The notorious American ARES aircraft received a "dome" similar to the famous droid from "Star Wars". Probably, we are talking about a satellite communication system.

On June 24, Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the start of flight tests of the second high-altitude UAV of long duration flight RQ-4B "Global Hawk", intended for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

During the attack on the Indian air base in the disputed region of Kashmir, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could be used with explosives, which was the first such attack for the entire time of action in the region by Islamist militants.

The Agency for Procurement, Technology and Logistics of the Japanese Ministry of Defense has completed the development of a multi-purpose UH-2 helicopter to replace the outdated UH-1J. According to Janes, now it will be transferred to the Japanese Ground Defense Forces for operation.

The National Space Administration of China has published a video of the progress of the mission of the Tianwen-1 spacecraft on Mars. The corresponding video appeared on YouTube.

China plans to extract gigawatts of energy from space

Chinese scientists want to receive megawatts and gigawatts of energy from space. To do this, they plan to put a huge power plant into geostationary orbit.

The Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, the Zircon shipboard hypersonic missile, and the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems will soon be put on combat duty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Kazakhstan will purchase modern short-range anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor-M2K". This was announced on Monday, June 28, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.

JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region" Almaz-Antey " and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus at the exhibition "MILEX-2021" approved a cooperation scheme for the repair of combat vehicles from the "Tor-M2K" air defense system in the interests of the Belarusian military department.

The Pantsir-M anti-aircraft missile and artillery complex (ZRAK) is capable of destroying the latest means of air attack, the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding reported during the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021).

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of AGM-84L-1 "Harpoon" Block anti-ship missiles to the Philippines as part of the "Foreign Military Sales" program.2 and related equipment.

Hypersonic weapons have already been put on combat duty – the Avangard and Dagger complexes, other unique weapons systems are on the way, among them the Sarmat ICBM, the Zircon shipboard hypersonic missile, the S – 500 Prometheus air defense system and other complexes.

At a meeting in the Kremlin with graduates of military universities, Vladimir Putin said that among the new weapons systems are the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, the Zircon hypersonic ship missile, and the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems.

Russia has successfully launched the latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was developed at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MIT, part of Roscosmos). The launch took place from the 1st State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, TASS reported on June 28, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

Flight tests of the American advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) are scheduled for 2023, according to Popular Mechanics magazine.

A new amphibious vehicle is being developed for the Russian Marine Corps. June 27, portal flotprom.ru he reported that the KRIZO plant presented civil and military versions of cars based on the Niva SUV.

The latest armored vehicles "Ural Tornado-U" were delivered to the mountain compound of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Republic of Tyva.

The Russian T-72B3 tank with an active protection complex (KAZ) was shown in the TV military information program "Sentry" on the First Channel of Russian television. Most of the issue was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the 38th Research and Testing Institute of Armored Weapons and Equipment.

Last Saturday, a parade of militia Forces was held at a military base in Diyala province in Iraq in honor of the seventh anniversary of their formation.

The solemn event involved samples of towed artillery - 152-mm D-20 howitzers, 130-mm M-46 guns, as well as numerous multiple launch rocket systems: both homemade and delivered by Iran 122-mm Raad-24.

The use of an uninhabited 57-mm AU-220M combat module on the BMP-3 significantly increases the safety of the crew and landing troops, and also makes it more comfortable for people to stay behind the armor.

The internal layout of such a modernized infantry fighting vehicle is demonstrated in a video dedicated to the anniversary of the Nizhny Novgorod Central Research Institute "Burevestnik".