As part of a large-scale command and staff exercise (KShU), the crews of about 20 Mi-8AMTSh helicopters of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Southern Military District (SE) ensured the landing of motorized rifle units of the coastal defense unit of the Black Sea Fleet during the practical actions of troops at the Opuk training ground in the Crimea.

The construction of prototypes of military transport aircraft IL-112B and passenger IL-114 does not stop, despite the investigation of the crash of Il-112B that occurred in August, said the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar.

The introduction of self-driving cars will radically revise the economy of transportation and reduce the cost of travel. This was stated by Tatiana Mikheeva, Head of the Research Department of Integrated Transport Development of JSC NIIAT, in an interview with Vestnik GLONASS magazine. 

Turkey may purchase Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters if the US freezes the sale of F-16s after the F-35. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the head of the Department of Defense Industry of Turkey Ismail Demir.

Turkey can buy Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters instead of American F-16s. This was stated by the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department Ismail Demir. His statement is reported by RIA Novosti.

The Corporation hopes for an order from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The Checkmate light single-engine fighter of the fifth generation is planned to be demonstrated to potential customers at exhibitions abroad, said the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar.

The Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 has an impressive strike potential. This conclusion was reached in the publication Military Watch Magazine.

The fifth-generation Russian fighter is capable of destroying enemy ships alone.

The wide range of weapons used by Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighters forced the American edition of The Military Watch to recognize the lethality of this combat vehicle not only for aerial purposes, but also for ships.

There is no talk of merging all aviation design bureaus

The design center, which unites all aircraft design bureaus, should be built in three to four years on Leningradsky Prospekt in Moscow, said the head of the UAC Yuri Slyusar.

The US Department of Defense recently published a new report on suicide cases among American servicemen.

It provides statistics for the second quarter of 2021, which shows that the number of suicides in the army increased by 46% compared to the same period last year. 

US Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher Mayer discussed issues of bilateral cooperation and border security in Tashkent, US Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum said on Monday.

Washington is ready to help Georgia strengthen its defense capability, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. "The United States is committed to helping Georgia strengthen its defense capabilities and advance its Euro-Atlantic integration," Austin tweeted.

The US Secretary of Defense will visit these countries before traveling to Brussels for a meeting of NATO defense ministers. The Pentagon considers the trip a clear signal to Moscow, the author points out that the United States and its allies firmly support the sovereignty of Ukraine and Georgia in the face of "Russian provocations." But the real provocation is this trip itself.

NATO is a non-negotiable partner, and its actions against the permanent mission of the Russian Federation to the alliance are treacherous, said Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.

Russia offers NATO to authorize the ambassador of one of the organization's member countries in Moscow to carry out urgent contacts with Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

The Russian Federation suspends the activities of the NATO military liaison mission. Russia stops the activities of the NATO Information Bureau in the country

Russia is suspending the work of its permanent mission to NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the law on ratification of the agreement on the joint (unified) communication system of the armed forces of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the press service of the head of state reported.

In the Military Innovative Technopolis "ERA", the selection of operators for military service in scientific companies has been completed.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is conducting maneuvers in Tajikistan on October 18-23, taking into account possible negative scenarios for the development of the situation in Afghanistan, said Anatoly Sidorov, chief of the CSTO joint staff.

The CSTO forces have started three special exercises in Tajikistan, the joint press center of maneuvers reported.