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Mil Design Bureau could create the world's first rotary-wing transformer, but lost the palm to Bell

Periodically, at various exhibitions of weapons and military equipment, mock-ups, and even prototypes of convertiplanes preparing for the first flight, appear. Both foreign and Russian, created on an initiative basis. And this provokes discussions on the topic " Whether the Russian Army needs these specific aircraft and what they can be useful."

Scouts infantry units of the CVO, stationed in the Altai region, were armed with new unmanned aerial vehicles "Tachyon".

Corvette "Persistent", which in the long March, successfully fulfilled the task of search, detection and elimination of submarines of the conditional opponent.

Together with "Persistent" in the March went average sea tanker "Cola" and sea tug "James Grebelsky".

UAVTEK, the manufacturer of drones, together with BAE Systems, provided 30 samples of Bug (Beetle) drones weighing 196 grams, capable of operating at wind speeds of up to 80 km / h, for testing by the British Army.

A flight of new Su-30SM multi-purpose fighters has arrived at the Karaganda Aviation Base named after Hero of the Soviet Union Nurken Abdirov.

The Ministry of Defense for the first time showed the Orion drone in the strike version

The Ministry of Defense for the first time showed a photo of the Orion drone in the strike version. This is the country's first aerial reconnaissance complex with a long-duration UAV. The first serial contract for the supply of these drones to the Ministry of Defense became known this year.

During the highly publicized visit of US Secretary of State M.Pompeo's visit to Poland on August 15, 2020, during which a bilateral agreement was signed to expand US-Polish military cooperation, the details of this joint document were not discussed anywhere in the press.

Russia's plans to develop hypersonic weapons have provoked panic in NATO countries over Moscow's " aggressive plans." In Europe, however, they are more afraid that it will be destroyed by American defenders, who are afraid of the Russian threat. Does the possession of "hypersound" really give Russia a decisive advantage? And how can the West respond to us if it achieves parity in such weapons?

There were no violations of Russian airspace

Russian radar stations (RLS) over the past week took on the support of 32 aircraft of foreign countries at the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation leads on Friday the newspaper "Red star".

In the Arctic, in the interests of the Russian military, it is planned for the first time to conduct flights of a new UAV (atmospheric satellite) "Owl", capable of staying in the air for days, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source familiar with the test program.

As the Ministry of defense of Kazakhstan reported on December 23, 2020, a flight of new su-30SM multi-purpose aircraft arrived at the Karaganda aviation base named After hero of the Soviet Union Nurken Abdirov. From the Russian Federation, the aircraft were driven by experienced test pilots of the Irkut aviation plant.

Development is conducted by the Corporation "Tactical missile weapons", said a source in the military-industrial complex

The first production su-57 fighter will be used at the state flight test center (glic) in Akhtubinsk for testing hypersonic aircraft weapons. This was reported on Friday by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Crews of su-27 fighters of the Baltic fleet destroyed a simulated enemy in the sky over Kaliningrad, the press service of the Western military district (ZVO) reports.

On December 23, 2020, the first two serial new jet training aircraft M-345 NO (military designation T-345A) built by the Italian company Leonardo arrived at the Lecce-Galatina air base as part of the 61st regiment (61° Stormo) of the Italian air force. The aircraft have tail numbers 61-202 (Italian military number MM55234) and 61-203 (Italian military number MM55235).

The prototype of the new sodramjet ramjet engine was tested in a wind tunnel. He successfully worked at an air flow speed of Mach 9, and according to the results of the experiment, it turned out that the theoretical limit of his speed reaches Mach 16. This will allow an aircraft with such an engine to circumnavigate the Earth in two hours, but a wind tunnel to test such speeds in China has not yet been built.

The first serial fighter of the fifth generation su-57, received by the Aerospace forces (VKS) of Russia, was shown on video. The corresponding video on YouTube was published by the user wizarden1.

The Russian heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Hunter" in 2021 as part of flight tests for the first time will use weapons on air targets, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

Vladimir Putin proposed declaring 2021 the Year of science and technology. This initiative is not accidental-despite Western sanctions and the pandemic, the innovative economy is increasingly coming to the forefront in Russia. What are the main scientific and technological successes achieved by domestic scientists and industry in the past year?

An aviation integrated electric power system based on a single high-temperature superconducting (HTS) platform will appear in Russia. It is being developed as part of a joint project Of the Foundation for advanced research and CJSC "Superox". The system consists of a battery, a htsp cable, a htsp current limiting device, and a htsp electric motor.

The Russian defense Ministry plans to dramatically increase the order for strategic cruise missiles. "At the beginning of next year, we will conclude long-term contracts for the additional purchase of high-precision long-range missiles, which will double their number," defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to the President last Monday.