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Irkut Corporation plans to deliver 1099 domestic MC-21, Superjet and IL-114-300 aircraft by 2035. To do this, the aircraft manufacturer will need funding in the amount of 4.15 trillion rubles. This was announced on June 10 by Kirill Budaev, Vice President, Head of Marketing and Sales of Civil Aircraft of the corporation, at the international conference "Aviation Finance and Leasing in Russia and the CIS".

MC-130J Commando II aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The US dropped a cargo simulating a pallet with AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) cruise stealth missiles, The Drive reports.

A Russian Su-35 fighter jet detected and escorted a US Air Force RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean. This was reported on Thursday, June 10, by the press service of the Eastern Military District.

The United States is preparing to take to the skies the first bombers of a new generation. June 10, portal thedrive.com he announced that Northrop Grumman has completed the assembly of the first two samples of the B-21 Raider aircraft.

The ships and submarines of the Northern Fleet on Thursday repelled a massive air attack as part of a bilateral tactical exercise of diverse forces to protect Russia's Arctic borders from threats from sea directions. They hit eight cruise missiles.

SpaceX plans to provide Wi-Fi during flights in airplanes. The company is negotiating with several air carriers, the Izvestia TV channel reports. For its project, SpaceX will use Starlink satellites. The network of devices will provide high-speed Internet around the world. The satellites will be connected using a laser communication line — they will not depend on ground stations. Since 2018, SpaceX has launched about 1.8 thousand Starlink vehicles — there will be 12 thousand of them in total.

Russian warships will be able to enter the Congo, and planes will be able to land on the territory of this country. This provides for an intergovernmental agreement on military cooperation.

The Mars helicopter "Ingenuity" has successfully completed its seventh flight on Mars, which was the first after a serious change in the navigation system. The drone successfully flew to a new work site, covering a distance of 106 meters, according to NASA's Twitter account.

The Ukrainian complex of protection of military transport aircraft of the An-26 type from guided missiles with infrared homing systems has passed state tests. According to Defense Express, it includes combined devices for the release of false thermal targets and an optoelectronic suppression station.

The air group of the Baltic Fleet is planned to be strengthened with the latest super-maneuverable Su-30SM fighters. "Drying" will be able not only to fight in the sky, but also, if necessary, to hit sea and land targets. Strengthening the Western Military District this year has been declared a priority task against the backdrop of NATO's activation in the region and the bloc's large-scale Baltops exercises.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, when creating a promising bomber, special emphasis is placed on protecting the aircraft from the enemy's air defense and missile defense with the help of electronic warfare.

The research and production enterprise (NPP) of the defense industry "Radar MMS" will create a fully electric helicopter-type UAV and a tiltrotor by 2022. This was announced by the company's executive director Ivan Antsev in an interview with TASS.

The Myanmar military delegation came to Russia to get acquainted with the production of the Pantsir air defense systems, an informed source told Interfax.

Multifunctional Su-34 fighter-bombers of the mixed Aviation Division of the Central Military District will use air-to-air missiles for the first time.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, combat missile launches will take place as part of a tactical flight exercise in the Astrakhan region.

According to an informed source in the military-industrial complex, the new Russian stealth bomber will be reliably protected from all types of weapons. The aircraft's armament will be placed inside the fuselage.

In the past, Russian aircraft of old types with inefficient navigation systems sometimes accidentally "hooked" the territory of the airspace of European countries, which caused an angry reaction from neighboring states and accusations of wanting to occupy the region, writes Izvestia columnist Anton Lavrov.

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has received approval from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) for the installation of 24 passenger seats in the Mi-171A2 cabin.

The Western military District (ZVO) will be reinforced with hypersonic missile systems "Dagger", according to "Izvestia", citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

In addition, several girls are preparing for service in the assault aviation, said Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov

The first fighter pilots who will control modern combat aircraft will appear in the near future in the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday by the State Secretary, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Nikolai Pankov.

At the Polish aviation training ground Nadarzyce, the pilot of a MiG-29 fighter from a 30-mm gun fired at another MiG-29, with which he was flying in a pair. The incident occurred on May 14 during an exercise.