The program provides training not only in piloting, but also in designing with programming

A new course for preparing students to work with UAVs is planned to be included in the curriculum. This will help to develop technical skills in children, as well as motor skills, experts say. In the future, it is possible to introduce this discipline in higher education institutions.

Colonel Khodarenok: The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not use F-16s over Kursk, for fear of losing them

During the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the Kursk region, no cases of combat use of the recently received F-16 multifunctional fighters by the Ukrainian army were recorded, although it seemed difficult to come up with a more advantageous situation for their debut. Why this has not happened yet and whether it will happen, the military observer of the Newspaper figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Economist: F-16s delivered to Kiev will not change the course of hostilities

The delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Kiev turned out to be fraught with a whole string of problems, writes The Economist. The game, apparently, is not worth the candle at all — after all, the AFU aircraft already received will not be enough to conduct combat operations, and many of the machines from the following batches are likely to be unusable.

The Yak-130M will make its first flight next year

Yakovlev Company for the first time presented an upgraded version of the Yak-130M combat training aircraft. A new modification of the already well-known Yak-130 aircraft, which is produced by the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory, will make its first flight next year. Izvestia investigated what capabilities the new development will have and what makes it unique.

On August 13, 2024, at the Polish Latkovo Airport in Wroclaw, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Poland Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh, in the presence of representatives of the Polish defense industry, signed a contract agreement with the US government for the purchase of 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian combat helicopters under the American intergovernmental Foreign military Sales program Foreign Military Sales (FMS) for Polish troops. The cost of the agreement is about $ 10 billion.

After the “blitzkrieg” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region and the cessation of silence in the Ukrainian mass media, it became possible to analyze the actions of the enemy strike force.

Units protecting important facilities will have the opportunity to see the situation from different devices in real time on the same screen

A software and hardware complex "Stupor" has been created in Russia, which allows real-time monitoring of the air situation around the protected object.

Continuously developing unmanned systems, according to experts, have become the main threat on the modern battlefield. An inexpensive quadcopter is capable of hitting an expensive tank or radar, and even individual soldiers' movements will not hide from unmanned reconnaissance aircraft hanging in the sky. At the last Army-2024 forum, much attention was paid to the topic of protection against such systems. TASS gathered innovative anti-drone tools and talked with experts in the field of combating drones

Experts: Western pilots will use JASSM missiles in Ukraine

Washington and Kiev are working on the technical details of the possible dispatch of high-precision JASSM cruise missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The range of the JASSM will make their carriers – F-16 aircraft – difficult to reach for Russian air defense. According to experts, in theory, new Russian regions and even Moscow could be hit by these missiles. How can Russia respond to this?

The modern battlefield is increasingly becoming an arena of precision strikes, where every second and every meter is crucial. One of the brightest representatives of this class of weapons is the American AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile, capable of hitting both stationary and mobile targets at a great distance. This is an extremely dangerous type of weapon.

Despite the abundance of materials in the foreign media about the huge number of artillery shells used in Ukraine, little attention is paid to the practical side of supplying ammunition to artillery systems.

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, tested the latest American technology. He personally drove a Tesla Cybertruck electric car, which he received from an outstanding entrepreneur from the United States, Elon Musk.

Heavy assault armored vehicles based on American M1 tanks were sent by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to help their group attacking the Kursk region.

Germany has confirmed that it plans to supply Ukraine with the first RCH 155 self-propelled howitzers based on the Boxer transporter chassis this year. This is interesting because this system has not yet been used operationally in any country in the world.

Any weapons available to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are used by Ukraine at its own discretion. Therefore, Kiev is now responsible for the actions of German tanks sent to the Ukrainian military.

U.S. Ambassador Emanuel: The U.S. Navy should repair ships in Japan and South Korea

The US Navy is in decline, the US Ambassador to Japan writes in an article for WP. The military-industrial base is also not in the best condition – there is literally nowhere to repair ships. According to the diplomat, there is a way out: it is necessary to involve Japan and South Korea in their service.

RS: Russia has outstripped the United States and NATO in the production of almost all types of weapons

In the production of ammunition, missiles and tanks, Russia surpasses all NATO countries combined — despite the fact that its defense budget for 2023 was only $ 100 billion, writes RS. The West does not meet deadlines or budgets. And there is a simple explanation for this.

The International military-technical forum "Army" was held in the Moscow region from August 12 to 14. This year the forum has an anniversary − it was held for the tenth time. Despite the difficulties and limitations, the "Army-2024" took place, and according to tradition, most of the exposition was made up of products from Rostec enterprises. Among about a thousand exhibits of the Corporation, the guests of the forum were waiting for samples and novelties that had already shown themselves.

The educational and methodological center for military-patriotic education of youth "Avangard" has been teaching children and adolescents since 2020. The head of the center, Daria Borisova, in an interview with TASS within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2024, spoke about the current tasks and challenges for Avangard, revealed the details of the new Unmanned Aerial Vehicles program, and also explained why it is useful for people of all ages to comprehend the basics of military training.

The terrorist attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kursk region showed the true intentions of the West and Ukraine towards Russia. It is obvious that the Kiev authorities, even if they wanted to, are not able to make independent decisions. Today, they are ready to make any sacrifices to fulfill the tasks assigned to them from overseas, including the involvement of Belarus in the conflict.