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It is almost 71%, the Russian Defense Minister noted

The Russian armed forces have the highest percentage of modern weapons and military equipment among the armies of the world-almost 71%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The passenger aircraft MS-21-300 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century 300") received a wing made of Russian composite materials, according to the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). The corresponding video of the docking of the left wing console to the fuselage of the aircraft is published on YouTube.

The Turkish supersonic anti-radar missile Akbaba ("Vulture") will replace the American AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM, "Harm"), Defense News reports, citing a source.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will present a fundamentally new military aircraft on the first day of the MAKS-2021 international Air Show, the Rostec press service reported.

Rostec has published a teaser of a new combat aircraft, the presentation of which will take place on the first day of the MAKS-2021 Aerospace Salon.

The aircraft engine-demonstrator APD-500, created on the basis of the motor of the car of the government class Aurus, was installed on the Yak-18T aircraft for display at the International Aerospace Salon MAKS-2021, the press service of the developer of this power plant-the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering (CIAM, part of the SIC "Zhukovsky Institute") named after Baranov told RIA Novosti.

On July 7, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced the roll-out ceremony of the first of four MQ-9A "Reaper" UAVs of the Block.5 version ordered by the Dutch Air Force.

In the current decade, Russia is ready to begin active operation of a number of drones, some of them are at the development stage, some are at the production stage. This will allow Russia to overtake the United States, China, Iran, Israel and Turkey.

Almost six billion dollars will be overspending of the Pentagon's funds for the maintenance of fifth-generation F-35 fighters by 2036, if the military cannot reduce spending on this budget item.

Speaking about the state of military training aviation, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, noted that the presence of qualitatively trained graduate pilots allows us to effectively use the potential of aviation complexes.

Improving the combat effectiveness of the Tu-160M strategic missile carriers is the most important task that the new NK-32 aircraft engines of the second series will help to solve, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a conference call on Tuesday.

Pilots-graduates of higher military aviation schools in 2020 have started mastering the MiG-31BM interceptor fighters of a separate aviation regiment of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia.

The assembly of the drive unit box for the VK-1600V advanced helicopter engine demonstrator, which will be presented for the first time at MAKS-2021, has been completed at the Salyut production complex of UEC JSC.

Due to the abnormal heat, the fire-dangerous situation in Yakutia has sharply worsened. On behalf of the President of Russia, the Ministry of Defense, in cooperation with local administrations, is actively fighting forest fires.

The National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation has published a video of the escort of the US Ares reconnaissance aircraft in the sky over the Black Sea.

A Russian Su-30 fighter jet drove a US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft away from the Russian border over the Black Sea. On the air of Sputnik radio, the director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, Alexey Podberezkin, called the Americans ' "super task" in this situation.

During the presentation flights for representatives of Colombia and Mexico, for the first time in South America, the ZALA VTOL unmanned vertical take-off and landing complex was demonstrated and put into operation.

The publication by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) on Twitter of an image with a soaring chess knight may indicate the creation of a new aircraft by Russia, which will be shown at the International Aviation and Space Salon 2021 (MAKS-21), explains The Drive.

Sergei Shoigu discussed on Tuesday with his generals the production of Tu-160M strategic missile carriers and the testing of training aircraft for VKS universities. The Minister recalled that there is a plan for the supply of engines for the Tu-160M.

2GIS, the general navigation partner of the International Aviation and Space Salon, has prepared a detailed map of the MAKS-2021 Air Show. The map is already available in the 2GIS mobile application and on the website 2gis.ru.