Specialists of the Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute near Moscow have developed and manufactured a wing caisson demonstrator for a promising light passenger aircraft. According to the report of the institute, received by the editorial office of N + 1, the wing caisson is made of Russian composite materials. Strength tests of the element are planned to be carried out during 2021.

Dassault Aviation announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of 12 Rafale fighters of the latest F3R standard for the French Armed Forces. The document was signed by Eric Trappier, the company's Chief Executive Officer, and Florence Parly, the French Minister of the Armed Forces.

Deliveries of the ordered 737 MAX are suspended due to certification, which is hampered by the pandemic

Russian airlines this year risk being left without previously ordered 27 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, whose operation around the world was suspended due to two disasters. This "Izvestia" said sources in the sector.

Roscosmos noted that there is no body in the republic with the relevant government powers to implement the provisions of the intergovernmental agreement on outer space.

According to the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos, the placement of the station and its commissioning can be discussed as soon as the intergovernmental agreement with Mexico is signed and ratified.

[b]The Director General of Roscosmos added that Russia will not participate in any race to the Moon until it understands "the meaning of the prize fund".]

The Russian lunar program is several times cheaper than the American one, but it will bring no less results to science, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin is convinced.

A possible defender of future NASA bases on the moon could be the Pentagon. The agencies are increasing cooperation between civil and military projects against the background of external threats, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

Iran has conducted a test launch of a new carrier rocket "Zuljanah" (Zol-Jannah). This is reported by the local news agency Irib News.

The Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg will be reliably protected from cruise missiles and drones. The 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army has created a unique mobile air defense regiment. The new military unit is fully armed with anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "Pantsir-S".

According to the portal DefenseWorld, information about the cost of the transaction and the number of missiles that can be ordered is not yet available

The Indian news portal DefenseWorld reported on Tuesday about the possibility of supplying India with the Russian group of companies "Kalashnikov" (part of the State Corporation "Rostec") anti-aircraft guided missiles (SAM) 9M333 for the complexes of the "Strela-10" line.

Smart, long-range, deadly-Russia has launched a new generation of adjustable aerial bombs (KAB) with a caliber of up to one and a half tons. Soon they will be armed with all modern VKS aircraft, including Su-57 fighters. These munitions will allow for high-precision strikes on both static and mobile targets. About the possibilities of advanced weapons-in the material of RIA Novosti.

The equipment on the "Boomerang" platform will be presented for the first time abroad at Aero India 2021

Wheeled armored personnel carriers K-16 and BMP K-17 on the basis of the unified interspecific wheeled armored platform "Boomerang" received all the necessary official documents for promotion to the foreign market. This was reported to TASS by Alexander Krasovitsky, General Director of the Military-Industrial Company LLC, which produces the Boomerang.

[b]The press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern clarified that a trained crew of two people can load the machine's ammunition in 20 minutes.]

The transport-loading vehicle of the anti-aircraft artillery complex "Derivation-Air DEFENSE" is capable of loading the combat vehicle of the complex at the forefront of the battlefield. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec State Corporation).

The GAZ-3344-20 "Aleut" two-link tracked floating snowmobiles of high cross-country capability were put into service with the tank formation of the Eastern Military District. This is reported by the press service of the VVO.

The President of the Russian Federation approved the list of instructions following the meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, held on December 10, 2020.

In Japan, they plan to start developing a new system using artificial intelligence to analyze images of foreign ships passing in adjacent Japanese territorial waters, which are made with the help of satellites.

Days after President Joe Biden warned Moscow that he would "resolutely oppose" "Russian aggression," the U.S. Navy has increased its presence in the Black Sea.

Vice Admiral, former Chief of Staff of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, Pyotr Svyatashov, in an interview with the NSN, called for a decisive response to the actions of the American fleet in the Black Sea.

Representatives of the authorities and the command of the Uruguayan Navy confirmed Infodefensa.com The interest of the Uruguayan navy in acquiring three Marine Protector class patrol boats, which were withdrawn from the US Coast Guard.

For the first time, the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center hosted meetings of representatives of the military administration bodies and expert groups of the Russian Defense Ministry Commission on Innovative Projects and Technologies.