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In the Kaliningrad region, the pilots of the Baltic Fleet worked out one of the most difficult types of flight training - refueling in the air.

Created under the Next-Generation Air Dominance program, the new-generation fighter may exist in two versions. One of them is intended for the actions of Europe, the second-for work in the Indo-Pacific region.

The calculation of Western countries on technical superiority in terms of the implementation of the Open Skies Treaty (DON), from which the United States and later Russia withdrew, did not justify itself, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Small European states are determined to remain useful to NATO. June 17, portal luxtimes.lu he said that Luxembourg and Belgium are going to form a joint army battalion.

The North Atlantic Council of NATO has expressed its "deep regret" over Russia's decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty (DON).

A video posted on YouTube by the US Army showing possible scenarios for the use of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) shows a "strike" on the Russian project 1164 cruiser "Atlant" (NATO code — "Glory") and the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system "Triumph", reports The Drive.

As part of the Baltops 2021 exercise, the US army "tested" a new Challenger 650 Artemis reconnaissance and target designation aircraft in Russia, Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to the assessment of the SF command, all the tasks assigned to the anti-submarine aviation LTU were completed successfully

The Northern Fleet (SF) held flight tactical exercises (LTU) of a separate mixed aviation regiment to provide long-range anti-submarine protection of the fleet forces. The crews of anti-submarine aircraft practiced bombing on conventional submarines at the naval training ground, the press service of the SF reported on Saturday.

The video diary of innovations of the forum “Army 2021 " is a series of video broadcasts about innovative products of the most advanced enterprises of the military-industrial complex. The broadcasts will be held from August 23 to 27, 2021, during the Army-2021 forum, and are aimed at the heads of the main enterprises and the command of the Ministry of Defense.

Poland will strengthen the security of NATO's eastern borders with the help of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said. In May, the country's Minister of National Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, already reported on Warsaw's plans to purchase 24 foreign drones.

Since the beginning of the Cold War, unmanned US reconnaissance balloons have become a real headache for the Soviet air defense system. To solve the problem, the M-17 Stratosphere interceptor was developed under the guidance of designer Vladimir Myasishchev.

The Japanese government has considered abandoning the missiles of the American company Lockheed Martin, according to the local newspaper Mainichi. The new shells require the modernization of the F-15 fighters. However, the cost of updating is not included in the budget for 2021. The Japanese are in no hurry to allocate an extra $2.2 billion for aircraft. The rise in price is caused by a shortage of necessary components, the Izvestia TV channel reports. If you can't agree on a discount, the missiles can be abandoned.

Soviet military aircraft are living out their last years in Ukraine. Another confirmation of this was the proposal to equip the Air Force of this country with F-16 fighters. What are the chances that Ukrainian pilots will fly in American cars, what price will Ukraine have to pay for this decision – and what threat will these cars pose to Russia?

The US Army has tested a prototype of the AML unmanned rocket launcher. It is an adapted HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. According to Defense News, during the tests, seven missiles simulating hypersonic PrSM were launched from AML.

The launch of the MS-21-400 project in development will depend on the demand after the start of operation in airlines of the MS-21-300/310 aircraft. This was reported to journalists by the General director of the Irkut Corporation Ravil Khakimov.

As reported on June 16, 2021, the Ukrainian state concern "Ukroboronprom", a part of its state company "Ukrspetsexport", within the framework of the exhibition" Zbroya ta Bezpeka - 2021 " held in Kiev, signed a contract for the modernization and repair of another IL-78MP tanker aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force.

As reported, on June 16, 2021 in Taganrog from the factory airfield of PJSC "Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G. M. Beriev" (TANTK; part of PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation" - UAC), the first flight of the second amphibious aircraft built for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the performance of a specialized search and rescue aircraft Be-200PS (in fact, this is a Be-200CHS aircraft without a fire extinguishing function) took place.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec has successfully completed the first stage of testing the PD-8 gas generator for SSJ-NEW aircraft, the press service of Rostec reported.

In particular, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation inspected the final assembly shops of the NK-32 engines of the second series for the Tu-160 "White Swan" bombers and the deeply modernized Tu-160M

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev visited the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) and the UEC-Kuznetsov in Samara.

The new de-icing system sensors can be used on both military fighters and civilian aircraft

Advanced military aviation systems will be equipped with sensors of the de-icing system with elements of artificial intelligence (AI). Serial production of the new sensors has already begun, the press service of the Technomash concern (part of the control circuit of the Rostec Technodinamika holding) told TASS on Thursday.