According to the corporation, about 10 aircraft will extinguish fires all year round

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) plans to start creating Be-200 amphibious aircraft in 2021, which will be included in the squadron for extinguishing fires. This was announced by the first Deputy General Director of the UAC Sergey Yarkov.

"At the output of the "medium-haul MS-21 and "Baikal" to replace the "cornhusker" An-2

Russia is implementing a large program to create aircraft for domestic aviation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The head of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, called the start date of regular flights of the newest civil aircraft MS-21 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century"). This is reported in the story of the TV channel "Russia 1".

The Office of Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense plans to create a new vehicle based on the Soviet ekranoplan "Lun", nicknamed "sea monster". This is reported on August 27 by Popular Mechanics.

The Russian military department will make a decision on the new appearance of the Airborne Troops at the end of this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The helicopter is equipped with additional equipment that expands the functionality

The Kazan Helicopter Plant (KVZ) of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec) has completed development work on the modernization of the Mi-8MTV-5M helicopter, the design documentation has been approved for serial production. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the Russian Helicopters holding company.

Sergey Chebykin, Deputy Chief Designer of the Rostvertol Helicopter Plant, told about the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter on Friday, August 27.

The Russian Mi-28N "Night Hunter" helicopter can be equipped with the latest unguided S-13B missile, it also has a chance to enter the standard armament of Su-class aircraft. This was announced to TASS by Alexander Kochkin, executive director of the Techmash research and production concern, which is part of the Rostec state Corporation, within the framework of the Army-2021 forum.

The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter can be armed with the latest unguided S-13B missile. The S-13 combines the capabilities of several unguided 122 mm caliber missiles. The new missile has a switch of the initiation unit for instantaneous detonation of the warhead and two decelerations: small and large.

The US Navy has abandoned plans to equip F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft with conformal fuel tanks. Boeing does not plan to supply the military with upgraded F/A-18E/F Block III aircraft with conformal fuel tanks (CFT), The Drive reports.

On August 25, Boeing announced the roll-out ceremony of the first F-15QA (Qatar Advanced) fighter of the Qatar Air Force held jointly with the command of the US Air Force and the Qatari Air Force at the enterprise in St. Louis.

The Spanish Air Force Command expects to receive the first new PC-21 training aircraft (national designation E.27) produced by Pilatus in mid-September 2021.

In recent days, the Japanese military has reported two flights of the Chinese TW328/TB-001 UAV from Tengden Technology, first in the East China Sea, and then in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. And for the second time, together with the Y-9JZ radio intelligence aircraft and the Y-8Q base patrol aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China.

The head of Roscosmos recalled the creation of an audit system and constant inspections by the security department

Roscosmos is working to get rid of employees who abuse their position and promote relatives, said Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the state corporation.

Inspections as part of the missile system are planned later

Autonomous throwing tests of the emergency rescue rocket unit (RBAS) will start in late 2023-early 20024. This was reported to TASS in the corporation "Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering" (MIT, part of Roscosmos).

The technical solutions being worked out during the creation of the ROSS orbital station will find their application in modules that will be sent to other planets.

The work with the model is carried out in VR-glasses and with the help of wireless manipulators

Military Space Academy named after Mozhaisk has developed and is testing a virtual simulator for the installation and testing complex at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the military university told reporters during the Army-2021 forum on Saturday.

The Krasnoyarsk company" Information Satellite Systems " named after Reshetnev (ISS) is ready to become one of the key manufacturers of spacecraft under the Sphere program, which provides for the creation of a global satellite constellation, Roscosmos reported.

Ten meteorological satellites are planned to be launched in Russia by 2027. This became known from the joint report of Roscosmos and Roshydromet, presented at the meeting of the coordination group on meteorological satellites CGMS.

Russia may launch the Luna-25 spacecraft on May 25 next year. Previously, they wanted to hold the launch in October 2021.