by the American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul.

The F-15 Eagle and F-22 Raptor fighters were created by the United States in the face of opposition with the USSR, while the aircraft of the Next-Generation Air Dominance program (NGAD) is being developed to confront both Russia and China, General of the United States Air Force (Air Force) Mark Kelly told Defense News.

The British company BAE Systems has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Development Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense for the design of a full-scale demonstrator of the active air flow control system technology. The US military is interested in it as part of the CRANE project to create an aircraft without wing mechanization.

The American company Wright Electric has started testing an electric motor with a capacity of two megawatts, which will be included in the propulsion system of the promising passenger airliner Wright 1. The aircraft will receive ten such engines, which will provide it with a power of 20 megawatts-like Airbus A320 aircraft.

The United States has worked out the use of an unmanned slave using a tablet. In the future, such UAVs will be able to operate together with fighters of the fourth and fifth generations.

On September 3, the Indian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of an agreement with the US Military Department on the joint implementation of the air-based UAV Development project (ALUAV), which took place on July 30, 2021.

The Boeing company at the enterprise in Ridley Park (Philadelphia, pc.Pennsylvania) has started testing the first Chinook heavy transport helicopter upgraded to the latest version of the CH-47F by the Airmobile Forces of the Spanish Land Forces (FAMET).

The cause of the accident of the American-Ukrainian Alpha rocket was the premature stop of one of the four engines of the first stage, which was accompanied by the closing of valves in the fuel lines, the American portal reports Space.com, referring to the statement of representatives of the company Firefly.

One of the main problems that the participants of the first lunar missions will face is the search and extraction of fresh water. NASA studies of recent years, in particular the Lunar Prospector, LCROSS and SOFIA missions, have confirmed the presence of a large amount of ice at the satellite's poles. However, before getting water from it, it must be extracted from the lunar soil – regolith.

They want to launch the James Webb Space Telescope on December 18. Before that, the start was repeatedly postponed-including due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The flight will be the fourth

The next - already the fourth-mission to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft is planned no earlier than April 15, 2022. This was announced on Tuesday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration on its website.

Ukraine wanted to create an upgraded version of the RK-360MC "Neptune" coastal missile system. The modified complex can be used to defeat ground targets. Oleg Korostelev, the general designer and general director of the Luch State Design Bureau, told about this in an interview with the Texts publication.

In Kamchatka, the division of the coastal anti-ship missile complex "Bal", which is part of the missile connection of troops and forces in the North-East of Russia, was alerted as part of a tactical exercise that has begun, said on Wednesday the head of the information support department of the press service of the VVO for the Pacific Fleet, Captain 3 rank Ilya Kolesnikov.

In Russia, there will be "secret" modifications of the "UAZ Patriot". The new vehicles will be released for the needs of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops (RCBZ). The machine will help to detect dangerous substances and mark infected areas. Special SUVs will be delivered to the troops by the end of the year, "Izvestia reports, citing sources in the defense department.

Military personnel of units in the Novosibirsk and Samara regions have begun to master new equipment

The troops of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Novosibirsk and Samara regions, received eight Typhoonenok armored vehicles for the first time. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

In the near future, a modification of the T-90M tank with a retractable optoelectronic module will be tested at military exercises. It is an observation device with a thermal imager, a TV channel and a laser rangefinder on a three-meter telescopic mast, the module allows the tank crew to monitor the situation and find targets without detecting themselves - for example, from behind a one-story house or from a trench.

The South-Western command of the Indian Army has released video footage of maneuvers with the mass participation of the main battle tanks T-90S Bhishma.

At the beginning of the video, combat vehicles, raising clouds of dust, make a simultaneous turn of almost 180 degrees on command. Then the synchronous reverse movement of an entire tank unit is demonstrated.

A modernized Soviet infantry fighting vehicle BMP was presented at the international defense exhibition MSPO-2021 in Poland. The company WZM S. A. demonstrated a new version of the machine with an upgraded body and tower, according to the Defense 24 portal.