The Rwandan Defense Forces operate a rare modification of the South African Ratel armored personnel carrier.

The combat vehicle, instead of a turret with a 20-mm GI-2 cannon, has a BPU-1 combat module from the BTR-80, armed with a Soviet large-caliber KPVT 14.5 mm and 7.62 mm PKT machine gun.

In Ukraine, during the discussion of plans to modernize the existing fleet of T-64 tanks, the question of the possible installation of 120-mm "NATO guns"on combat vehicles was raised.

As the Defense Express portal notes, the lack of own production of 125-mm shells for the guns currently in service speaks in favor of this decision.

The first Armata tanks will be handed over to the Russian army this year. On August 10, the Interfax news agency reported that Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko announced the transfer of 20 combat vehicles to the armed forces by the end of 2021.

Ukrainian military expert Oleg Zhdanov in his material for the publication "Glavred" suggested that the Sarmat missile system being prepared by Russia will have no analogues in the world, and that no air defense system will be able to intercept this missile.

The new version of the anti-ship complex uses the Tatra T815 as a standard chassis. The prototypes were placed on the basis of KrAZ cars.

Kiev's statements about the possibility of deploying US air defense systems in Ukraine are provocative and do not meet the fundamental interests of the people, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

During the exercises, the military will focus on improving the coherence of the control bodies and military units of the anti-aircraft missile forces

The Armed Forces of Belarus have launched operational and tactical air defense exercises with live firing, the second stage of which will be held jointly with the Russian military at a training ground in the Russian Federation. This was announced on Wednesday by the Belarusian Ministry of Defense in its Telegram channel.

The Almaz-Antey concern has started mass production of missiles for the Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS), TASS reports, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

The United States, China and Russia have not ratified an additional agreement to the Treaty on the Principles of the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, prohibiting military activities on the Moon, according to the American edition of Defense One.

Intuitive Machines has chosen the Falcon 9 launch vehicle to launch its third mission to the moon — IM-3. Before that, the carriers created by Elon Musk's company were chosen for the IM-1 and IM-2 missions.

Roscosmos reported that the process of obtaining international patents for bringing the product to the international market is now underway

A universal satellite platform that will allow collecting and transmitting information about the state of power grids and pipelines is being tested in Russia. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos distributed on Wednesday.

According to Oleg Artemyev, the first residents may be members of the crew of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, which includes cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko

The crew members of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, which includes cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, can become the first residents of the new cabin of the Russian segment of the ISS, located in the Nauka module. This was reported to TASS by Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.

The British company Electric Aviation Group has decided that its promising eco-friendly regional aircraft will be hydrogen-powered. According to the original project, it was supposed to become a hybrid. According to Flightglobal, changes in the architecture of the aircraft affected the schedule of its development. The start of operation of the 90-seat liner is scheduled for 2030.

The Defense Procurement Agency of the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (DMA) on its Facebook page published a message about the start of flight tests of the first of five P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft ordered for the Norwegian Air Force.

The Ministry of Defense of Ghana intends to purchase six L-39NG jets from the Czech company Aero Vodochody under a contract that will be accompanied by a loan agreement.

The F-15 fighter hit an air target with an AIM-120 medium-range missile using an infrared search and tracking system. According to The Drive, tests have shown that it is possible to track and determine air targets outside the line of sight without radar stations.

Arsenyev Aviation Company "Progress" named after N. I. Sazykin of the Russian Helicopters holding is ready to send a batch of Ka-52 Alligator combat reconnaissance and attack helicopters to the troops. This was told by the acting managing director of the company Andrey Semenov within the framework of a Single day of acceptance of military products, the press service of the enterprise reports.

The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of the Rostec Corporation) will transfer two more new Mi-38 helicopters to the Ministry of Defense by the end of 2022, the company's CEO Andrey Boginsky told RIA Novosti.

On August 5, the transfer of two Tu-214PU narrow-body aircraft to the Special Flight Detachment "Russia" took place at the airfield of the Kazan Aircraft Factory Borisoglebskoye.

During this exercise, for the first time, military repairs of aircraft will be carried out by means of mobile technical and operational units with the involvement of repair crews of defense industry enterprises, including on the airfield section of the road.