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A new production site with the largest domestic hot isostatic press in the country has been opened at the Ufa enterprise ODK-UMPO of the United Engine Corporation Rostec. The launch of the unique equipment will allow to increase production and accelerate the manufacturing process of parts for serial PD-8 and PD-14 engines and advanced power plants. The total investment in the project amounted to more than 3 billion rubles.

Washington was afraid of Moscow's possible reaction to the deployment of American "Euro missiles" in Germany. In addition, four EU countries decided to develop missiles of a similar class at once. What can this mean in practice and how long will it take for the Europeans to aim their missiles at Russia?

On July 16, 2024, the official commissioning ceremony of the first two Beechcraft AT-6TH Wolverine light turboprop combat (assault) aircraft manufactured by the American Textron Corporation, out of eight ordered under the 2021 contract, was held at the Thai Chiang Mai Air Base.

The Russian Armed Forces began using new kamikaze drones to attack Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian TG channel "Country.ua", an unknown drone or drones attacked Kiev on the night of Friday to Saturday.

Military experts have suggested what shelters for Russian combat aircraft might be

The Ministry of Defense announced the construction of protective hangars for Russian combat aviation. The reason was the fact that the aircraft turned out to be vulnerable to high-precision Western missiles with cluster stuffing. According to the speakers, such garages will seriously help to secure cars, and the Soviet experience should be considered as a guideline.

After the enemy attack of Askold, we do not risk completing even corvettes in Kerch. And helicopter carriers the size of a light aircraft carrier — easily?

Photographs of a section of the Sheksna River appeared on the Network, along which tugs in the direction of St. Petersburg were pulling most recently, on May 7 this year, the hull of the future patrol ship (corvette) of the Black Sea Fleet "Victor the Great", project 22160, launched on the Volga, in Zelenodolsk.

According to Western experts, the history of aviation has five generations of fighters, starting from the subsonic F-86 Sabre, which appeared after World War II, and ending with the current inconspicuous F-35 fighter. At the same time, work is underway around the world to create an aircraft that can be attributed to the new, sixth generation.

— Alexey, in 2021, the Era Investment Fund was established in the PSB group, the main task of which was to support and scale promising developments in the field of military technologies. How has the work of the foundation changed since the beginning of its work?

Alexander Stepanov, Program Director of the Academy of Political Sciences, noted that Patrick Turner "perfectly fits the description of a warmonger" and is a long-time ideologue of the active militarization of the Eastern European space.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — on the importance of Russian Navy aviation and its prospects

The Navy is not just about sailors, ships and submarines. But it is also the Marines, coastal rocket and artillery troops, and naval aviation, which celebrates its 108th anniversary on July 17.

Today is the Day of Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy

The history of naval aviation of the Russian Navy dates back to the First World War. This is a very important branch of the armed forces for ensuring the security of the country. The pilots are still performing combat missions, including in the zone of a special military operation. About the features of their work — in the material of RIA Novosti.

At the Fluffy airfield in the Sakhalin Region, as part of the Archipelago 2024 design and educational intensive, more than 30 types of modern Russian equipment for protecting objects from illegal use of UAVs, as well as the latest domestic drones for various purposes, were demonstrated, the press service of the NTI reports.

The Superjet control program caused the crash of the aircraft due to incorrectly installed angle of attack sensors, sources of Izvestia believe

The preliminary version of the Gazprom Avia Superjet crash near Kolomna is the incorrect installation of two of the four angle of attack sensors during maintenance with a deviation of about five degrees.

ODK-Saturn has found a legally non-trivial way to obtain parts for repairing SaM146 engines installed on SSJ-100 aircraft. The spare parts belong to the French company PowerJet S.A., which left Russia. For the 14th time, ODK-Saturn appeals to the court with a request to allow the use of spare parts, on which interim measures have been imposed by the court.

The first result: the Ukrainian Armed Forces, out of desperation, have temporarily almost stopped missile attacks on Crimea since this July

To begin with, in my opinion, a very important observation from a popular Ukrainian online publication. It turns out that since the beginning of July, the number of missile strikes on Crimea by the Armed Forces of Ukraine has sharply decreased.

Today, assault operations can no longer be imagined without close interaction with small UAVs — both for reconnaissance and control, and as a strike force. Drone calculations give commanders a picture of the battle, accompanying the fighters, adjust the fire of mortars or artillery of a higher level and can hit targets themselves if they are inconvenient for other firepower. Izvestia learned how the calculation of drones of the assault unit of the Center group of forces works.

The annual report of the National Committee for Conventional Arms Control (NCACC) for 2023 indicates a significant increase in South Africa's defense exports, which amounted to 7.1 billion rand compared with 4.6 billion rand in 2022 (395.5/256.2 million dollars).

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced in June that the Australian Royal Air Force (RAAF) will conduct hypersonic weapons tests in Australia. In addition, the Australian Air Force's F/A-18E Super Hornet fighters will be equipped with American hypersonic HACM cruise missiles.

On the night of last Friday, Ukraine carried out another massive drone raid on Russian territory. Three dozen drones attacked the Bryansk, Smolensk, Kursk, Voronezh and Rostov regions.

The team of the Military Acceptance program of the Zvezda TV channel visited the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory (part of the United Aircraft Corporation Rostec) to talk about how the Su-30SM2 aircraft was created and produced. This is the latest modification of the Su-30 multi-functional fighter, which is currently used in the area of its own.