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Despite all the efforts of the organizers to maintain the intrigue before the presentation of the Russian promising light single-engine fighter of the fifth generation, presumably under the LTS ("Light Tactical Aircraft") program, scheduled for July 20, 2021 at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, an unknown person on July 18 leaked a brief video capturing the appearance of the uncovered model of the aircraft in the presentation hangar of the air show.
The error of GLONASS will be reduced by 50 times
In the future, the location error of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) can be reduced by 50 times, Roscosmos reports.
Israel has introduced a new heavy armored personnel carrier
The Israel Defense Forces demonstrated a prototype of the Pereg heavy armored personnel carrier. The machine is made on the basis of the Merkava tank.
"Kids" will allow the latest AK-12 to destroy the enemy more effectively at night
Modern sights "Kid" were received by the motorized rifle units of the Amur Combined Arms Association. This is reported by the press service of the Eastern Military District.
At MAKS-2021, an unguided S-13B rocket of increased efficiency will be presented
The Techmash concern will present for the first time at the MAKS-2021 air show an unguided S-13B aircraft missile of increased efficiency, the press service of the enterprise reported.
The airline "Russia" called the start date of flights on MS-21 aircraft
The airline "Russia" intends to start operating a new generation of MS-21 aircraft in the summer of 2022. This was reported on July 15 in the press service of the carrier.
IL-114-300 can become a sea scout
They want to make a sea scout out of the new Russian passenger aircraft Il-114-300. It is supposed to be used to search for submarines and surface ships.
Ukraine was left without a " Stronghold"
Ukrspetsexport has not yet received the Oplot-T tank, which should be shipped no later than June 30. The amount of the contract concluded with the state" Malyshev Plant " at the beginning of the year is almost 4.6 million US dollars.
Kalashnikov will create a submachine gun that will replace Stechkin's pistol
The Kalashnikov Concern continues to develop a line of pistols based on the latest Lebedev pistol. The developers plan to create a submachine gun that will replace the legendary Stechkin, as well as the production of miniature weapons.
Cubesats will help test the communication architecture of hypersonic weapon detection satellites
The US Missile Defense Agency launched two cubesats into low-Earth orbit to test the communication architecture of a group of promising HBTSS hypersonic missile detection satellites on them. According to the US Department of Defense, the demonstration will last 90 days, but the mission can be extended up to a year.
In the United States, six Russian deadly UAVs were named
According to their capabilities, Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can catch up with American and Turkish ones, writes the American magazine The National Interest.
Russian MLRS will receive a new guided missile
NPO "Splav" named after Ganichev (part of the Rostec Techmash concern) is developing a guided missile in a 122 mm caliber on an initiative basis, the general director of the enterprise Alexander Smirnov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
The US has produced the first improved warhead for the Trident II D5 ballistic missile
The first improved nuclear warhead W88 for Trident II D5 ballistic missiles, designed to be launched from nuclear submarines, has rolled off the assembly line.
Photos of a Chinese shark drone have appeared
New photos of a Chinese underwater unmanned scout made in the form of a shark have appeared on the Network. The bionic wireless drone is equipped with high-resolution cameras with automatic adjustment, it is able to dive 150 meters, independently bypass obstacles and return to the base.
The US has changed the lock on nuclear warheads
The Pantex plant in Texas has released the first batch of upgraded W88 thermonuclear warheads-they are equipped with Trident II ballistic missiles on submarines. The updates affected the charge initiation system, conventional explosives, and a lightning rod connector was also added to the warhead.
The Security Council said that Russia aims to maintain leadership in the development of new weapons
The new national security strategy aims to preserve Russia's leadership in the development of new types of weapons, and the total share of modern weapons in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should remain below 70%, said Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Russia increases the number of "Daggers" - the Security Council
Russia is increasing the number of high-precision long-range weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic complexes, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Mikhail Popov said.
The Pentagon's "ghost fleet" will be replenished with two more surface robots
Two more large surface robots will join the Pentagon's "Master of the Ghost Fleet" program next year. According to USNI News, now unmanned vessels are being built. Their tests should begin in 2022.
Rostec and its comrades want to create an "unreal" 12-nm RISC-V processor for 28 billion
Rostec intends to develop the first Russian processor of a new generation on the open RISC-V architecture for computers and servers.
A military expert appreciated the idea of turning the Il-114 into a marine reconnaissance aircraft
The new Russian IL-114-300 aircraft was proposed to be used to search for surface and underwater objects. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin commented on this idea.
