His Highness Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Emir of Dubai attended the presentation of the Checkmate light tactical aircraft.

Negotiations are already underway with potential buyers

The base price of the fifth-generation Checkmate light single-engine fighter will be about $ 30-35 million, the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, told reporters.

The Checkmate fighter is comparable to the F-35 in its characteristics, but noticeably cheaper than its American competitor, Rostec Corporation CEO Sergey Chemezov told reporters at the Dubai Airshow 2021.

At the same time, the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, noted that there is already a foreign customer interested in buying a fighter

Representatives of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are interested in the new Russian single-engine fighter Checkmate and intend to study it in more detail. This was announced to journalists by the head of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov during the Dubai Airshow 2021 international Airshow.

As it turned out, the Russian Checkmate fighter was originally developed for the United Arab Emirates. This follows from the information released by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar during the presentation of the aircraft at the Dubai Airshow-2021.

Rosoboronexport has already started promoting the fighter

Three prototypes of the newest Russian single-engine fighter Checkmate will be created for the first flight of the aircraft, which is scheduled for 2023. This was announced to journalists by the head of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov during the Dubai Airshow 2021 international Airshow.

On the first day of the exhibition, Russia held an international presentation of the new Su-75 Checkmate aircraft, presenting a full-size prototype of the fifth-generation fighter

The newspapers published during the Dubai Airshow 2021 international exhibition - Flight Daily News and Dubai Airshow News - came out with photos of the newest Russian fighter Checkmate and the Russian Knights aerobatic team on the front pages, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.

Rostec presented the concept of an unmanned version of the Checkmate aircraft. Earlier it became known that aircraft manufacturers have started the production of several experimental machines of this type.

The unmanned Checkmate was developed by the Sukhoi company of the United Aircraft Corporation

Rostec State Corporation for the first time presented an unmanned modification of the Checkmate fighter. This was reported to journalists by the Rostec press service during the Dubai Airshow 2021 international Airshow.

The unmanned version of the fifth-generation light tactical aircraft (LTS) Checkmate was shown in a new video. The record was published by Rostec State Corporation.

Rostec State Corporation for the first time showed an unmanned modification of the fifth-generation light tactical aircraft Checkmate, developed by the Sukhoi company of the United Aircraft Corporation.

The 17th International Aerospace Exhibition Dubai Airshow 2021 has started in Dubai, where the MS-21-310 passenger aircraft with new Russian PD-14 engines and the SSJ-100 AURUS business jet are presented. This was reported on November 14 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the scene.

On the first day of the Dubai Airshow 2021, the UAE Ministry of Defense signed contracts with suppliers of defense products totaling 5.23 billion dirhams ($1.41 billion at the current exchange rate).

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in an interview with Axios, did not answer a journalist's question about what role the alliance would play if Beijing launches military actions against Taiwan.

Arms supplies to Kiev, including Javelin, were approved by the US Administration in 2017 during the reign of Donald Trump. This was the fourth delivery within the framework of additional security assistance in the amount of $ 60 million, which American President Joe Biden allocated to Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the North Atlantic Alliance is closely monitoring the development of the situation on the border of Russia and Ukraine and is ready to respond to changes in the situation.

The UK authorities can send 600 SAS special forces units to Ukraine. This is reported by The Mirror newspaper, citing sources. The reason for the transfer is the conviction of British intelligence MI6 and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the imminent invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine.

American Congressman Mike Turner let slip about the presence of the United States military on the territory of Ukraine. He made the corresponding statement on the air of the Fox News channel.

The foreign ministers of Germany and France called on Kiev to exercise restraint in connection with the movement of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, the ministers of the two countries said in a statement.

Belarus would behave differently in the situation with illegal migrants on its border with the EU if Minsk did not have Moscow's support, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel said on Monday.