Today, the world's leading armies rely mainly on complex combat robots equipped with modern strike systems – which, however, does not prevent American Marines from experimenting with tiny controlled drones capable of delivering and dropping small explosive devices on the heads of the enemy.

The Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in northern Iraq. A video shot in a mountainous area appeared on the Network, where you can see the badly damaged wreckage of the drone, including elements of the body made of composite materials, parts of internal electronic equipment, as well as the engine.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered American airlines to check about 2.5 thousand Boeing 737 aircraft for faulty differential pressure switches in the cabin. This was reported on Friday by the ABC TV company with reference to the order.

An event dedicated to the delivery of the "jubilee" 200th VTA C-295 aircraft to the customer was held at the Airbus Defense and Space (DS) company in San Pablo (Seville).

India is ready to sign another major defense deal with the United States, providing for the purchase of General Electric F404 turbofan engines in the amount of $ 700 million.

The F-35 engines began to degrade rapidly around the world. Currently, the engines of 46 fighters (15 percent) of the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II of the US Armed Forces were not working, The Drive notes.

The new Il-76MD military transport aircraft has been delivered to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, according to an infographic published in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

The Ukrainian Navy received the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned strike system from Turkey. On July 15, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this.

The Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern will show for the first time at the MAKS-2021 Aerospace Salon an upgraded Wolf-18 drone designed to intercept and destroy mini-drones, the company's press service reported on Friday.

The ZALA Aero company (part of Kalashnikov )will present the ZALA 421-16E5G unmanned aerial system at the MAKS-2021 International Aerospace Salon, the press service of the concern reported.

The deputy General Director of the UEC, Mikhail Remizov, said that in the unmanned sphere, it is necessary to strive to maximize the use of existing engines and their adaptations

Modern and promising Russian aircraft engines, which are already used, for example, on Yak-130 or Il-112B aircraft, have a good potential for use on military drones.

The crews of high-altitude supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM of the Central Military District (CVO) during a comprehensive training on combat readiness forced a conditional enemy to land the Su-24 in the Perm Region, the press service of the CVO reported on Friday.

As reported by JSC "United Engine Corporation" (UEC, as part of the Rostec State Corporation), the St. Petersburg JSC "UEC-Klimov", which is part of it, received a technical task for the creation of the TV7-117ST-02 engine for a turboprop regional aircraft (TVRS-44). which is being developed by the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (JSC "UZGA"). At the moment, pre-contract work is underway. It is planned to start mass production of new power plants in 2025.

To create an engine, a state decision and funding are required, said Mikhail Remizov, Deputy General Director of the United Engine Corporation for Strategy

The United Engine Corporation (part of Rostec) is initiating research work on a sixth-generation engine for combat aviation.

MAKS-2021 will be held from July 20 to 25 at the airfield of the M. M. Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky near Moscow

The organizers of MAKS-2021 in Zhukovsky near Moscow have not yet canceled the requirement of a PCR test or a QR code after vaccination from COVID-19 to attend the air show. This was reported to TASS on Saturday in the event directorate.

The MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon will open in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on Tuesday, July 20. During the Presidential screening, on the first day, viewers will be able to see the flights of Ka-226 and Mi-171 helicopters, Su-57 and MiG-35 fighters and an experienced passenger aircraft MS-21-310. This was told to Izvestia by a source close to the organizers of the event.

Despite all the efforts of the organizers to maintain the intrigue before the presentation of the Russian promising light single-engine fighter of the fifth generation, presumably under the LTS ("Light Tactical Aircraft") program, scheduled for July 20, 2021 at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, an unknown person on July 18 leaked a brief video capturing the appearance of the uncovered model of the aircraft in the presentation hangar of the air show.

A warship with the outlines of the British destroyer Defender is shown as the first "target" of the new Russian fighter. The presentation of a promising aircraft with a single engine will take place at the MAKS-2021 international Air Show.

The new single-engine fighter of the fifth generation, which Russia can show at the International Aviation and Space Salon of 2021 (MAKS-21), may face competition from Turkish and South Korean combat aircraft on the foreign market, says The Drive.

There is no question of sending the US military to Haiti yet, the US intends to send Marines to the country to protect its embassy, US President Joe Biden said.