Meet the concept of a promising light fighter F-36 Kingsnake. According to experts in the field of aircraft engineering, in the future, such a machine will be able to replace the legendary F-16.

The Rafale M multi-role fighter in the F3-R standard has reached the stage of full operational readiness. This aircraft is considered one of the most advanced fourth-generation fighters in the world.

The US Navy will soon order the American company Northrop Grumman to finalize the deck-based E-2D Advanced Hawkeye long-range radar detection aircraft. According to Flightglobal, the company will have to upgrade on-board computers and information display systems so that aircraft crews can control several unmanned aerial vehicles.

Combat drones of the Chinese state-owned company Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) are increasingly involved in various local conflicts around the world. This list includes the operations of the Nigerian government forces against the Islamic group Boko Haram, the UAE's participation in the civil conflict in Libya, Egypt's struggle with the rebels in Sinai, and the ongoing conflict in Yemen.

There were no violations of the Russian airspace

Russian radar stations (RLS) for a week found more than 40 aircraft of foreign countries, which conducted reconnaissance along the borders of Russia. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is cited on Friday by the newspaper "Red Star".

According to the general director of the center. Keldysh, xenon is used because in orbit the cost of a kilogram of xenon is very close to the cost of a kilogram of conventional " air "

The Keldysh Research Center (part of Roscosmos) plans to study the use of an alternative to xenon in ion engines. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Vladimir Koshlakov.

This was due to a jump in voltage, said the head of Roscosmos

The postponement of the launch of the Soyuz-2.1 a launch vehicle, which is supposed to put 38 satellites from 18 countries into orbit, is associated with a power surge. This was reported to TASS by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that the export of the RCN to the launch complex will take place on March 22

The State Commission has decided on the readiness of the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle (RCN), which is to launch 36 British OneWeb communications satellites into orbit, for export to the launch pad of the Vostochny cosmodrome on March 22. This was announced on Saturday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

On March 15, 2021, the Express-80 communication and broadcasting satellite was put into operation as part of the FSUE Kosmicheskaya Svyaz orbital group (SE KS) at the position of 80° V. D. Flight tests of the Express-80 spacecraft were carried out in full and with positive results.

The US Space Agency conducted fire tests of the engines of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which in the foreseeable future should launch astronauts to the satellite of our planet. The carrier can make the very first start this year.

An inactive weather satellite of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States, known as NOAA-17, exploded in space, the 18th Space Control Squadron of the United States Air Force (Air Force) reported on Twitter.

We are talking about preventing collisions between NASA spacecraft and satellites of the Starlink orbital network

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed an agreement with the US company SpaceX to expand cooperation to prevent spacecraft collisions.

The US Ground forces showed elements of the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) complex. They will be used for training purposes.

MEDIA: US secretly exports nuclear bombs from Europe

The US has secretly reduced its nuclear arsenal in Europe from 150 to 100 B61 nuclear gravity bombs. The reduction affected military bases in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey, the media reported, citing sources.

Interesting materials (slides) about the main directions of development of anti-tank missile systems in the Russian Federation from the report of S. A. Bakaneev "Conceptual ideas and main results of research of military scientific schools of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy" at the XXIII All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) in 2020.

The Bundeswehr is digitalizing its soldiers. On March 19, the press service of the German Defense Ministry reported that the Panzergrenadier system was recognized as suitable for combat and will go to the troops.

The military checked how the system of search, recognition and transmission of information about air objects operates in the north-east of the country. First of all, the generals were interested in the effectiveness of this system in the Arctic zone of Russia.

As the press service of the Southern Military District reported, on March 19, 2021, a solemn ceremony of raising the St. Andrew's flag and commissioning a new torpedo boat TL-2195-the lead boat of the 1388N3 project - was held in Novorossiysk.

On March 10, a major emergency occurred near the closed city of Fokina in the Primorsky Territory. An explosion occurred on board a large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation.

For Kamchatka submariners, 2021 is a double anniversary year: it marks the 115th anniversary of the formation of the Russian Submarine Fleet and the 290th anniversary of the Pacific Fleet.