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The Russian authorities will hold a trial in connection with the incident with the Tu-22M3 long-range bomber at the Shaikovka airfield near Kaluga, which killed three soldiers. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the military-industrial complex, RIA Novosti reports.

The US uses the Zumwalt stealth destroyer to control drones

American stealth destroyers Zumwalt found a new application-ships of this type in the upcoming naval battles will control unmanned ships and unmanned aerial vehicles. During the upcoming exercises in the Pacific, the US Navy intends to get the first idea of what such operations will look like.

The US Navy broke the depth record when lifting an aircraft from the ocean floor. On March 23, the press service of the Naval Systems Command (NAVSEA) reported that the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, which crashed last year, was able to lift from a depth of more than 5,800 m.

The Moscow production complex "Salyut", as reported by its head Alexey Gromov, this month will hand over the first components for the assembly of the demonstrator of the PD-35 ultra-large thrust engine.

This year, several types of military aircraft will be tested in the Arctic, including Su-34 bombers, Su-35 fighters and Be-200 amphibians.]

They will be tested for their readiness to operate in the Arctic and in the area of the Northern Sea Route (NSR). This was told to Izvestia by sources in the defense ministry.

The crews of the Su-25SM attack aircraft of the joint Russian military base "Kant", stationed in Kyrgyzstan, worked out elements of complex aerobatics during an exercise in the sky over the Tien Shan, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.

In St. Petersburg, the crews of heavy transport helicopters Mi-26 transported cargo on an external suspension. This process can be observed on the video provided by the press service of the Western Military District.

The Russian army is practicing methods of psychological warfare in modern conditions. On March 22, the TASS news agency reported that the scouts conducted a training capture of the settlement of a conditional enemy by a non-military method — using SMS mailings, drones, leaflets and negotiations.

Rostec will show a wide range of developments at the MAKS-2021 aerospace salon, including a "fundamentally new" aircraft, RIA Novosti reports, citing the press service of the state corporation.

Upgraded long-range interceptors MiG-31BM will be relocated from the Tver region near Astrakhan for exercises with missile launches, the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Tuesday.

A faulty catapult caused a tragedy at a military airfield

During the preparation for take-off, the long-range bomber Tu-22M3, located at the Shaikovka military airfield in the Kaluga region, accidentally triggered the ejection system. There were no weapons on board the Tu-22M.

The participants of the Air Combat Evolution project have published a report on their first phase. Among other achievements, it describes the successful simulation of close-range air combat with the participation of smoothly working in a pair of F-16 fighters, controlled by AI.

According to foreign media, Russia is adapting its "White Swan" for the future. At the end of 2020, the latest version of the Tu-160M2 strategic bomber took off in Kazan for the first time with new engines. In early March of this year, the aircraft flew to the Zhukovsky airfield to continue testing.

What simulators will soon be available to the troops, what new products are already being developed for the Russian army, as well as the most advanced air exercise machines on a movable base that allow you to experience the feeling of a real flight.

Since the militants do not comply with the terms of the Russian-Turkish truce agreement, the Russian Aerospace Forces resumed strikes on the bases and strategic targets of the Islamists in the Syrian province of Idlib.

Modernization of the AI-222-25 engine is aimed at increasing the resource characteristics, increasing its reliability

A sample of the upgraded AI-222-25 engine for the Yak-130 will be ready by mid-2021, and it will be tested by the end of the year. This was reported to journalists by the head of the Salyut production complex (part of the UEC is part of Rostec) Alexey Gromov.

The US Ambassador to Ankara, David Satterfield, warned Turkey against purchasing a second regimental set of S-400 air defense systems, RIA Novosti reports.

The first satellite images have appeared on the Internet showing the consequences of the drone attack on the Saudi Aramco oil refinery, located near Riyadh.

A unique simulator for training parachutists, which includes a virtual reality helmet, was created by the Technodinamika holding, part of the Rostec State Corporation. As the general director of the holding, Igor Nasenkov, told TASS in an interview, during training, a parachutist can practice jumps, both during the day and at night, in various weather conditions.

Two single-seat F-5 Tiger II fighters of the Taiwan Air Force collided off the southeast coast of the island. After the crash, the planes fell into the sea.