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The MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon will open in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on Tuesday, July 20. During the Presidential screening, on the first day, viewers will be able to see the flights of Ka-226 and Mi-171 helicopters, Su-57 and MiG-35 fighters and an experienced passenger aircraft MS-21-310. This was told to Izvestia by a source close to the organizers of the event.

During the tests, the American Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), a military control system that provides interaction with other elements of anti-missile and air defense (ABM and air defense), successfully shot down two targets that simulate enemy cruise missiles, Breaking Defense reports.

Today, the world's leading armies rely mainly on complex combat robots equipped with modern strike systems – which, however, does not prevent American Marines from experimenting with tiny controlled drones capable of delivering and dropping small explosive devices on the heads of the enemy.

Advanced samples of modern microelectronics for spacecraft of the future will be shown at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021 by the holding company "Russian Space Systems" (RKS, part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos").

The United States has provided three Black Hawk helicopters to the Afghan army, said General Ajmal Omar Shinwari, a spokesman for the Afghan Defense and Security Forces.

The pilots worked out the retention of altitude, intervals and distances between aircraft of various types, reaching specified points at a certain time

The first consolidated training for ships and aircraft of the Main Naval Parade was held in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. This was reported on Sunday in the press service of the Western Military District.

As reported by JSC "United Engine Corporation" (UEC, as part of the Rostec State Corporation), the St. Petersburg JSC "UEC-Klimov", which is part of it, received a technical task for the creation of the TV7-117ST-02 engine for a turboprop regional aircraft (TVRS-44). which is being developed by the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (JSC "UZGA"). At the moment, pre-contract work is underway. It is planned to start mass production of new power plants in 2025.

Despite all the efforts of the organizers to maintain the intrigue before the presentation of the Russian promising light single-engine fighter of the fifth generation, presumably under the LTS ("Light Tactical Aircraft") program, scheduled for July 20, 2021 at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, an unknown person on July 18 leaked a brief video capturing the appearance of the uncovered model of the aircraft in the presentation hangar of the air show.

On Wednesday, July 14, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Rosvertol, one of the largest performers of the state defense order in Russia.

During the military operation in Syria, several hundred types of various weapons were tested in combat conditions. This was announced on Wednesday, July 14, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

"We have checked more than 320 types of various weapons, including, by the way, your helicopters," he said at a meeting with the staff of the Rostvertol company.

Yesterday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu checked how the Rostov helicopter production complex is fulfilling the largest military order. By 2028, 98 of the latest Mi-28NM attack helicopters - an updated version of the famous "Night Hunter" - are to be produced there. The state contract was concluded after a personal order of President Vladimir Putin to increase purchases of these rotorcraft.

The Tamir missile of the Iron Dome anti-aircraft missile System (SAM) launched by Israel in response to the Gaza Strip accidentally hit an F-15l fighter flying over the sector. This is reported by The Times Of Israel with reference to local television.

Two pairs of MiG-31 and Su-35 fighters escorted three US Air Force B-52N strategic bombers that approached the Russian border over the Bering Sea, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reports.

F-15E Strike Eagle fighter of the Air Force (Air Force) The US sparkled during takeoff from the British airbase Lakenkhet, reports The Drive. Photographer Matt Smart posted the corresponding pictures on Twitter.

The Techmash concern will present for the first time at the MAKS-2021 air show an unguided S-13B aircraft missile of increased efficiency, the press service of the enterprise reported.

The airline "Russia" intends to start operating a new generation of MS-21 aircraft in the summer of 2022. This was reported on July 15 in the press service of the carrier.

They want to make a sea scout out of the new Russian passenger aircraft Il-114-300. It is supposed to be used to search for submarines and surface ships.

Russia promptly responded to the approach of a US reconnaissance aircraft to the Russian borders by sending a fighter jet to meet the uninvited guest. According to British readers, there is no news in this message, but some are joking. "What were the American pilots worried about, whether they turned to the Russians with the same pronoun," writes one of them.

Turkey has delivered the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned complex to the Ukrainian Navy. This was announced on Thursday, July 16, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The Russian military on Thursday raised a MiG-31 fighter jet to escort a US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kamchatka, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported.