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As reported, on December 6, 2020, at the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny factory airfield complex, the Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft built at the Ulyanovsk Aviastar-SP JSC (part of the transport aviation Division of the United aircraft Corporation JSC) with the factory number 0205 (registration number RF-78660) made its first flight. This is the third new-built Il-76MD-90A aircraft to be flown in 2020.

French President Emmanuel macron, speaking on December 8, 2020 at the head enterprise of the French nuclear industrial Corporation Framatome in Le Creusot, announced the beginning of the practical implementation of the Porte Avion Nouvelle Generation (PANG) program for the design and construction of a promising aircraft carrier for the French Navy, and that this ship will be equipped with a nuclear power plant.

It became the only example of Russian engine building included in the list compiled by the leading profile magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Russian Tu-160M strategic bomber with the latest NK-32-02 engines was included in the list of the most significant world achievements in the field of engine construction for 2020, compiled by the leading profile magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology and published in the latest issue of the publication.

Chris Osborne, editor of The national Interest magazine, called the method of fighting drones being tested in Russia an unprecedented innovation. We are talking about an interceptor drone that shoots a network of so-called net guns.

Egyptian air force Aircraft attacked terrorist caravans near the Libyan border.

Reports that refer to the Ministry of defense of this state note that more than two dozen SUVs carrying weapons and ammunition were destroyed.

The Russian fifth-generation su-57 fighter and its Chinese competitor J-20 can perform similar tasks, but " specialize in slightly different areas." Comparison of aircraft leads the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

Commanders of naval aviation units of the Baltic fleet demonstrate their skills in the air.

Drones - "bodyguards" for fighters will take to the skies next year. December 8, portal defensenews.com reported that under the Skyborg program, the US air force has signed three contracts for the Assembly of guided drones for aircraft.

The share of Russian companies in the global arms market is falling catastrophically. And this is not someone who claims it, but a very authoritative source-the Swedish research center SIPRI. How well-founded are such statements, what impact do US sanctions have on the Russian arms trade, and what promising market is opening up for Russia now?

the Aircraft used the latest air-launched cruise missiles X-101 and X-555, which were carried in the fuselage compartments

The Russian defense Ministry released a video of ballistic and cruise missile launches during a strategic nuclear forces training session led by the Supreme commander, Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday.

Promising high-precision air-to-surface ammunition is the first to be received by the foreign air force

At the end of November, the American military-political publication The National Interest conducted an audit of air-to-surface ammunition in order to determine those that have an optimal efficiency-to-cost ratio. Suddenly, the Russian ammunition became the leader. However, it has not yet been adopted by the Russian aerospace forces.

the US justified the NATO exercises in the Black sea by the actions of Russia

Former Pentagon expert Chris Osborne, in an article for the national Interest, called the us exercises with NATO allies in the Black sea a "warning for Russia". Military commentator Viktor Litovkin pointed out that Russia does not attack anyone, so this rhetoric of the Pentagon is far from reality.

The country is armed with 4,143 vehicles

The Russian army has the second largest fleet of military aircraft. This is stated in the Handbook World Air Forces 2021, released by the British profile magazine Flight International.

In Kamchatka, fighter pilots of a separate mixed aviation regiment of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia conducted training to intercept a simulated enemy aircraft.

the US air force "destroyed" Russian S-400 systems and T-72 tanks

The us military reported working out the destruction of Russian military equipment, which was not actually used in the exercises, according to us media.

As reported by the American web resource C4ISRNET in the material Burak Ege Bekdil " Turkish firm develops AI-powered software for drone swarms "(Burak EGE Bekdil "Turkish firm develops software based on artificial intelligence for a swarm of drones"), a private Turkish company MilSOFT said that it has developed software based on artificial intelligence for a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles.

The us Navy's shipbuilding and weapons command issued a request for information about unmanned aerial vehicles that could be launched from submarines. According to Defense News, the request was published in October 2020, but it became known about it only now.

It is possible to jointly develop such an aircraft with foreign partners

rostec is developing the concept of a light single-engine fifth-generation fighter at its own expense, the head of the state Corporation Sergey Chemezov told reporters.

Work on creating a second-stage engine for the Russian fifth-generation su-57 fighter will be completed in 2022, Sergey Chemezov, General Director of the rostec state Corporation, told reporters.

The first Indian aircraft carrier "Vikrant" has successfully passed mooring tests, according to the portal N+1. Experts checked the operation of its four LM2500 gas turbine engines, transmission, variable stroke propellers and control system.