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The US Army will receive the most powerful laser weapons in the world

The United States is developing a new pulsed laser weapon. According to the expectations of the US military, it should become more powerful than all currently existing models, and at once by three orders of magnitude.

Why does the Ministry of Defense increase the production rate of IL-76MD-90A

Over the past four years, foreign customers have repeatedly turned to Russian aircraft manufacturers with a request for the supply of military transport aircraft, sources familiar with the situation on the international arms market told Izvestia.

The South Korean company KAI has planned to roll out the first flight model of the promising KF-X fighter for April 2021. According to Flightglobal, the company's specialists are currently completing the assembly of a combat aircraft, which, according to current plans, will make its first flight in 2022.

Defense Advanced Development Agency (DARPA) The United States has announced its intention to evaluate the practical use of jetpacks and other compact individual vehicles. According to Flightglobal, in early March of this year, the agency announced a tender for the development of concepts and projects of jetpacks, thanks to which the military intends to determine how such devices could be used in the military.

The Chinese corporation AVIC has tested a promising seaplane AG600 water discharge. According to Flightglobal, the flight tests of the aircraft took place on March 4, 20221 in Hubei Province and were considered completely successful. Now the developers have begun to prepare for testing the AG600 by dumping water on a real fire source. These checks are planned to be carried out by the end of this year.

Naval aviation will be connected to the "killer" networks. The Navy will receive a unique automated control system (ACS). Thanks to the new aircraft, helicopters and drones in real time will be able not only to transmit, but also to receive the coordinates and parameters of targets from ships, submarines and ground surveillance systems.

Robotic equipment for high-precision welding was put into operation at the Samara enterprise "UEC-Kuznetsov", the press service of the United Engine Corporation reported.

In the Trans-Baikal Territory, military personnel of the VVO control unit are learning to use the unmanned aircraft complex (BAC) "Granat-1"during practical training sessions.

The US government has planned to conclude a contract with representatives of the American industry, involving the reverse development of heat exchangers for the load of the B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bomber, writes The Drive.

Miniature drones will be little distinguishable from insects. On March 2, the press service of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed a new development — a miniature flying robot with insect wings.

The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States until the end of 2021 will begin testing on-board collision warning systems with drones for passenger aircraft. According to Flightglobal, the systems will be tested at five international airports: Atlantic City in New Jersey, Columbus in Ohio, Huntsville in Alabama, and Seattle/Tacoma in Washington and Syracuse in New York.

The British company Rolls-Royce has completed ground tests of a prototype of the high-speed electric aircraft ionBird, being developed as part of the ACCEL research program. According to Flightglobal, the company's specialists are currently preparing the aircraft for the first flight, which should take place before the end of March 2021.

Two B-1B bombers of the US Air Force were moving on Wednesday over the Baltic Sea to the Russian border, they were escorted by a Russian Su-27, according to the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.

A multi-purpose unmanned complex "Molniya", the jets of which will be launched by a swarm from a carrier aircraft, is being developed in the interests of the Russian Aerospace Forces, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh exposed mock-ups of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems to the Azerbaijani high-precision weapons.

The French naval task force (FRMARFOR), led by the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, has been in the World's oceans for almost five months since February 21, 2021. Operation Clemenceau 21 (Clemenceau 21) is a continuation of the 2019 mission of the same name and pursues similar goals to defend France's global claims.

In Kerch, the formation of the hulls of the future universal landing ships "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko"began. Work on domestic helicopter carriers is carried out taking into account the experience gained in the construction of ships of the Mistral type.

Four B-1B Lancer bombers have arrived in Norway. They have already made the first flights from the Norwegian air base Orland with F-35 fighters of the Royal Air Force in the Norwegian Sea area.

Russian engineers are working on a promising UAV AR-10 "Argument", made on the basis of the training aircraft SR-10.

The Israeli missile attack on the suburbs of Damascus on February 28 was repelled by the Pantsir-S and Buk-M2 systems, confirming their high effectiveness, a military source told RIA Novosti on Monday.