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The American Air Mobility Command allowed the KC-46A tanker aircraft to use the rod for refueling C-17 Globemaster III, B-52H Stratofortress and other KC-46 aircraft. Now he will be able to perform operational tasks, but not yet in combat missions.

The US Navy has tested a new long-range air-to-ground missile. The AGM-88G AARGM-ER was launched from a Super Horne fighter and, according to some reports, its speed reaches Mach 2. In the Western media, this weapon was hastened to be called "the killer of the Russian S-400 air defense systems," the Ukrainian edition gloats.

The Russian Sukhoi design Bureau, under the guise of a project to create a short-haul narrow-body passenger aircraft Sukhoi SuperJet 100, was engaged in a "large-scale industrial espionage program" that allowed the development of a light tactical aircraft (LTS) known as Checkmate and Su-75, former president and former chief designer of the Antonov state enterprise Alexander Los told Defense Express.

On Thursday, August 5, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu checked how the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant is conducting development work on the production of a new heavy drone S-70 "Hunter".

The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec Corporation) has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense for the "rejuvenation" of the Ka-52M helicopter, the work should be completed in 2023, the holding's general director Andrey Boginsky told RIA Novosti.

The US State Department has approved the supply of equipment for the support and maintenance of the F-16 fighter fleet to Greece under the Foreign Military Sales program. The total cost of the purchase may amount to $ 270 million.

The assembly of the Russian heavy strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Hunter", which is considered to be the wingman of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, was shown on video. The corresponding video published by Zvezda drew the attention of the AviaNews channel in Telegram.

On Friday, at a meeting with employees of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told how technological progress has affected the quality of the Russian Armed Forces.

Combat pairs of airships at the exercises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory operated at maximum altitudes from 17 to 20 thousand meters, the press service of the Central Military District reported

The crews of ten high-altitude MiG-31BM interceptor fighters of the Aviation Division of the Central Military District (CVO) intercepted a conditional violator of airspace in the stratosphere during exercises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Central Military District.

During the flight, one intermediate landing was made

The aircraft of the 279th separate ship-based fighter aviation Regiment (OKIAP) of the Northern Fleet Naval Aviation (SF) of the Russian Navy performed the flight started on the eve of the "ground aircraft carrier" in the Crimea - the ground test training complex (aviation) (NITKA). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The fact that the US military recognized that Russia is ahead of America in the development and creation of supersonic missiles seems to be "perpendicular"to Bulgarian readers. They do not believe in this fact, as well as in the existence of the coronavirus. But there are also those who note the efficiency and ingenuity of Russian scientists and designers.

Air Force (Air Force) The United States will conclude a $ 60 million contract with Hermeus, which involves the creation of a flight demonstrator of a reusable hypersonic aircraft Quarterhorse, Breaking Defense reports.

The ship's strike group of the Northern Fleet, operating in the areas of the North-Eastern Atlantic as part of the command and staff training on the management of forces and troops of the Northern Fleet, conducted a missile strike exercise for a ship's group of a conditional enemy.

The Russian military has relocated several Su-30SM fighters to China for exercises that will be held from August 9 to 13 at the Qingtongxia training ground in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China.

The management of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant expects to fulfill the plan for the start of deliveries of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation this year of a new modification of the Mi-8 helicopter-Mi-8AMTSh-VN, created for special units.

Last year, the Japanese company Tetra Aviation won a cash prize of $ 100,000 for the development of a 33-engine single-seat electric aircraft of the eVTOL Mk-5 type, winning the prestigious GoFly Prize flying machine competition sponsored by the Boeing Corporation.

American engineers have shown tests of a system that allows you to launch several quadrocopters from the air. A large drone with a mount for smaller devices takes off and transports them to the desired point, after which small drones unhook themselves without landing and stabilize themselves in the air in a few seconds. A recording of the tests is published on YouTube.

The American company Bell has made changes to the design of the promising high-speed reconnaissance helicopter Bell 360 Invictus. According to Defense News, Invictus will receive an open tail rotor instead of a fenestrone-a screw in the annular fairing.

On October 6, 2021, as part of the section of the Scientific Conference No. 10 " Neuromorphic computing. Artificial intelligence "of the Forum" Microelectronics 2021 " will host a round table "Domestic ECB for AI technologies as a driver for increasing the degree of UAV autonomy"

The Russian Be-200 aircraft taking part in extinguishing fires in Greece landed today not because of engine damage, but in connection with the operation of the engine sensor, the press service of the Rostec state Corporation reported on Wednesday.