On July 22, 2021, Thales Group announced that it had received a contract from the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction Générale de l'Armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France for the supply of 350 Ssogriop helmet-mounted target designation systems for equipping Dassault Rafale fighters of the French Air Force and Navy. The contract also includes the supply of 400 new wide-angle multifunctional indicators to replace the current indicators in the cabins of French Air Force and Navy fighter jets.

The fighters of the US Marine Corps lost the battle with the elements. Portal marinecorpstimes.com he reported that two F-35B Lightning II were damaged by a lightning strike in the sky over Japan at once.

The US Air Force plans to abandon modernization and withdraw from combat more than 180 combat aircraft that have served their time in order to free up funds for the purchase of new weapons within the framework of the new defense budget for 2022, it follows from the documents considered in the US Senate.

During MAKS, Russia held a presentation of the promising Mi-171A3 helicopter, which is in a broad sense a deep modernization of the Mi-8/17/171.

General Director of the Russian Helicopters holding Company, part of the Rostec State Corporation" Andrey Boginsky said that the first batch of the latest Mi-8AMTSh-VN transport and attack helicopters will be delivered to the troops this year.

The Russian Helicopters holding Company of the Rostec State Corporation has received the approval of the Federal Air Transport Agency for the use of the latest anti-icing system on the Mi-38 helicopter, as well as a satellite communication system that provides Internet on board the helicopter.

Oleg Landin, Marketing and Business Development Director of the Russian Helicopters holding company, said that currently the load capacity of existing vehicles is 50 kg in the case of the BAS-200 and 70-80 kg in the case of the VRT-300 drone.

The drone is supposed to be developed on the basis of a "coaxial scheme similar to the Ka-226", the modular design of which allows it to be done quickly enough, said Oleg Landin, Director of Marketing and Business Development of Russian Helicopters JSC.

Currently, work is underway to develop a set of design documentation that will be created by 2023 The

Russian Helicopters Holding Company of the Rostec State Corporation has agreed on technical specifications with suppliers for the project of a promising marine helicopter "Lamprey". This was stated to TASS at MAKS-2021 by Andrey Boginsky, General Director of the Russian Helicopters holding company.

The civilian UAV of the BAS-200 helicopter type, first presented at the MAKS-2021 air show, can also be used for military purposes, Denis Fedutinov, a leading Russian expert in the field of unmanned systems, told RIA Novosti on Saturday.

The first Russian interceptor drone "Wolf-18" is planned to be used at airports to destroy intruder drones that can interfere with the operation of air harbors, tests are being completed, Dmitry Savitsky, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey concern for products for the air navigation system and dual-use products, told RIA Novosti during the MAKS-2021 air show.

The Kronstadt company will begin production of helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov told RIA Novosti during the MAKS-2021 air show.

The holding company "Roselectronics" (part of Rostec) is creating a new generation of communication and data transmission systems for combat aircraft, they will be able to work more efficiently in the conditions of electronic suppression, the press service of the holding told RIA Novosti.

Details have become known about the intercepted Turkish F-16 aircraft. It turned out to be a Russian Il-38. Turkey says about the "safe execution of the task", Russia-that a Turkish fighter armed with missiles approached the Il-38 at a "dangerous distance". There has been a turning point in the confrontation between Russia and NATO, Haber7 notes.

The Su-27 fighter rose to intercept the FGR fighter.4 "Typhoon" of the German Air Force, the National Defense Control Center of Russia reported.

The VK-650V engine demonstrator developed by the Rostec United Engine Corporation JSC "UEC-Klimov" is at the second stage of the test program. For the first time, an exhibition sample of the engine was presented at the International Aerospace Salon MAKS-2021, the press service of the UEC reports.

JSC "UEC-Klimov" and the Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant (JSC "OARZ") signed a contract to support the life cycle of TVZ-117/VK-2500 engines in the Center of Medium Repair at the production facilities of the plant in Orsha.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec at the MAKS-2021 air show presented the latest industrial engine PD-14GP-1/GP-2, created on the basis of the gas generator of the PD-14 aircraft engine. The development is designed for gas turbine power plants and gas transportation units, has a resource of up to 200 thousand hours and is up to 8% more economical than analogues.

The PD-35 power unit differs from the PD-14 aircraft engine of the fifth generation in that it belongs to the 5+ generation, Alexander Inozemtsev, general designer of UEC-Aviadvigatel, told TASS.

The Russian Federation has created a new generation of electric engines that can lift aircraft weighing more than 1 ton into the air, Mikhail Esakov, CEO of the EME-Aero developer company, told RIA Novosti at the MAKS-2021 air show.