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The helicopter is equipped with additional equipment that expands the functionality

The Kazan Helicopter Plant (KVZ) of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec) has completed development work on the modernization of the Mi-8MTV-5M helicopter, the design documentation has been approved for serial production. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the Russian Helicopters holding company.

The Russian military during the exercises for the first time in the world landed a fully equipped military hospital from airplanes, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

The Su-24 tactical front-line bomber that crashed in the Perm Region is a complex, but time-tested machine. Vadim Lukashevich, an aviation expert, a former designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, told about this in an interview with Radiotochka NSN.

A member of the US House of Representatives, a former US Navy reservist, Jim Banks, said that the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) seized American military equipment worth $ 85 billion. His words are quoted by The Independent.

Aeroballistic missiles of the Russian hypersonic complex " Dagger "will be launched in a new way, Izvestia reports, referring to the corresponding contract of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Jumps with oversized weapons at landing speeds of 350 km / h are not performed in any army in the world The

Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation is developing a new universal parachute cargo harness that will allow the military to land immediately with light artillery weapons, such as mortars or anti-tank guided missiles. This was told to TASS by the chief designer of the holding for parachuting Alexey Kozin.

The planning aerial bomb "Drill" will be highly accurate, which will completely exclude its hitting peaceful objects. This was announced on the sidelines of the Army-2021 forum by the executive director of NPK Techmash (part of the Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Kochkin.

Specialists of the Military Space Academy named after Mozhaisk has developed a new algorithm for the operation of neural networks for drones, which allows identifying and tracking targets with high accuracy, the academy told reporters.

The fighters performed more than 30 combat training sorties for live firing

The crews of the fighter aviation regiment of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces of the Western Military District used guided missiles during exercises in Karelia. This was reported on Saturday by the press service of the Western Military District.

Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov summed up the results of the Army-2021 forum on Saturday and took part in awarding defense companies that distinguished themselves in fulfilling the state defense order.

The Russian military department will make a decision on the new appearance of the Airborne Troops at the end of this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Tu-214ON aircraft, created specifically for performing observation flights under the Open Skies Treaty, will be redesigned. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, after visiting the Kazan Aviation Plant.

Units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Russian Federation have arrived in Grodno to form a joint training center for the Air Force (Air Force) and air defense forces (air defense) with Belarus.

In recent days, the Japanese military has reported two flights of the Chinese TW328/TB-001 UAV from Tengden Technology, first in the East China Sea, and then in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. And for the second time, together with the Y-9JZ radio intelligence aircraft and the Y-8Q base patrol aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China.

The Office of Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense plans to create a new vehicle based on the Soviet ekranoplan "Lun", nicknamed "sea monster". This is reported on August 27 by Popular Mechanics.

Israeli Air Force planes on Sunday night struck targets of the Hamas group in the central part of the Gaza Strip, the Yediot Ahronot newspaper reports, citing the Israeli army.

According to the corporation, about 10 aircraft will extinguish fires all year round

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) plans to start creating Be-200 amphibious aircraft in 2021, which will be included in the squadron for extinguishing fires. This was announced by the first Deputy General Director of the UAC Sergey Yarkov.

"At the output of the "medium-haul MS-21 and "Baikal" to replace the "cornhusker" An-2

Russia is implementing a large program to create aircraft for domestic aviation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The head of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, called the start date of regular flights of the newest civil aircraft MS-21 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century"). This is reported in the story of the TV channel "Russia 1".

According to the Minister of Defense, the supply of serial UAVs to the army has been established

The Russian Armed Forces will have two thousand unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the end of this year. This was announced by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live", the footage of which was shown on the TV channel "Russia-1".