The promising new-generation S-500 Prometheus air defense system has successfully passed tests with live missile launches. This was announced by the head of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Sergei Babakov.

The US Space Force plans to receive digital models of early warning satellites for rocket launches for medium Earth orbit from Raytheon and Millennium Space Systems by the end of 2022. According to Breaking Defense, these satellites will allow you to observe the launches of cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles.

This satellite will relay data and measurements for guided spacecraft, satellites, launch vehicles, the Central Television of the People's Republic of China reported

China, using the Changzheng-3C launch vehicle (CZ-3C, Long March-3C), successfully launched the Tianlian-1-05 data relay satellite (Tianlian 1-05). This was reported on Wednesday by the Central Television of China.

The Chinese Academy of Space Technologies (CAST) plans to launch five remote sensing satellites of the Ningxia-1 series into orbit on Friday, the specialized American website Next Spaceflight reported.

A patrol anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy P-8A Poseidon on Wednesday made another flight near the Syrian coast, where the logistics base of the Russian Navy in Tartus and the Russian Khmeimim air base are located, it follows from the monitoring of Western aviation resources.

The US Department of Defense announced the signing of the US Navy Aviation Systems Command with Lockheed Martin Corp. a contract for the supply of three MH-60R helicopters for the country's Navy.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain tested the cargo drone T150 of Malloy Aeronautics in an improvised operation to rescue a sailor overboard. The task of the drone was to find a dummy in the water, drop it a simulation of rescue vehicles and continue to hover over it until the rescue team arrived.

German airlines H2Fly and Deutsche Aircraft are going to create a 40-seat hydrogen airliner. According to New Atlas, they plan to develop an aircraft by 2030. The liner will be able to fly up to 1,850 kilometers with a cruising speed of 520 kilometers per hour.

The US Air Force has shown the most detailed image of a promising strategic bomber-the"invisible" B-21 Raider. In the future, it will replace such machines as the B-1B, B-2 and B-52.

LCH attack helicopters of the Indian aircraft manufacturer HAL will go to Africa. It will be reported that an agreement has been signed on the supply of these rotorcraft to the Nigerian Air Force, whose pilots are already undergoing initial training in the operation of new equipment.

The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft arrived in Zhukovsky to continue testing. The airliner arrived from Ulyanovsk after being painted on Spektr-Avia, the Izvestia TV channel reports. Equipped with a new PD-14 engine, the aircraft showed itself well in the sky.

About 40 quadrocopters have been put into service with reconnaissance units and special-purpose formations of the Southern Military District.

Two Su-30 fighters escorted a Boeing P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea. This was reported on Wednesday, July 7, in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers accompanied by Su-30M2 fighters flew over the Black Sea against the background of the Sea Breeze exercises conducted by NATO countries and their allies.

The Russian military, conducting exercises on Tuesday, did not interfere with the Sea Breeze exercise, which involves ships of NATO countries and their partners, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday.

During the land phase of the Sea Breeze 2021 exercise, the multinational tactical group worked out actions in conditions when the routes of movement of troops are blocked by the local population.

The active phase has begun in the coastal component of the Sea Breeze exercise, which will end with the development of joint actions to eliminate "illegal armed groups". The trainings are planned so that the conditions are as close as possible to the combat ones.

Computer attack on Russia had been conducted with the U.S., Germany and the Netherlands. This was stated by Nikolay Murashov, deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NCCC), speaking at the Infoforum in Sochi.

The number of particularly dangerous computer attacks, including on critical infrastructure facilities in Russia, has increased 3.5 times over the past year, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov told reporters on Wednesday.

To counter hacker attacks in the Russian Federation, it is necessary to control the information space and track the actions of attackers, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov told reporters.