The start of flight tests of the first Tu-160M "White Swan" built from scratch is planned for 2022, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said in an interview with Interfax.

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies is working to modernize its barrage ammunition with regard to the duration of the flight and the mass of their warhead, the Kalashnikov press service told RIA Novosti at the Army-2021 exhibition.

The Kub barrage ammunition, also known as kamikaze drones, is ready for delivery to the Russian Armed Forces, the Kalashnikov Group of Companies told RIA Novosti as part of the Army-2021 exhibition.

The company ZALA Aero has started the development of the first Russian marine drone-kamikaze. This was announced on Sunday, August 22, by the head of special projects of the company Nikita Khamitov.

The Kalashnikov Concern is negotiating with foreign partners on the supply of a new ZALA VTOL hybrid unmanned complex, the concern's press service told Interfax.

The Kronstadt company has completed the development of documentation for the new Sirius reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The small unmanned aerial vehicle "Mukha" for indoor reconnaissance was developed by employees of the military technopolis "ERA" and presented at the Army-2021 exhibition.

The missile is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 10 km

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (part of the Rostec State Corporation) will complete the adaptation of the Vikhr-1 anti-tank guided missile to the Orion-E unmanned aerial vehicle by the end of the year. This was announced at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021" by the first Deputy General Director of Kalashnikov Andrey Semenov.

The Orion attack drone will receive an electronic warfare system (EW), which will provide protection against missiles, and will be able to suppress the enemy's electronic systems. The UAV developer chooses the optimal EW system concept. This was announced by the general director of the company "Kronstadt" Sergey Bogatikov in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russian Orion combat drones will be equipped with electronic warfare systems. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert, director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov told what advantages the UAV will have.

The Kronstadt company has started the preliminary design of the heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle "Thunder". Currently, it is being worked out.

The Russian army will start receiving Altius attack drones this year, Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with Interfax.

A long-term contract for serial deliveries of the heavy attack drone "Hunter" to the Russian army can be concluded in 2022, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said in an interview with Interfax.

The company noted that the UAVs are designed primarily for the examination of complex, hard-to-reach and dangerous places for human life

The Kronshtadt company presented at the Army-2021 forum a new line of mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that will allow exploring dangerous and hard-to-reach places for humans, in particular, conducting a pre-launch inspection of space rockets. This was reported to TASS on Sunday in the company's press service.

Russia may have a flying aircraft carrier, the basis of which will be a heavy military transport aircraft Il-76. He will use the Molniya UAV, which is capable of solving, among other things, shock tasks.

Nikolai Dolzhenkov, the General Designer of Kronstadt JSC, said that the main range of TSA includes corrected aircraft bombs, guided missiles and planning aircraft bombs

Russia has caught up with competitors in small-sized aviation weapons of destruction (ASP) for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was stated by Nikolai Dolzhenkov, General Designer of Kronstadt JSC, in an interview with TASS at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

At the Aviadarts competition of the International Army Games "ArMI-2021", Russia will perform for the first time on improved Su-34 HVO front-line bombers, Colonel-General Yuri Grekhov told reporters at a briefing at the Deputy head of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation.

All proposals for these aircraft, as well as Ka-31 helicopters, have already been sent

Russia is waiting for the Indian side's decision on the purchase of additional batches of MiG-29 and Su-30 fighters, the modernization of Indian Air Force aircraft, as well as the supply of Ka-31 helicopters, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said in an interview with Interfax.

A station has been opened in Russia for testing Ukrainian D-36 aircraft engines developed by the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Design Bureau Progress named after Academician A. G. Ivchenko. The station, created as part of import substitution, will allow performing a full cycle of repair of engines of this type. This is stated on the official website of the Rostec state Corporation.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev continues to count on the supply of weapons from Germany. "We have applied to the German government regarding the supply of weapons (to Ukraine - IF) and received refusals in one form or another, because I would really like to, and we are really working - within the framework of exercises, within the framework of NATO exercises," Zelensky said.