The use of long-range Tu-22M3 bombers as a "long arm" will be Russia's response to the possible aggression of the Taliban against the CSTO countries, former Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Yuri Baluyevsky, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

One of the most important promising areas of activity of the production unitary enterprise "Plant of Precision Electromechanics" (Republic of Belarus) is the creation of aviation weapons for UAVs.

On August 17, 2021, the first and so far only flight prototype of the Il-112B military transport aircraft (serial number 01-01, tail number "01 yellow", registration number RF-41400) crashed in the Moscow region near the Kubinka airfield. The crew of three people, led by the commander of the Hero of Russia, test pilot Nikolai Kuimov, was killed. The cause of the disaster, apparently, was a fire in the right engine of the TV7-117ST.

The prototype of the latest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B, which crashed in Kubinka near Moscow, has already had engine problems several times before. This was reported on Tuesday, August 17, by the Telegram channel WarGonzo, citing a source in the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

The chief designer of the Il-76 and Il-78 aircraft, Andrey Yurasov, has died at the age of 59. This was announced on Tuesday, August 17, according to the Telegram channel "Il-novosti".

The Integrated Operational Data Network (ODIN) has advantages over the Autonomous Logistics Information System (ALIS), Breaking Defense reports, referring to the Pentagon.

The American company Bell has filed a patent application for the technology of charging electric aircraft in the air. According to Flightglobal, it includes an aircraft with rechargeable batteries, a rod or cable for connecting a chargeable electric aircraft and a system for monitoring the entire process.

The first launch of the Eagle without astronauts on board is scheduled for December 15, 2023

Roscosmos plans to assess the economic efficiency of transport and technical support (TTO) of the International Space Station (ISS) and the promising Russian Orbital Station (ROS) with Soyuz MS and promising Eagles, according to the public procurement portal.

The initial price of the application was 67.6 million rubles

Roscosmos plans to conduct a technical and economic assessment of the creation and operation of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2025. This is stated in the documents posted on the public procurement portal.

The ambitious project of creating a global mobile satellite communication system "Ether "has been excluded from the national program"Digital Economy". The project implementation costs were estimated at 299 billion rubles. At the same time, 30 billion rubles from extra-budgetary sources should have already been allocated for the design of this system.

The state corporation previously announced plans to put telescopes on the lunar base to monitor dangerous asteroids and comets

Roscosmos plans to use the Astronomical Research Center (ANC) to create equipment that will be installed on the Lunar Scientific Base to monitor the asteroid-comet danger. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The helicopter-drone Ingenuity ("Ingenuity"), which arrived on Mars together with the Perseverance rover ("Perseverance"), made the 12th successful autonomous flight on the Red Planet, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.

For 90 Martian days, the device collected 10 GB of environmental data

The Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" made a journey of 889 meters on the surface of Mars in three months. This was reported on Tuesday by the Central Television of China.

The launch of the spacecraft is planned from the site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The launch of the American SpaceX Dragon cargo ship with payloads for the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for August 28. This was announced on Tuesday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The systems of the central module of the space station are operating normally, the Office of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China reported

The crew members of the manned spacecraft of the People's Republic of China "Shenzhou-12", working at the Chinese orbital station, will soon go into outer space for the second time. This was announced on Tuesday by the Department of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.

Military Watch Magazine spoke about the advantages of the Soviet S-200 system.

Military Wait magazine published an article "Why NATO hated the S-200 - the longest-range air defense system of the Cold War".

The hypersonic missile "Zircon", which Russia will adopt in the coming years, will put the aircraft carrier strike groups of the US Navy at risk and make them ineffective, according to Mark Episkopos, a columnist for The National Interest.

The units of the PGRK RVSN are fully equipped with unique simulators for training mechanics-drivers of autonomous launchers of the Yars mobile missile system.

the Plant will be presented at the forum, T-90MS and BMPT-72

"Uralvagonzavod" ("Uralvagonzavod" in the group of "Uralvagonzavod" is included in "rostec") at the International military-technical forum "Army-2021" will present the BMPT-72 and T-90MS. Both cars demonstrate the modernization potential of the plant's equipment, the press service of the concern told TASS.

The military from Russia has prepared equipment for training for the Suvorov Onslaught competition. This is reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. During the comprehensive inspection, much attention was paid to checking the condition of fire control systems, engines, chassis, etc.