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During this exercise, for the first time, military repairs of aircraft will be carried out by means of mobile technical and operational units with the involvement of repair crews of defense industry enterprises, including on the airfield section of the road.

The Russian Air Force will hold a large-scale exercise in the Western Military District at the end of August with the involvement of more than 450 aircraft and helicopters, said the commander of the Air Force - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Sergei Dronov.

The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of the Rostec Corporation) will transfer two more new Mi-38 helicopters to the Ministry of Defense by the end of 2022, the company's CEO Andrey Boginsky told RIA Novosti.

Arsenyev Aviation Company "Progress" named after N. I. Sazykin of the Russian Helicopters holding is ready to send a batch of Ka-52 Alligator combat reconnaissance and attack helicopters to the troops. This was told by the acting managing director of the company Andrey Semenov within the framework of a Single day of acceptance of military products, the press service of the enterprise reports.

The Defense Procurement Agency of the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (DMA) on its Facebook page published a message about the start of flight tests of the first of five P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft ordered for the Norwegian Air Force.

The Ministry of Defense of Ghana intends to purchase six L-39NG jets from the Czech company Aero Vodochody under a contract that will be accompanied by a loan agreement.

During the exercises, the military will focus on improving the coherence of the control bodies and military units of the anti-aircraft missile forces

The Armed Forces of Belarus have launched operational and tactical air defense exercises with live firing, the second stage of which will be held jointly with the Russian military at a training ground in the Russian Federation. This was announced on Wednesday by the Belarusian Ministry of Defense in its Telegram channel.

The reason for the crash of the Russian Su-35S fighter was a "banal mess", writes the Baza publication in Telegram. According to Baza, the flight director took the false thermal targets firing back for the fire, which were triggered due to radiation from equipment on the airfield.

The British company Electric Aviation Group has decided that its promising eco-friendly regional aircraft will be hydrogen-powered. According to the original project, it was supposed to become a hybrid. According to Flightglobal, changes in the architecture of the aircraft affected the schedule of its development. The start of operation of the 90-seat liner is scheduled for 2030.

The F-15 fighter hit an air target with an AIM-120 medium-range missile using an infrared search and tracking system. According to The Drive, tests have shown that it is possible to track and determine air targets outside the line of sight without radar stations.

On August 5, the transfer of two Tu-214PU narrow-body aircraft to the Special Flight Detachment "Russia" took place at the airfield of the Kazan Aircraft Factory Borisoglebskoye.

The United States evaluated the armament of the multi-purpose Russian Su-35S aircraft and called it the best aircraft for gaining air superiority. The advantages of the aircraft are a large bomb load and a wide range of weapons, according to the author of The National Interest.

Two military transport aircraft Il-76, participating in the elimination of a fire on the territory of the Mordovian State Nature Reserve, dropped more than 210 tons of water on the flames during the day. Their crews flew to dangerous areas five times. This was reported on Monday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Air Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the border with Belarus have put on combat duty the machines of the automated control system (ACS) for aviation and air defense "Oreanda", Defense Express reports.

The Ministry of Finance of Indonesia has given permission to the command of the country's Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense to receive external loans in the amount of up to $ 5.8 billion in 2021.

The range of aircraft missiles "Whirlwind" should be increased to 12 km, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. On Tuesday, during the Single day of acceptance of military products, the acting general director of the Kalashnikov concern, Andrey Semenov, reported that within the framework of the seven-year contract, the next batch of guided missiles "Whirlwind-1"was delivered to the troops ahead of schedule.

Unarmia has prepared its own program for the guests of DAX: competitions in air rally, demonstration performances in sports aerobatics, demonstration of seaplane models and a master class in aircraft modeling.

The Russian army will soon receive almost two dozen attack drones of medium and heavy classes, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said.

The Russian Defense Ministry needs a variant of a twin-engine aircraft for regional transportation of the L-410 on a float landing gear and skis for operation in Siberia and the Arctic, said the head of the department, Army General Sergei Shoigu, as part of a single day of acceptance of military products.

The Russian Su-35S fighter is better in a number of parameters than the American F-22 Raptor of the fifth generation, the media writes. On the air of Sputnik radio, a military expert, director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov, commented on the publication.