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Rostec will present an export modification of the latest Russian Su-57E fighter at the Army-2021 military-technical forum. This was announced by the Deputy Director General of the state corporation Dmitry Lelikov on Thursday, August 19, at a briefing for foreign military attaches.

The black boxes of the prototype of the latest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B that crashed in the Moscow region have been deciphered. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday, August 19, by a source in the law enforcement agencies.

In China, three years ago, they began designing a solar power plant for transmitting energy to the Earth. The construction of the station was frozen for a while, but it was resumed a couple of months ago. Now the authorities plan to receive energy from 1 MW of the orbital station by 2030, and from 2049 — from 1 GW.

The MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone refueled the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye long-range radar detection aircraft in the air for the first time. According to the US Navy, this happened during tests on August 18.

The evacuation of civilians carried out by the United States at the Kabul airport is likely to become the second largest operation of its kind in American history, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milley said on Wednesday.

A 3D environment of the training ground and a model of the upcoming battle were created on the interactive screen

Servicemen of the Eastern Military District at the Russian-Lao exercises "Laros-2021" in Primorye simulated a battle with an illegal armed group using interactive equipment with artificial intelligence. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the district.

The tragedy in Kubinka, near Moscow, where the newest Russian Il-112B transport vehicle crashed, should not interrupt the testing of these vital vehicles for the army.

Several Russian news agencies immediately reported, citing their sources, that after finding out the causes of the crash of the Il-112B military transport aircraft, tests of this type of aircraft will continue.

A MiG-29 fighter jet crashed during a training flight on the territory of the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported in the press service of the Southern Military District, RIA Novosti reports.

The United States should identify such advanced technologies that would frighten the enemies of the United States, the statement of the Minister of the Air Force (Air Force) of the country Frank Kendall reports to Defense News.

97 countries have confirmed their readiness to participate in the international military-technical forum "Army" to date. The delegations of 34 countries will be headed by the leadership of the military departments. This was stated in an interview with "Red Star" by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Reconnaissance robots and "cyborgs" - firefighters tested in Syria The

championship on the management of unmanned aerial vehicles and robotic complexes "Dronbiathlon" will be held on August 25 and 26 within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum (IMTF) The army-2021, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The program of flight tests of the Il-112B light military transport aircraft will continue, despite the plane crash in Kubinka near Moscow, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

Despite the crash of the first Il-112B model, work on the creation of a new light military transport aircraft in Russia will continue. Other machines that are in the process of fine-tuning at the Voronezh Aviation Plant will be involved in flight tests.

Algeria intends to purchase four Be-200 amphibious aircraft to extinguish forest fires, RIA Novosti reports, citing the Algerian military department.

The circumstances of the crash of the newest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B indicate "a serious accident that caused the death of the crew and the loss of a prototype, which is very important for both Russian military aviation and the aviation industry," writes the Polish portal Defence24.

The championship on the management of flying drones and ground-based robotic complexes will be held within the framework of the military-technical forum "Army-2021".

On August 15, 22 military aircraft and 24 military helicopters of Afghanistan illegally crossed the airspace of Uzbekistan, carrying 585 armed servicemen of the neighboring country. The aircraft were forcibly landed at the international airport of Termez, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan reported on Monday.

The 15th International Defense Industry Exhibition IDEF-2021, which is one of the ten largest global defense industry forums, opened in Istanbul on August 17.

On August 17, the Indian state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a contract worth $ 716 million with the American GE Aviation, providing for the purchase of 99 F404 aircraft engines for LCA Tejas Mk-1A light combat aircraft.

US allies using the fifth-generation multi-role fighter F-35 Lightning II will not have access to complete information about the aircraft.